Big LR update- AI NR (Lightroom and Classic)

[Toddster]

Yesterday (April 18, 2023) Adobe entered the modern noise removal arena. Yesterday’s release includes real AI noise reduction in Lightroom and Lightroom Classic.

I have been a big fan of DxO Photo Lab for the Deep Prime noise reduction. Until now I think it has been the best there is with Topaz a close second. The limited testing I have done with the new LR version changes that. It seems to be significantly better than DxO (which I think is fantastic) and I am not seeing any artifacts like I get with Topaz.

I haven’t had much chance to do extensive testing but my first impression is WOW! If this is as good as it seems this will change my workflow to LR only.

 

[Toddster]

So here are some shots from a quick test. This was taken with a Sony RX100iv at ISO 12,800. I did not attempt to match the color profiles between LR and DxO since all I was after was NR results.
SOOC jpeg:

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DxO Standard preset + DeepPrime

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Lightoom v6.3 Enhanced Noise Reduction (default 50) (also adjusted lighting since DxO default does)

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Then LR changing from the default of 50 to 70:

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[Toddster]

Same test with a 3,200 ISO file:

SOOC jpeg

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DxO Deep Prime:

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Lr Enhanced NR 50 (default)

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Lr Enhanced NR 70:

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[wt21]

This will help my m43 shots

 

[Toddster]

Here are crops of the 3,200 ISO files:
DxO:

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Lr default 50:

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Lr 70:

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[Toddster]

This will help my m43 shots

I agree. I am mostly an mu43 shooter but did this test with my 1" sensor just to provide a bigger challenge. I still think DxO does a great job and may be a little bit better at retaining detail. But overall I like the look of the output from the new Lr Enhanced NR.

Here is a real world shot from a Mu43 file. This was shot at ISO 6400, the jpeg was unusable but DxO saved the file. Yesterday I processed it with the Lr update and like the results better. This is a very tight crop to show the detail:

DxO Deep Prime:

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Lr Enhanced NR:

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[Glevum Owl]

Thanks for the post and the examples. I had no idea about this release. After a quick web search, I came across the Adobe blog post about the new demonise feature. An interesting read.

Denoise Demystified | Adobe Blog

Get a closer look at Denoise, our latest AI-powered feature for Lightroom and Camera Raw, explained by Adobe Fellow and ACR team member, Eric Chan. “From the ACR team” is a blog series that brings you insights directly from the team that builds the imaging features for Lightroom, Lightroom Classic, Lightroom mobile, Adobe Camera Raw, and the Camera Raw filter in Photoshop.

blog.adobe.com

 

[Glevum Owl]

Having just spent a merry hour or two playing with the LR's new denoise feature, I am very impressed so much so that I've changed my workflow. DxO have a serious problem especially as they've yet to fix the DeepPRIME XD colour cast issue on some Apple boxes, mine included.