Description: Virtually, all digital cameras inherently create unwanted imperfections known as noise. The
amount or type of noise in an image typically depends on the quality and type of imaging
sensor with which it was created.
Contrast (Luminance) Noise and Color (Chrominance) Noise can be individually present in
an image or might be seen in the same image. Fast or high ISO speeds and low light levels
can add noise to images, while some images might exhibit high levels of JPEG artifacts.
Introducing Dfine 2.0 Dfine 2.0 gives you unprecedented control over exactly how much and where to apply noise
reduction. This makes it ultra-easy to eliminate noise in your images while maintaining detail
and sharpness, thus improving the quality of every digital photo you take. Dfine 2.0 is
designed to prevent the loss of detail other noise reduction tools often introduce.
Features:
- U Point Technology
One of the hottest technologies in digital photography today, U Point powered Control
Points have been added to Dfine 2.0 making it easy to reduce noise only where it is
needed, maintaining details everywhere else. Click here to see how easy it is to reduce
noise using Control Points.
- Selectively Apply Noise Reduction
The Control Point and Color Range methods, along with the Selective Tool offer you
the most advanced ways for selectively applying noise reduction to your images. Click
here to learn more about the different ways you can use Dfine 2.0 to selectively reduce
noise in your images.
- New and Improved Noise Reduction Engine with Automatic Profiling
Dfine 2.0 contains a brand new reduction engine that provides best-in-class noise
reduction while retaining an incredible amount of detail.
Automatic camera profiling replaces the need to purchase camera profiles and fine-
tunes DfineÆs revamped noise reduction engine to produce the best results for your
camera. You can also create and save your own profiles for batch processing images.
Click here to see more about the improved noise reduction engine.
- Improved User Interface
The new resizable interface lets you easily incorporate noise reduction into your
workflow and quickly preview the results from the noise reduction applied. Click
here to see a full-size version of the interface with information about the various
enhancements found throughout.
- Powerful Selective Tool (Adobe Photoshop only)
The Selective Tool gives you instant access to Dfine 2.0 and allows you to brush filter
effects into your image using any brush tool available in Photoshop or Photoshop
Elements. Layers and layer masks are created automatically, enabling you to quickly
and easily apply enhancements to precise areas in your image.
- Smart Filter Compatibility (Adobe Photoshop only)
Dfine 2.0 is Smart Filter compatible which allows you to go back and fine tune black
and white images even after effects have been applied.
- Multi-image Support (Apple Aperture only)
Dfine 2.0 is compatible with Apple ApertureÆs ability to work on multiple images at
once. When more than one image is opened, "Previous" and "Next" buttons appear
that allow photographers to easily reduce noise in several image quickly and easily.
Windows Specifications: | Computer System | Windows 2000 Professional, Windows XP, or Windows Vista (32-bit) |
| System Requirements | Pentium III 1GHz or better |
| Capacity | 256 MB RAM |
| Requirements | Adobe Photoshop 7 through CS3, Adobe Photoshop Elements 2.0 through 5.0, or Adobe Photoshop Plug-in Compatible Application** |
Macintosh Specifications: | Computer System | Mac OS 10.4 and 10.5 or later |
| System Requirements | G4, G5, Intel Core Solo, Intel Core Duo, Intel Core 2 Duo, Intel Xeon |
| Capactiy | 256 MB RAM |
| Requirements | Adobe Photoshop CS2 and CS3, Adobe Photoshop Elements 4.0 and 6.0; other Adobe Photoshop plug-ins compatible applications |
| Apple Aperture | Apple Aperture 2.1 or later |