Save filter settings into a preset (optional)

To save the filter settings into a preset

• Click (the Save filter settings as preset… button, pink disk) in the Filter Preset box or select the Profile | Save Filter Preset… menu item.
  
  In the Save filter preset as dialog box, specify the name of the file to save the preset. The filter presets are stored in *.nfp files.
  

Saved filter preset includes the noise filter and sharpening settings. By re-opening a preset, you can reproduce exactly the same filter settings later on. Also, you can exchange filter presets with other users of Neat Image. Together, a device noise profile and a filter preset can be used to precisely reproduce the filtration results.

To manually load a previously saved filter preset

• Click (the Load filter preset… button, pink disk) in the Filter Preset box or select the Filter | Load Filter Preset… menu item. In the Open filter preset dialog box, specify the name of the filter preset to be opened.
  
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• Select a preset using the popup menu: click on the button on the side of the preset name shown in the top part of the Filter Preset box, and select a preset from the popup menu. If there is no popup menu, please check the Folder options.
  

There are several pre-written filter presets in the PRESETS subfolder of installed Neat Image application. Please explore these presets to see what combinations and values of the noise and sharpening filter's settings can be used to solve typical tasks (names of the presets explain these tasks).

To automatically load a filter preset that matches the noise profile or input image (preset matching)

You may want to associate different filter presets with different noise profiles that you use. Neat Image can automatically load an associated filter preset every time you load a noise profile from the disk (either when you load a profile manually or using Profile Matcher).

To enable profile matching and to associate presets with profiles see the following options that tell Neat Image how to do preset matching: Default filter preset ( Auto match preset should be selected to enable preset matching), and Preset Matching.