P: Output Sharpening and Noise Reduction not working.

Yes, and if it stops working in the future, I will know (thanks to you) which setting to play around with.

Again, thank you Steve

Sounds like something was corrupted somewhere. Glad you reset things and it works, now.

Thank you!

man... this is so weird, I'm really not getting something... Ok, I think I got it (:

So... This is what I did:

1. I did what you said, I built standard-sized previews using your instructions (I didn't know that the menu changes depending on whether your in library or development).

2. Then I tried to reset... but weird things started happening... it reseted to black and white, so I went into: Development->Set Default Settings... and chose "Restore Adobe Default Settings".

So that was probably the problem. Thank you so much for your help Steve!

All the best in the New Year!

p.s. oh, and the export with NR started working after the fixes I applied!

You might try deleting your LR preferences file in case something is corrupted with that, and causing hiccups in LR.

You should exit LR then delete the .agprefs file indicated in item 1 of this article: http://kylenishioka.com/blog/2012/06/...

If you don't already know where your catalog is stored, then figure that out before deleting the preferences file. Item 1 of the blog post is about troubleshooting a catalog issue, so it says to start with a new blank catalog after deleting the preferences file. You are not trouble-shooting a corrupted catalog (at this point at least) so you want to open your existing catalog not start with a new one.

Since it's working for me and not for you, perhaps there is some other adjustment you made, like the blemish removal via the spotting tool, that is somehow causing an issue with NR in LR Exports.

You can test this by creating a virtual copy of this image, select the VC, then reset the spotting tool, or maybe just reset the entire photo--it should turn back to color, then redo the NR Lum=87, and then export from the reset VC and see if the NR is applied.

"Recomputing" (rebuiding) Previews is done in Library:

I'm wondering if I have some kind of setting on or off (that shouldn't be on or off), since I'm not seeing the NR in the Library view... and the export is the same. (I do see the other fixes like spot removal and black and white conversion).

I'm also running LR 5.3 on a Windows 7. Hmmm I'm running the trail version, so maybe that's it... maybe there are some limitations...

Sorry I'm new to this so I'm not sure I exactly understand "recompute" do you mean "export"?

What computer and OS are you running LR on? I'm running LR 5.3 on a Windows 7 computer.

Marcin H. F.:

I tried to duplicate your Toning NR settings from the history recorded in the JPG you provided.

Below is a side-by-side showing my exported JPG plus the view in Develop. My exported JPG has NR applied. In an attempt to sharpen any noise that wasn't removed, I maxed out the export sharpening to Glossy / High, so the blemishes are slightly more obvious in my exported file but the underlying noise appears to have been completely removed, just like in Develop.

My Library view shows NR applied, too. What happens if you recompute standard and 1:1 previews of the image?