• Flat Median is a median-like effect which have some advantages over the "regular" median filter:
• you can control level of Flatness. At low level of flatness the result would look like a regular blur, while at high level the result would look more contrasty.
• it is "isotropic" just like gaussian blur.
• additionally, you can apply the effect on horizontal or vertical directions.

Example 1: With a radius of 2.5, we respectively applied a "flatten" setting of 80 then -80. Notice that the yellow spot of the berry are better eliminated with a high flatten setting.

Original Image		Very Flat		Blurry

Example 2: Here a simple comparison between a "flat median" and a "regular" one.

Original Image		Flat Median		Regular Median

Example 3: Here a "flat median" applied on the horizontal direction only.

Before		After

Remark: I've been experimenting a lot, about possible ways to estimate median without sorting datas. The plugin "Flat Median" represents the result I was able to reach.

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