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NIGHT AND LOW-LIGHT PHOTOGRAPHY / Digital Postproduction

color noise is averaged out with the areas

around it, and this can change the color, if

only slightly. The Shadow Tone Restoration

feature is a way to remove these color spots

and still keep the original tone. DeNoise

retails for $79.99.

really improve on the noise reduction in your

images is Shadow Tone Restoration. The dark

areas, especially large areas of dark tones, can

start to look hazy when the heavy noise is

reduced. This is because the luminance and

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ABOUT THIS FIGURE The Noise Ninja interface with the Luminance and Color noise reduction sliders to the right, under a 100 percent pre-
view window.