Camera Raw 17.0 Denoise does not have the denoise option under Detail.

[pixeltaker]

I updated to the latest Photoshop 2025 and Camera Raw.  I was following a tutorial on new features with Camera Raw, but when I clicked 'detail', there was no option for Denoise (all the options to change each are there).  In the tutorial instructions said after clicking 'detail' there should be an option for Denoise to click (auto denoise) was not there. 

[D Fosse · Accepted solution]

It's only available for raw files.

[pixeltaker]

Thank you.
Sent from my iPhone

[Jeff Arola]

Have you gone into the Camera Raw Preferences(Settings) and under Technology Previews checked New AI Features and Settings Panel?

Then restarted Photoshop or Bridge and Camera Raw.

[pixeltaker]

Yes I’ve done that but a recent poster said it will only work with a RAW
file.

[jorja_8961]

Hello, I am using Lightroom on my Ipad. I have searched and it says it's available but I can not see 'denoise' option. My photo's are in RAW. I have been researching all day but am very confused?

[Mr. Phil B.]

I enabled the new AI features in Camera Raw Preferences. I opened a raw (CR3) file and the AI Denoise option still does not show.

Using Camera Raw 17.1

[Jeff Arola]

philb2527432,

You restarted Photoshop or Bridge and Camera Raw?

Did you look under Detail?

Could you post a screenshot of what your seeing?

[Mr. Phil B.]

I closed LR, Photoshop and Bridge and went to bed.
I got your message and got up. Discovered the feature is finally there in Photoshop (it was fine in Bridge).

Looks like the issue only happens now when I open a RAW file in Lightroom Classic then tell LR to edit the pic in Photoshop. When PS opens, the Denoise option isn't shown in Camera Raw. Only the legacy settings.

So if I open Camera Raw directly from within PS, it's all good. Just not good if I open PS from within LR and then open Camera Raw.

[Jeff Arola]

The Camera Raw filter under Filter>Camera Raw Filter doesn't have the Denoise option and a few other features like the Crop tool.

In Lightroom Classic you can do Edit In>Open as Smart Object in Photoshop, so then if you double click on the Smart Object thumbnail in Photoshop you'll get the full version of Camera Raw.

[Mr. Phil B.]

I followed your instructions and it worked like magic.

Thanks!

[Ashif_Islam8141]

I did not find any option, can you please give me step by step screenshot of this?
Thank you.

[Conrad_C]

I was going to post the same thing as Jeff, he already answered correctly: Camera Raw Filter is a cut-down filter-only version of Camera Raw, so it doesn’t do everything that the full Camera Raw processor does.

I’ll add a couple more details though. The Filter version of Camera Raw has never been able to edit raw image data directly, so even if the photo comes into Photoshop as a raw Smart Object layer, Camera Raw Filter still won’t provide raw-only features like Denoise and the newer reflection removal Tech Preview. This is why Jeff correctly says to double-click the raw Smart Object, because that’s a shortcut for the command that needs to be used, Layer > Smart Objects > Edit Contents, not Filter > Camera Raw Filter.

Also here’s a picture of the differences, so you can tell right away which one the image is open in: If Camera Raw Filter is used, a lot of features are missing, including file-level features and raw-only features. Also, something I forgot to mark up on the picture is that in the bottom right corner, Camera Raw Filter only offers the Cancel and OK buttons, while the full Camera Raw processor offers all of the raw conversion buttons including the menu at the end of the Open button.

[Mr. Phil B.]

Thanks Conrad! I prefer the Denoise tool  in PS to the one in LR, and the additional edit options for editing raw image data are helpful as well. Hopefully I can now start doing more of my edits in Ps. 

[Conrad_C]

Thanks Conrad! I prefer the Denoise tool  in PS to the one in LR, and the additional edit options for editing raw image data are helpful as well. Hopefully I can now start doing more of my edits in Ps. 

By @Mr. Phil B.

It sounds like you spend a lot of time editing in Lightroom Classic, like I do. Fortunately, Adobe has said that they will be bringing the more convenient form of Denoise to Lightroom as well (eventually). For now they’re only testing it in Adobe Camera Raw as a Technology Preview, but after they work out what they have to do to make it work in Lightroom (and sync among devices) they’ll provide it in Lightroom.  Same goes for the other Tech Preview features.

But yes, for now this is how to use any Camera Raw feature that requires raw data.