Quote Originally Posted by davesmith View Post
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I often wonder if noise reduction should be done before anything (eg basic levels, curves etc), done mid-flow (after basic levels/curves adjustments, but before say, some saturation boost), or at the end (before final sharpening).

Yes Dave, that was what I was thinking too, and I guess it would really depend on the image, and the effect you were after. A bit of softness with portraits isn't really a bad thing, but for landscape and architectural type stuff, I agree it would defeat the purpose of sharpening. Ahhh, another thing to try and work out.

Thanks for the responses everyone.