![]() The unsightly grainy noise you see in high ISO images is automatically corrected, but not at the expense of fine detail. This is where PhotoLab 2’s Prime feature comes into its own, particularly with high ISO images. Often the challenge lies not in the removal of grainy noise – as this is easily achieved – but rather in the retention of the fine detail. The problem with noise reduction is that it introduces blurriness and softens details. Top: no reduction, middle: HQ (Fast) mode, bottom: Prime mode. Called HQ (Fast), the command is found in the Noise Reduction panel alongside Prime and offers finely balanced, simple noise reduction (to see how it works, try temporarily turning off all noise settings with the switch at the top of the panel). Like all raw editors, PhotoLab 2 applies a default level of noise reduction to every image that is opened into the program. Simply put, Prime is staggeringly good at fixing noise. Besides, the results are worth waiting for. As such, the export process can take a couple of minutes (depending on your processing power) but it’s rarely an inconvenience as you can work on other photos while the export takes place in the background. Instead the fix takes place upon exporting an image (using Export to Disk – Cmd/Ctrl+K). But that’s because Prime uses advanced noise-reducing algorithms that are too much of a memory hog to be applied during editing. Aside from a preview of the fix in the noise panel, the image looks just as it did before. After pressing the button very little changes. On the face of it Prime is a simple feature, an unassuming button located in the noise reduction panel to the right of the PhotoLab 2 interface. For many photographers – especially those who routinely shoot in low light – it’s the main reason to use DxO for their raw processing. ![]() Exclusive to the Elite edition of PhotoLab 2, the Prime noise reduction command is the jewel in DxO’s crown. ![]()
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