Camera Raw 15.3 AI Denoise – Some Observations
I am accustomed to editing my RAW files in ACR using whatever is the current version.
For a long time I have handled noise reduction using an adaptive ISO preset set as
my Camera Raw default. On the whole, I never have look at noise reduction as this default preset handles noise reduction admirably.
When editing is finished, I convert the RAWs to DNG with the original RAW embedded in case it is ever needed. (It has been needed on very rare occasions when the DNG file has failed to open properly for unknown reasons.)
With Camera Raw 15.3 it looks like I must apply the AI denoise first, since if applied at a later stage it does not play well with some edits, in particular healing brush edits. This creates a new Enhanced DNG file which is the one to which to apply further edits as required.
I note that the original RAW is not embedded in this Enhanced DNG file nor can the AI Denoise be undone.
It therefore seems necessary to keep two files rather than one i.e. the DNG with original RAW embedded and the Enhanced DNG. This of course more or less doubles storage requirements.
Furthermore, the original DNG file is left without any edits unless I copy them from the enhanced DNG, but then I cannot copy the denoise.
It seems that, although the AI Denoise works really well, it results in more effort and greater storage requirements.
Comments, criticisms and suggestions are welcome.
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