The Quintessential Guide to Sharpening and Noise Reduction in Lightroom

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In this video, I demonstrate and explain everything you need to know to properly reduce noise and sharpen your images using Lightroom Classic. Check out my ALL NEW, iso adaptive, Lightroom Presets -- a HUGE pack of over 500 presets: www.anthonymorganti.com/ ** I am an affiliate for all of the companies listed EXCEPT Affinity Photo. Please read my Code of Ethics Statement: onlinephotographytraining.com/code-of-ethics/ Tap into Adobe's Creative Cloud: bit.ly/2zwQ0nW Anthony Morganti’s MUST HAVE applications: At least one Non-Destructive RAW Editor Lightroom - bit.ly/2zwQ0nW Capture One - captureone.38d4qb.net/y1Djy (Save 10% with Promo Code: MORGANTI10) Luminar - bit.ly/2JUJxKw (Save with the Promo Code AM16) On1 Photo RAW - bit.ly/2zJmA9I (Save 20% with Promo Code: AM17) Exposure X6 - bit.ly/2U8UxrK (Save 10% with Promo Code: AnthonyMorganti) PhotoLab 4: tidd.ly/2HhiN9X At least one FULL Editing App: Photoshop - bit.ly/2zwQ0nW Affinity Photo - affinity.serif.com/en-us/photo/ My MUST-HAVE Plugins: Topaz Denoise AI - bit.ly/3cDqa5J Topaz Gigapixel AI - bit.ly/3cDqa5J Topaz Sharpen AI - bit.ly/3cDqa5J *Save 15% on all Topaz Labs apps - use the Promo Code: AMDISC15 Nik Silver Efex Pro 2 - tidd.ly/3dc4gYm My MUST-HAVE Mac Utility: CleanMyMac X - Info: bit.ly/3jtVpU3 To save 10% on your purchase of CleanMyMac X: 1. Visit the CleanMyMac X store: bit.ly/3bEMuMx 2. Scroll down to the very bottom of the page and click on "Enter it now" under "Already have a coupon code?" 3. Paste the promo code TONY10 and hit "Verify" 4. The prices will be reduced, and you’ll be able to select the license and proceed with the payment ** Note that all of the promo codes listed above may not work on sale products. *** I am an affiliate for all of the companies listed EXCEPT Affinity Photo. Please read my Code of Ethics Statement: onlinephotographytraining.com/code-of-ethics/ Please follow me on Instagram: instagram.com/anthonymorganti/ View my recommended gear list: www.amazon.com/shop/anthonymorganti As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. I use this software to record my screen and make parts of my screen enlarge and zoom out so you can see it: Screenflow: telestream.pxf.io/DMrW2 Unsure of how to price your photography? Check the 2019 Guide to Pricing Your Photography: amzn.to/2S1CiU7 I am an affiliate for all of the companies listed EXCEPT Affinity Photo. Please read my Code of Ethics Statement here: onlinephotographytraining.com/code-of-ethics/ Thank you!

[@bobcohen4008]

Excellent presentation. I really appreciate your calm, unhurried and thorough approach.

[@ElMarkoCinco]

Out of all the tutorials on YT, I constantly find yours the most informative and easiest to apply. Cheers

[@howardholtzman1331]

Best LR Sharpening and Noise presentation on the Internet!

[@gharrop1]

Excellent & clear…the monochrome chart was a revelation !! Many thanks.

[@SubiTrekker]

Thanks Anthony. Another very well articulated lesson.

[@afti03]

my God, i'm learning so much here..

[@2229east7thstreet]

GREAT PRESENTATION. I have a much better understanding of this now. Thanks!

[@hamidpezham4933]

A great piece of teaching, thanks for the exellent presentation

[@jpdj2715]

Great approach: color noise -> luminance noise -> sharpening. That helps a lot. As to the grey scale and the edge between the two tones of grey. You said the image is JPEG. The tonal changes on either side of the edge between the two tones are cross bleeding artifacts from the raw processing done in camera to generate the JPEG form the raw shot. Ideally, that cross bleeding should not happen. Compared to 15 years ago, it is marginal, but it is an artifact, nevertheless. It would be interesting to see how Lr does this compared to the camera, when it starts from a raw file. When you sharpen that transition - you mentioned micro-contrast before - it feels again like micro-contrast is applied and it feels like it highlights the cross-bleeding which is undesired. As the border between the two grey patches is precisely vertical, another presumed effect of sharpening would be how the app depicts curved or slanted lines in a raster of pixels (anti-aliasing). It would be interesting t zoom in on that too.

[@stephenschmid492]

Very well explained. Thanks, Anthony!

[@calicreations2029]

omg great explanation of the sharpening, radius and detail using the monochrome bars!! this visual reprensation has really aided me to understand how these sliders actually work finally!! THANK YOU

[@allenbuyck7957]

Thank you Anthony !! I learned a lot from this video and it will change the sequence of steps that I do sharpening

[@MikeLaracuente]

Awesome as usual... Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge.

[@nitinbhide5964]

Excellent detailed tutorial Thanks a lot 🙏

[@SneekimusBeakimus]

Absolutley excellent video! Well presented very informative and lays everything in an understnadable way! Really good, useful content! Extremly helpful. Perfect video.

[@walnutsism]

Absolutely Fabulous presentation! You presented the logic behind sharpening and noise reduction which really really helped me. Nothing magical! Brilliant! Many thanks!

[@sandhiyudha5658]

It's a cool clear explanation...!

[@HampshireHog63]

Excellent presentation, as expected from your videos. The way you take your time to explain not just what the sliders do, but how they do it, really helps me understand the processes in your videos. As well as learning the topic of your videos, I always feel I come away with a few little shortcut extras , too - either new ones, or those I’ve seldom used and then forgotten. 👍🏼

[@christophermcintosh7498]

Thanks very much for this video Anthony - the clearest and best explanation of sharpening and noise reduction in LR that I have seen.

[@peterjb49]

Excellent as always Anthony! You have taught me so much over the years I have followed you!

[@triplewinlin5576]

This is a great breakdown of the purposes, effects, and uses of the various detail sliders!

[@iqueque]

Thanks Anthony, you just reminded me that all the sharpening and noise reduction I need are in Lightroom. All my large prints are printed on canvas which hides any noise that may be visible when pixel peeping.

[@jacobjurg3746]

Thank you very much! Great info!

[@dschenk952]

Thank you, Anthony. I take a lot of pictures of the sky at night and use a ISO of 1600 or greater on my 80D and this came in very handy on the pictures I took earlier this morning. It's never been explained like this to me before.

[@dboyd8628]

Great instruction. It definitely provided me with a clearer understanding of the finer features of the detail section! As I watch your videos, I am finding that often "less is more". Starting out, I have been over-using some of these features to the detriment of the photos. Thanks!

[@tedk2814]

great help, thank you!!

[@derekjones2657]

Thank you Anthony. That was most helpful and I shall be following your procedure next time I sharpen in Lightroom.

[@thilinaalagiyawanna3680]

Thank you very much

[@BobG-eh5fc]

Thank You, I think your comment about doing in LR or PS is the first step. If that doesn't work then plug-ins are a great solutions, but a lot can be done just in LR/PS. Especially Masking sharpening in PS via masks.

[@shaffy27]

Topaz Denoise Ai and Topaz Sharpen Ai are game changers to me! 🙂

[@j.j.mahanyjr776]

As always I learn something new every time I watch your videos. I wonder if we aren't driving ourselves crazy with all these "noise reduction" programs. Happy 4th of July.

[@jblookonimages6749]

thank you

[@D_Archives]

Quality content

[@Starriddin]

Very helpful Anthony. Thank you!

[@karinaport]

Excelente explicación, Anthony!!! Thanks!!!.. loved everything about it, specially the part where you took us out of the 100 % with the control tab( Mac).

[@howardmorris9086]

Great explanation Anthony!

[@GeoffGrant2010]

This is great! I like your workflow within the app, and your use of highlight tools to demonstrate the techniques is very helpful. I will practice this workflow til I get it! Much better than my random approach. I would enjoy seeing a sequel where you show what’s possible with this image in LR as compared to Denoise or which ever other one you pick. Thanks again Anthony. I’m about to get the new MacBook and I think I will work through some of your other videos. Geoff

[@christophharman5325]

Very informative video! Thanks.

[@darrelltheriault5793]

Anthony, great explanation. Thanks so much!

[@ryanasak]

Excellent. Thank you.

[@cookietheswede]

Something I’ve had good luck with for OCD people or people who have more time on their hands is using the brush tool to sharpen and remove Noise from the background separately. Just mask off what you want effected. I found especially useful for wildlife photos where you can make them really pop from the background. But now I am just spoiled by Denoise AI and Sharpen AI…

[@timbanks260]

excellent, very well explained :-)

[@ΣπύροςΧατζησταυράκης]

great work!! color default value of 25 is the worst setting in lightroom for high iso photos. it reduces the colors of the photos. it should by by default at 5 like your video settings

[@sreejithvnair4623]

Thank you 🙏🏼

[@karenrobinson3805]

Thank you 👍. Was very helpful. Can you please advise when is the best time to do this process during the development of an image?

[@vernondekoker8797]

Anthony can you maybe make a video on how to Sharpen and Reduce Noise for Fujifilm File's, that worm affects on X-Trans files

[@eliasbrito788]

thanks , your awesome,,,

[@andycoleman2708]

Great video! Wouldn't it make sense to mask before sharpening, so you don't have to worry about the artifacts in the background while just focusing on the edges?

[@250157andyw]

Another terrific demonstration Anthony, thanks. If you have a set of photos taken in the same setup (same camera, lens & most importantly same ISO) would you try to optimise the de-noise & sharpening on one typical photo and then synchronise those settings to the rest of the set? Or is it best to run through this process on each photo individually?

[@philipculbertson55]

I know when you use Topaz, you always denoise before making any contrast-affecting adjustments, which makes sense to me. Do you follow that same logic when staying in LR? and if so, when do you sharpen?

[@barryashenhurst2071]

What I want to know is, now that you've sharpened in Lightroom, will you now sharpen again in Photoshop?

[@davidtaylor4534]

Has the mask tool Ben removed from Lightroom cc

[@Barryhlshf]

Anthony your standard setting for sharpness in lightroom is zero. Standard it will be set to 40. How can i make this setting the same as yours in lightroom when I import raw files

[@iqueque]

Set up as an import preset

[@lewisjones4158]

Very well explained. Thank you

[@jolamartysz6089]

Very well explained, thank you.