Here is my quick little test.
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I don't know why some of us aren't happy with having de-noiser. Personally I think it's pretty cool little feature. I do have a feel that de-noiser eat's up some of the details, but hey it's a SL9.
And it is a completely different story on any SL above 12.
To me, it works great, especially in enclosed areas (read arc viz), I do agree with Mihai - more controls would be greatly appreciated.
However, let's not forget why we all use Maxwell, there are many reasons, but none of them is a "clean renders". So I found myself rendering with de-noiser and blending it with original (un-processed) result to bring some of that iconic maxwell grain back. Probably can skip this step once extra controls are introduced.
Cheers.
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