AI Denoise workflow

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April 21, 2023
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Hi - very impressed so far with AI Denoise, which I've only tried yet on a few old night shots of volcanic eruptions. I'd like to know if there is a recommended workflow - for example, should it be applied before undertaking any other processing? Should sharpening and masking be set to zero, or maybe their default settings, before applying Denoise? I certainly don't want to reprocess every image from scratch after applying it. Grateful for advice.

Thanks,

Alex

macOS

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Ian Lyons

Community Expert

It's fair enough question and one that Adobe knew would be asked. So, they put the answer in the 'What's new in this update document', which can be found at https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom-classic/help/whats-new/2023-3.html#denoise

The relevent text is :

We recommend to Denoise your image before applying other tools, including AI masks and Content-Aware, as using Enhance might change the result of the tools used.

js_chicago

Known Participant

Thanks for the link to that info, Ian! But perhaps the original question has not be answered fully by Adobe on their instructions page; the screenshot that Adobe shows in Step 1 has sharpening applied. Would you have any guidance on whether sharpening should indeed be set to zero? It seems odd that Adobe would recommend not applying other tools, but leaves sharpening on—at least in their example.

Rick Spaulding -

Legend

In that example, what you see is the default sharpening setting for that particular file. It differs depending on file type and camera make. My Canon raw files have a default amount of 40. Some other raw files default to 25. JPEG files default to 0.

I tried it on two nearly identical images and found that applying sharpening after Denoise produced slightly better results. It wasn't quite as mushy.

...but try it yourself. Your mileage may vary!

JohanElzenga

Community Expert

It makes sense to do denoise first, and then do your other edits, but because edits from the original are copied over to the new DNG, it doesn't really matter.

-- Johan W. Elzenga

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