Noise Reduction

Scott Kelby's ON1 Photo RAW Max Workflow: The Order That Actually Makes Sense
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Scott Kelby's ON1 Photo RAW Max Workflow: The Order That Actually Makes Sense

There’s a particular kind of creative paralysis that hits when you open a new piece of software and stare at seventeen panels you don’t understand. I’ve been there with ON1 Photo RAW more than once. I knew it could do impressive things. I’d seen the demo videos. But every time I launched it alongside my usual Lightroom and Photoshop setup, I’d poke around for twenty minutes, feel mildly confused, and go back to what I knew.

Adobe's AI Noise Reduction is Here and It's Kind of a Big Deal
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Adobe's AI Noise Reduction is Here and It's Kind of a Big Deal

I shoot a lot of work late in coffee shops. Bad lighting, available light, high ISO, the whole disaster. So noise has always been my nemesis, sitting there in my shadows like an uninvited guest who refuses to leave. For years I dealt with it through a mix of manual sliders in Lightroom and a third-party plugin that worked well but added time to every job. Then Adobe dropped their AI-powered Denoise feature in Lightroom Classic and Adobe Camera Raw, and suddenly a lot of photographers started asking whether the plugin era is over.