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AI noise removal is still not that good


I end up with a lot of super-noisy photos because I do social dance photography. The light in the room is dim, and I need a fast shutter speed because people are moving quickly, so I'm letting in even less light. This is terrible for noise.

Unfortunately, it seems that the best AI noise removal tools are still not that good! I am surprised.

in reply to kip

I hear good things about Lightroom's denoise - do you have a way you could try that? The random online tools are often pretty far behind state of the art, if that's what you've tried so far.

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in reply to Kevin Gibbons

Oh cool! I can try Lightroom and this DxO thing (haven't heard of it). I think I may have already tried Photoshop's denoise feature -- maybe that's the same as whatever Lightroom is doing.

Topaz was what I tried in the screenshot. It seemed like it was supposed to be one of the best options, but I'm glad that top comment says it's actually far behind others