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alexramsay1
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April 21, 2023
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AI Denoise workflow

  • 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

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Ian Lyons
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Ian LyonsCommunity Expert
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April 21, 2023

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
    js_chicago
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    June 29, 2023

    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.

    js_chicago
    js_chicago
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    June 30, 2023

    I did set one image to zero and left the other at the default of 40 but the difference is barely noticable.


    Thanks for sharing your findings, Rick! I've been quite pleased with the results on ISO 6400 images (with the denoise amount set to 30) but hadn't considered where my sharpness had been set prior to denoising. 

    JohanElzenga
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    JohanElzengaCommunity Expert
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    April 21, 2023

    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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