Lightroom Quick Tip - Denoise and Super Resolution on the Same Image!

In this video, I show you how to get around one of the limitations of Adobe’s AI-based noise reduction and Upscaling tools in Lightroom. You currently can’t use Denoise and Super Resolution on the same image, but with this simple workaround, I will show you how to do it!
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[@iqueque]

Great tip, many thanks

[@xeLJoYo]

So, you actually don't need Photoshop for this to work at all! Turns out, just saving the image as .tif and then loading that version in Lightroom, you can still do Super Resolution on that. Denoise won't work though, so make sure to do that first. I only figured this out *after* finding your way of even making it work at all, so thanks!

[@colinmelhuish1254]

Thanks for posting. Will use as shown.

[@woodygreen6826]

Great, simple tip!

[@Roy_Venema]

Cool tip !

[@stichlindz360]

Awesome tip, just what I was looking for!

[@Jonathantuba]

Great tip - I often have a noisy image I also want to upscale after cropping. You have got my subscription

[@thomasfitzgerald]

Thanks! Glad I could help !

[@nagrajesz]

😮.. thankssss

[@stevehayward1854]

I have been doing Denoise and then Sharpen last to great effect also

[@irajnaghash]

When from Ps back to LrC and use super resolution, file become DNG and enhance Super resolution is workable.

[@Tripster369]

Have you tested differences between using NR first and SR first? I'm curious as to whether it may work better or worse when doing SR first. Also this makes most colour profiles unavailable in Lightroom?

[@nelsoncabrera6464]

Unfortunately, the super-resolution results achieved through this method are not as effective as those produced when running the super-resolution tool on raw DNG files (using Bayer or X-Trans arrays). This is because both the super-resolution and denoise tools are designed to use mosaic data as inputs for their convolutional network (the AI part), and then output a demosaiced linear RGB DNG. Adobe eventually updated the super-resolution tool to accept processed files (such as JPG, TIFF, etc.) as inputs, but the results are not as optimal as when the tool is applied to the raw mosaic of an unprocessed DNG. Rumors suggest that they are working on a new monolithic tool capable of denoising and resampling using a more comprehensive convolutional network. However, while we await its release, your method still produces more than acceptable results

[@ChocoLater1]

How do I do this only in PS?

[@davidbraddon-mitchell3152]

This works, but you may as well just up-rez in PS. Because although you can do super resolution when it comes back as a .tif, you CANNOT use raw details - and that is the only thing which really makes super resolution different from an ordinary uprezzing program

[@bartonselby1933]

Super resolution is far superior to any other similar plug in I have tried in the past. They may be upgrading those too, but plug ins are a pain in the butt, you can't keep them current without constant cash outlays.

[@tyrejuan8]

Mine says ''unsupported file''...i tried jpg, tiff, and psd...what file does it want? Can I convert it to that?

[@thomasfitzgerald]

The original file needs to be a RAW file. The option when sending to Photoshop can be either Tiff or PSD but I generally use PSD

[@tyrejuan8]

@@thomasfitzgerald ok thanks

[@robertburnside61]

Didnt work. The edit.tif file was not eligible for LRC denoise.

[@thomasfitzgerald]

As I said in the video - you have to do denoise on the raw file first. Super resolution will work on the tiff.