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In the case of a person’s face, adjust the Selection > Position so that the face
you are trying to smooth is as white as possible in the selection, and set the
amount of white values in the person’s face using Position > Range.
8 Increase the Selection > Blur parameter if you want to soften the transition areas
of the selection.
9 Change your View to Edge to see the edge values.
The areas that are white in the edge is where detail in the image is retained.
10 Adjust the Edge > Brightness of the edge selection to make sure that you have
sufficient levels of white in areas where you would like to retain detail.
For a person’s face, make sure that you have sufficient levels of white edges in
areas such as the eyes, nose and mouth.
11 Set the Edge > Blur to smooth out the edge selection.
12 Change your View to Output to see the filtered image.
13 Adjust the Horizontal and Vertical Blur to smooth out detail.
14 If the image is looking too soft, increase the Edge > Brightness, decrease the
amount of Blur added to the scene or modify the Selection > Position and Range
parameters.
In addition to reducing excessive sharpness, HDTV/FX® lowers contrast which
can be adjusted using the Contrast > Shadows and Highlights controls.
15 Adjust the Contrast > Shadows and Highlights to your liking.
16 Click the Done button to apply the filter to your image.
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See the HDTV/FX® filter on page 339 for more information.
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