DeNoise in Lightroom Classic with Masks!

Learn how to take DeNoising in Lightroom Classic to a new level using custom masks to make detailed noise and sharpening enhancements.
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[@simonneill8195]

Your videos are amazing, the best editing tutorials I've found on KZbin.......thank you 👍

[@tv510]

I love hearing that, thank YOU for watching.

[@reallevasseur1934]

Great video, love what you're doing. Unlike other KZbin videos that fly through how to do something you take the time to explain how and why making easier to understand. Many thanks

[@tv510]

I have heard that a lot. I teach the way I would like to learn. Thank you and thank you for watching.

[@keithchanter8190]

Watched your PS tutorials and now dived into the LrC sessions. I’m fast forming the opinion that LrC is the place to do all the primary editing and then polish off with PS. Great teaching resource. Thanks for sharing Terry.

[@tv510]

That is exactly how I use these programs. EVERYTHING goes through Lightroom, only some make it all the way to Photoshop. However, all of my final, final favorites do get some work done in Photoshop. It's a great tandem. Thanks for watching.

[@bryanshelswell1318]

Thank you Terry, this has really helped me, you have taken the time to demonstrate how to use DeNoise at a pace that I can keep up with....I look forward to viewing another video, keep um coming "please"....... Thanks once again!

[@tv510]

Glad it helped Bryan.

[@jrfsailing07]

Terry, you are a fantastic teacher! Thank you!

[@tv510]

You are very welcome, thank YOU for watching.

[@jimdodson4100]

Thank you Terry, great presentation. You teach so well. Appreciate you sending these videos, they have really helped me. Thanks again

[@tv510]

You are very welcome Jim. Glad they are working for you.

[@suegilmore8000]

Your tutorials are the best! I was floundering before I found your channel, so thank you very much for helping me get to grips with LRC.

[@tv510]

Happy to help! It can be intimidating at first, but jump in work along with my videos, you will get it.

[@marlydekok8168]

Thx, was a very good tutorial! For sure I'm gone practice this and adopt the procedure.

[@tv510]

Awesome, you will love the results. Thanks for watching.

[@joshuasmith2107]

I’m new to photography, been in it for about a year now. I have a very basic budget friendly set up. Just bought a lap top and downloaded LrC. Haven’t gotten on there and messed with yet bc I’ve been dreading it but your videos have really been helpful to getting me to that point. They are so easy to follow along with and you are such a great teacher. Thank you so much for taking the time to make these videos, I can’t wait to get on there this weekend and rewatch them while I’m applying it.

[@tv510]

Awesome Joshua! Glad its got you motivated!

[@BarryDarnall]

Terry, great videos, and excellent explanations about both the how and why. For those of us who recall the old days of Tri-X, pushing/pulling developers, burning and dodging, the things we can do in programs like PS and LRC are miraculous. What AI is bringing to the table is equally impressive and if used smartly will only serve to raise photography, and photographers, to new levels. Your focus (no pun intended) on adjusting with purpose is vitally important and I wish more people understood this. It would prevent so much of the over processing of images that we see in a lot of photography these days. Ansel Adams was not the greatest photographer to ever click a shutter. He was arguably the greatest technician to ever set foot into a darkroom. I can't even imagine what his skills would be capable of with the tools we have available to us. Keep up the good work.

[@tv510]

Thanks Barry. I was there with you, developing one 4 x 5 film sheet at a time, to adjust the development times. Thanks for watching.

[@karengoodell4497]

Thank you for these tutorials! You are an amazing teacher! Just the right pace and even though I'm pretty experienced, you point out a lot that I was missing.

[@tv510]

You are so welcome. I am learning all the time myself. In fact, sometimes when I'm putting these things together, I learn something new, and think, "Wow, glad I dug into this feature a bit more, I can use that." Thanks again.

[@birdhub-uk]

@@tv510 excellent tutorials & thanks!

[@keithmacdonald4805]

Great video Terry with some excellent points. One thing that I have found in using the masking instead of selecting subject I use object and paint over the bird or whatever you want to mask. It seems to work much better and doesn't include other things that you have too delete from the mask. Thanks for all the great tutorials.

[@tv510]

That is simple way, that I use as well. I just wanted to show the whole range of ways to get this done. The biggest take away in my opinion is to make the mask graded so that the sharpening and or DeNoise is gradual.

[@goranculibrk4392]

Excellent technique Terry! I just came across your channel and I am glad that I did. Just purchased your RazorSharp e-book and look forward to fine tuning my skills. Lightroom can appear complex and overwhelming but you make it look easy :) Keep publishing great work!

[@tv510]

What a great compliment. I’m working on quite a few episodes so stay tuned.

[@HambletonRanger]

A pleasure to watch and learn thank you for your hard work. I watched out of order will have to go back to your sharpening tutorial.

[@tv510]

Glad it helps. Yes, check out the sharpening one for the full package.

[@STEVESTARK-nw3um]

Great video! Always enjoy watching your videos as you make everything easy to understand.

[@tv510]

Glad to hear it Steve!

[@rhgoldman2821]

amazingly helpful!

[@tv510]

So glad! thanks for watching.

[@ken4peace]

Great tutorial, Terry! You explain things very well. You are also an outstanding wildlife photographer! I'm new to your website, I've only watched your Sharpen tutorial and this one so far. I have a few questions: If you make a virtual copy, which one is best to use? the original or the copy? I have a candid family portrait that I am working on, shot in quick sequence, and the best image is out of focus. I first used AI Remove to get rid of distracting background. Then I darkened and blurred it. When I went to use Denoise some of the distracting background returned with weird images. I started over, left out the denoise, and used masks to sharpen the subjects. It was better, but not acceptable. I went to Lens Blur and used the brush in the Focus mode to sharpen the subjects. It looks pretty good. My family will probably think so. It's not acceptable from a professional point of view. My camera and lens did not focus fast enough. I will try changing the focus settings. Thank you for making such great tutorials!

[@tv510]

Yes, when something happens fast, sometimes it hard to catch the focus, practice will pay off though. As far as a virtual copy - they are identical. I use a virtual copy to try different edits. It will work the same as an original.

[@ken4peace]

@@tv510 Thanks!

[@stuartphotography1968]

Love your work Terry appreciate your time as always mate 👍

[@tv510]

Thanks Stuart, thanks for watching.

[@jaybarnhisel1]

Thanks, Terry! Exactly what us non-professional photographers want to see.

[@tv510]

Thanks Jay. I took your advice and have started including sample images that people can work on. Thanks again.

[@MichaelJazayeriMD]

This is perhaps the best video I have seen on how to do manual Denise and sharpening. I use Topaz, but I am not always happy with the results. Thank you for sharing!

[@tv510]

Yes, some images work better than others. I use Topaz as well. A subject for another video I guess.

[@diannemcdermand1805]

Very Helpful tutorial. Great shirt too.

[@tv510]

Ha! You made me go back and look to see what I was wearing! I have several flannel shirts that I have had the sleeves cut off and turned into short sleeves. I do a little woodworking and I don't like the thought of my sleeves getting caught up in my tools. I can't figure why manufacturers don't sell short sleeve flannels. Thanks for watching.

[@gordonneedham7014]

Hi Terry ... I'm a new photographer and was lucky to find your video. I'm very impressed with the quality of your photos and all the information on Lightroom Classic. I'm using a Canon 5DsR and struggling with a small shake, making it hard to get Tac Sharp Photos. Thanks for sharing ... I'll be Back. Great Information.

[@tv510]

No problem Gordon. Try upping your shutter speed to help compensate for the shake or move to using a tripod (I shoot a lot from a tripod). Good luck!

[@binduDhirta]

you are amazing, finally my problems solved

[@tv510]

Excellent. I love to hear that.

[@ASMPHOTO]

Well done and easy to understand. Thank You

[@tv510]

Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching.

[@geoffclinton8575]

Thanks for a great video, I have wondered for some time if I could get better results from Lightroom Classic. Following your steps I have been able to improve a number of images.

[@tv510]

Isn't great when you learn a new technique in post processing that you can dig into your library and improve the past images? Thanks for watching.

[@neilholden7821]

great advise. i have just subscribed 😃

[@tv510]

Thanks for the sub!

[@criegel42]

Thank you - awesome job

[@tv510]

Thank you too for watching.

[@Oud2001-w8r]

Much love. Great video

[@tv510]

Thanks for the view!

[@63barty]

Great video Terry, did you try editing with denoise being the first action ? Better or worse results ?

[@tv510]

Yes, I did. The difference was slight, but it was better to do after sharpening. That way you could see the maximum noise reduction, rather than going back and forth. Thanks for watching.

[@richardbrown3434]

Fantastic video and really well explained. I mainly shoot fast jets and in poor light with fast shutter speeds have a real trade off with noise due to high iso. Any tips for denoising images is really helpful. I will now follow your workflow, which makes perfect sense. Thanks.

[@tv510]

Thanks Richard. Yep it should work for you. Flying birds of a different type.

[@byronlentz4825]

Great tutorial.

[@tv510]

Glad you liked it Byron!

[@marthayahoogillespie9567]

Very informative video. Thank you.

[@tv510]

You are welcome Martha.

[@tmewborn1]

Excellent Video and info. You are very skilled At age 84 I prefer my images without Artificial adjustments when ever possible.

[@tv510]

Thank you. Yes, there is lot to be said for only what the camera sees. However, there are times when these techniques work well to salvage something that otherwise doesn't cut it.

[@BillWrightOttawa]

Brilliant

[@tv510]

Thank you so much for watching.

[@guykerr8111]

Very informative. Thanks.

[@tv510]

Glad it was helpful Guy, thanks for watching.

[@kramasubramaniyan]

Good video. Can you show some examples where the bird / animal is photographed with a 180-600 or similar lens which does not given subject separation as much as the primes?

[@tv510]

Thanks for the idea, I'll work on that. Thanks for watching.

[@georgk255]

My denoise in LC needs 5 minutes. Topaz Photo AI 5 seconds. Any suggestions what to use?

[@tv510]

I love Topaz Photo and I use it inside of Photoshop. But there are a lot of people who just want to use something in LRC. If you use Topaz in LRC, then you don't have the ability to do any masking. I have some masking techniques I do inside Photoshop that can give you amazing results with Topaz. I am planning a video on how to DeNoise (and Sharpen) using Topaz in the coming months.

[@seanmarah6886]

Another great and helpful video but on my LCC my photos are automatically saved as DNG so I don't have that automatic button, I have to do it manually, does this matter? Thanks

[@tv510]

Mmmm, are you shooting a camera that creates DNG's to begin with, like Leica? Try downloading the sample files I shared and see if you can get the same results.

[@donelliot7650]

You could use select objects to get just the bird.

[@tv510]

Sometimes that works, sometimes it doesn't, but a good tip to try next time.

[@JohanSchmidt]

Aren't you adding to the noise by sharpening first and then doing noise reduction?

[@tv510]

Yep. Hence why I think sharpen first, then DeNoise. If I DeNoise first, then sharpen, I could create more noise, without a way to correct for it. I have tried it both ways and for me, the method I discussed in the video, works best for me.

[@barryashenhurst2071]

Ever notice how much noise that sharpening Detail gives you? It's horrendous. That's why I don't use it.

[@tv510]

It’s a delicate dance between deNoise and Sharpening back and forth, for sure.

[@shahg5524]

A bit misleading Title. It’s not Denoise with Mask. It’s AI Denoise and then add a bit of softening with Mask. Thought this was some new way to use Mask to Denoise without having to use the AI Denoise which can be painfully slow.

[@tv510]

No intention to try and mislead, just trying to use a title that demonstrates everything I was talking about. Thanks for watching.

[@Joaquincostaprat]

excellent Terry. but my english is not very good

[@tv510]

Thank you for watching.

[@notdisclosed7053]

Why would one shoot at 1/5000 of a second what appears to be a static subject at such a high ISO?

[@tv510]

When shooting birds, especially small birds, a fast shutter speed is a must. As the bird takes off or lands, those are the keeper shots. You don't have time to change the ISO when the bird lands and then back up again for when he takes off. You'd miss a lot of shots that way.

[@nalinamendra2878]

Thank You

[@tv510]

You are welcome.