How to restore smooth gradient after strong denoising?

[Atak_Snajpera]

Source
http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/4582/beforemo1.th.png (http://img237.imageshack.us/my.php?image=beforemo1.png)

FFT3DGPU(sigma=1.25).hqdn3d
http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/475/afternr1.th.png (http://img204.imageshack.us/my.php?image=afternr1.png)

[Warpman]

oh nice "Now and Then, Here and There"

try gradfundb

[thetoof]

gradfun2db

[Warpman]

gradfun2db
damn you are right... im at work and i just couldn't remember the exact name... :thanks:

[thetoof]

little trick: Filter for gradients that is fun to use to deband :p

[Dark Shikari]

Also try psy RDO in combination; usually the deband inserted by gradbun2db gets removed by the encoder otherwise.

[Atak_Snajpera]

I always use psyRDO :)