
Photomatix Pro User Guide 11
2.2 Working with Single Image Files
Photomatix Pro supports Tone Mapping of single
image les. To load a single image le:
1. Drag the image le to the Photomatix Pro
application (Windows) or icon on your Dock (Mac).
OR
Select Open from the File menu. A le browser
window displays. Navigate to the le and open it.
2. To process the image using Tone Mapping, click Tone
Mapping from the Workow Shortcut bar.
If the le is a JPG, a dialog will show to let you decide
whether to reduce the noise on your image before tone
mapping. If desired, check Do not ask me again to skip
this dialog and use your Yes or No selection for all single
JPGs that you process with Tone Mapping. If you need
to re-enable the dialog later, access the Photomatix Pro
Preferences to change the setting. The Preferences are
available from the View menu (Windows) or Photomatix
Pro menu (Mac).
2.2.1 Options for Single RAW Image Files
When your single image is a RAW le, Photomatix must rst
convert the RAW data. The following options are available for
pre-processing the RAW data.
The Reduce noise option processes the converted RAW le
with high-quality noise reduction. It is checked by default
as reducing noise is always recommended when processing
RAW les. The Strength slider lets you increase or decrease the
strength of the noise reduction relative to the automatically
determined value based on the noise level in the image.
Values range from 50% to 150%.
The Reduce chromatic aberrations option automatically
corrects color fringing due to chromatic aberrations of the lens.
Reducing noise on a single image JPEG le
RAW Processing Options dialog box
The White Balance options let you change the white balance, if desired, and preview the eect of changing
it. The default value is "As Shot", which reads the white balance setting from the EXIF metadata. To adjust the
white balance, select a pre-dened value from the White Balance drop-down list or type a color temperature
in Kelvin in the text box.
Click Preview sample to view the eect of the white balance change on the source image.
The Color Space drop-down list provides options for converting the RAW data from the camera's native color
space to the display prole of the selected value. AdobeRGB is the default value and is appropriate when you
want to print the resulting image. If you do not intend to print the image, select sRGB for web-only images to
avoid having to convert the image from AdobeRGB to sRGB.
Tone mapping with the Details Enhancer
method makes any noise present in the image
much more visible, so it is a good idea to pre-
process your image with noise reduction before
tone mapping.
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