4.7. Symmetric Nearest Neighbor

4.7. Symmetric Nearest Neighbor
	4. Îmbunătățirea filtrelor

This filter blurs the image preserving edges. It is very effective in noise reduction maintaining sharp edges.

It works comparing each pixel to its neighboring pixels and to 1 or 2 pairs of symmetric pixels around the center.

4 symmetric pairs

You can find this filter through Filters → Enhance → Symmetric Nearest Neighbor….

Fig. 17.43. „Symmetric Nearest neighbor” filter options

Presets, „Input Type”, Clipping, Blending Options, Preview, Split view

	Notă
	Aceste opțiuni sunt descrise în Secțiune 2, „Caracteristici obișnuite”.

Radius

Radius, in pixels, of square pixel region. Width and height of this region are radius*2+1:

Pairs

You can select 1 or 2 pairs : higher number preserves more acute features.

Left: original..............Right: filter applied