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Noise reduction in LightroomLooking for tips on using only Lr for noise reduction

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Posted by nilo_uk: Thu Nov 29th, 2018 15:35

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I've been using Lightroom Classic CC for a while now and generally get on OK with the noise reduction sliders in the Detail section of the Develop Module. Occasionally will I use the brush tool and masks to work in a specific part of the image rather than the global tool.

However, sometimes I find myself fiddling with the Detail & Contrast sliders and totally confusing myself!

Hence I'm on the look out for some 'top tips' or a good online guide (my searches often lead to assorts of advice from the very basic to by this or that plugin).

Oh! and I prefer to work in Lr only even though I Ps too.

Thanks...

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Posted by Robert: Thu Nov 29th, 2018 17:30

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Hi Steve, Lightroom is intended as the first stop in image processing, PS is a great tool which I resort to occasionally for heavy lifting or something out of the ordinary.

I take it you have an up to date version of Lightroom Classic CC, I regularly hit the 'auto' button after I have roughly cropped and checked white balance.

I find auto adjustments give me a good starting point. I adjust the clarity and de-haze controls, rarely more than 26 on clarity and maybe 3? on de-haze.

Noise and sharpening are the last operations. For a special image or one with particular noise issues, I take the image into NIK filters, the Dfine2 filter is very good both for regular noise and banding.

There are a lot of adjustment options and the very handy before/after swipe

This is an image I took with a D800 it was so dark you couldn't see the slates on the roof, nor even the TV aerials. The red line delineates the before/after image.

This was just taking the image into Dfine 2, I didn't adjust anything, I would expect it would be possible to improve on the default settings.

Attachment: D-noise2.jpg (Downloaded 9 times)

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Posted by nilo_uk: Sat Dec 1st, 2018 18:15

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Robert wrote:
Hi Steve, Lightroom is intended as the first stop in image processing, PS is a great tool which I resort to occasionally for heavy lifting or something out of the ordinary.

I take it you have an up to date version of Lightroom Classic CC, I regularly hit the 'auto' button after I have roughly cropped and checked white balance.

I find auto adjustments give me a good starting point. I adjust the clarity and de-haze controls, rarely more than 26 on clarity and maybe 3? on de-haze.
Thanks Robert.
Yes, I use the latest Lr Classic C. Interesting your usual max on Clarity and Dehaze; I tend to venture up to the mid-teens on one or other, or both depending on the image.

Noise and sharpening are the last operations. For a special image or one with particular noise issues, I take the image into NIK filters, the Dfine2 filter is very good both for regular noise and banding.
I had a try with the NIK filters a little while back but they proved unstable. Think it was around the time when Google bought or sold them and development was lagging behind current operating systems. Thus I had what was perhaps an unfortunately bad experience. The improvement in your sample images is impressive so maybe time for me to take another look.

Cheers...

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Steve Neal

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