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mw_photo
Jan 17, 2026 2:29 AM UTC
Question

Ai Denoise Distorting Photos

I have been using Ai Denoise on Lightroom for a while now. Most recently, I ran into an issue where after the photo has gone through denoise, it will distort the photo and turn it either green, pink, or sometimes mash another photo with the photo I am currently working on. It makes the photo completly unusable, as it fully distorts the image. I switched computers thinking it might have been the device, but it continutes to do it on either device. Additionally, it gives a message to update Ai settings, but when I press that button it has me denoise again, creating a loop of the same distorted image popping up. This has happened in the past with an occacional photo every once in a while, but now it has turned into most every photo this happens to. Now my computer can't denoise anything. 

 

Any thoughts?

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clifforda99554929
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Oct 22, 2026 9:56 PM UTC

I have used Lightroom Classic for a long time. I process photos for a church. Lots of photos. The denoise in LRC has never been an issue for me. It works great. But latley I have been using LR and the denoise is aweful. How can it work in LRC and not in LR. I tried The Topaz products and they were terrible. Same distortion. I take lots of photos with groups and that is the worst. Really bad. I will be looking at other software. I have used Lightroom from before Adobe bought it. 

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AlekeCommunity Manager
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Jan 19, 2026 3:16 PM UTC

Hi @mw_photo, welcome to the community!
The distortion and color issues you’re seeing may be related to your GPU, so it’s a good idea to make sure your graphics drivers are fully up to date. For the “Update AI settings” message, you can follow this recommended order of AI operations to get the best results and avoid unexpected behavior:


1. HDR
2. Denoise, Raw Details, Super Resolution
3. Reflections Removal
4. Distracting People Removal
5. Generative Expand (currently in Camera Raw as a Tech Preview)
6. Generative Remove, Content-Aware Remove, Heal, and Clone
7. Lens Blur
8. Lens Profile
9. Crop and Transform
10. Adaptive Profiles
11. Global Adjustments
12.Masking


If updating the GPU driver and following the workflow above doesn’t help, feel free to share a few screenshots along with your system info. You can find that in Lightroom under Help then System Info. Just copy it into a text file and attach it here, or share it through Google Drive, WeTransfer, or any file-sharing service that works for you.
Thanks a lot!
Alek

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