Skin tone smoothing enhancement

questions about practical use of Neat Image
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greenboy
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Skin tone smoothing enhancement

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I was putzing about last night with an outdoor shot of a couple of hikers, a torso shot with a great foliage and rock backdrop. The lady had some odd reflections in the otherwise shadowy area around her neck, so I placed my analysis rectangle there and processed only the areas of her that were not clothing. It did a fantastic job of smoothing the arms and face while it also removed all chrominance oddities in that neck area. Also it left the glasses and all facial detail, hair, eyes, etc, fully detailed. Actually, when the noise is gone, details seem so much crisper - they really stand out. This is unlike some other approaches taken I did not have to mask any features off to be assured of this. A great alternative to beautify skin while also removing other noise...

I doubt I will have clearance from the couple to place examples here, but it only takes a few moments on one of your own fotos to find out that Neat Image can be used in many ways besides the most obvious : }
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