Record the new Best in the spec and the manual

denoise.md §15: why Best became one network, how it compares with the
mixture and Medium on real photographs and the chart, the candidates that
fell short, the file names, the saved-edit numbering, and the timings on
the 3050 -- 0.51-0.54 s whole-frame, 0.95 s in tiles, against 2.60 s for
the mixture in tiles. The manual lists Bilinear, Fast and Best, says an
edit made with Medium opens with Best, and gives the new time; Medium's
close-up goes.
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`Method` chooses how:
- `Best`, the default: two networks, one for smooth areas and one for
edges, blended where each is better. The cleanest skies and the sharpest
lettering, and the slowest.
- `Medium`: one network taught by `Best`. Nearly as clean in smooth areas,
a little softer on hard edges, in about a third of the time.
- `Fast`: a smaller one, taught the same way. Visibly noisier at very high
ISO than the other two, but still far cleaner than none, and quick.
- `Best`, the default: clean skies and sharp lettering, edges kept as
crisp as the camera recorded them.
- `Fast`: a smaller network, taught the same way. Visibly noisier at very
high ISO than `Best`, but still far cleaner than none, and quicker.
- `Bilinear`: the camera's ordinary conversion, noise and all.
A photograph last edited with `Medium`, which earlier versions offered,
opens with `Best`.
The photograph shows the camera's ordinary conversion while the network
works, with its progress in the bar at the top, and changes when it is
done — on a laptop's graphics card, about two and a half seconds for a
20-megapixel photograph with `Best` and under one with the other two;
longer on a processor alone or on the tablet. The first photograph after
installing waits a few minutes more while the graphics card prepares each
network, once. The result is kept, so a photograph opened again,
done — on a laptop's graphics card, about a second for a 20-megapixel
photograph with `Best`, reading the file included; longer on a processor
alone or on the tablet. After installing, the graphics card spends up to a
quarter of an hour preparing each network, once, in the background; the
photographs developed meanwhile take a little longer. The result is kept, so a photograph opened again,
or exported, does not wait a second time, and switching back to a method
already used is quick.
`Strength` eases it off: below 100 % it puts back some of what was removed,
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| Bilinear | Fast |
|---|---|
| ![The railing and the lamp at ISO 8000, as the camera recorded them](media/develop-denoise-bilinear.png) | ![The same, with the Fast network](media/develop-denoise-fast.png) |
| **Medium** | **Best** |
| ![The same, with the Medium network](media/develop-denoise-medium.png) | ![The same, with the Best network](media/develop-denoise-best.png) |
| **Best** | |
| ![The same, with the Best network](media/develop-denoise-best.png) | |
It works on raw files from any camera with the usual colour pattern of
red, green and blue squares — not on JPEGs, and not yet on Fujifilm's
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1:1, where noise lives.</p>
<p><code>Method</code> chooses how:</p>
<ul>
<li><code>Best</code>, the default: two networks, one for smooth areas and one for
edges, blended where each is better. The cleanest skies and the sharpest
lettering, and the slowest.</li>
<li><code>Medium</code>: one network taught by <code>Best</code>. Nearly as clean in smooth areas,
a little softer on hard edges, in about a third of the time.</li>
<li><code>Fast</code>: a smaller one, taught the same way. Visibly noisier at very high
ISO than the other two, but still far cleaner than none, and quick.</li>
<li><code>Best</code>, the default: clean skies and sharp lettering, edges kept as
crisp as the camera recorded them.</li>
<li><code>Fast</code>: a smaller network, taught the same way. Visibly noisier at very
high ISO than <code>Best</code>, but still far cleaner than none, and quicker.</li>
<li><code>Bilinear</code>: the camera's ordinary conversion, noise and all.</li>
</ul>
<p>A photograph last edited with <code>Medium</code>, which earlier versions offered,
opens with <code>Best</code>.</p>
<p>The photograph shows the camera's ordinary conversion while the network
works, with its progress in the bar at the top, and changes when it is
done — on a laptop's graphics card, about two and a half seconds for a
20-megapixel photograph with <code>Best</code> and under one with the other two;
longer on a processor alone or on the tablet. The first photograph after
installing waits a few minutes more while the graphics card prepares each
network, once. The result is kept, so a photograph opened again,
done — on a laptop's graphics card, about a second for a 20-megapixel
photograph with <code>Best</code>, reading the file included; longer on a processor
alone or on the tablet. After installing, the graphics card spends up to a
quarter of an hour preparing each network, once, in the background; the
photographs developed meanwhile take a little longer. The result is kept, so a photograph opened again,
or exported, does not wait a second time, and switching back to a method
already used is quick.
<code>Strength</code> eases it off: below 100 % it puts back some of what was removed,
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<p>The lamp and railing of a night frame at ISO 8000, at 1:1, by each method:</p>
<table><thead><tr><th>Bilinear</th><th>Fast</th></tr></thead><tbody>
<tr><td><img src="media/develop-denoise-bilinear.png" alt="The railing and the lamp at ISO 8000, as the camera recorded them" /></td><td><img src="media/develop-denoise-fast.png" alt="The same, with the Fast network" /></td></tr>
<tr><td><strong>Medium</strong></td><td><strong>Best</strong></td></tr>
<tr><td><img src="media/develop-denoise-medium.png" alt="The same, with the Medium network" /></td><td><img src="media/develop-denoise-best.png" alt="The same, with the Best network" /></td></tr>
<tr><td><strong>Best</strong></td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td><img src="media/develop-denoise-best.png" alt="The same, with the Best network" /></td><td></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<p>It works on raw files from any camera with the usual colour pattern of
red, green and blue squares — not on JPEGs, and not yet on Fujifilm's
Binary file not shown.