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

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October 19, 2024
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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.

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Correct answer D Fosse

It's only available for raw files.

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Mr. Phil B.

Participant

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

Community Expert

philb2527432,

You restarted Photoshop or Bridge and Camera Raw?

Did you look under Detail?

Could you post a screenshot of what your seeing?

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Mr. Phil B.

Participant

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.

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.