{"id":1066,"date":"2010-06-16T09:06:00","date_gmt":"2010-06-15T21:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kentyuphotography.com\/blog\/2010\/06\/adobe-lightroom-3-noise-reduction-nr-comparison.html"},"modified":"2012-02-23T19:45:21","modified_gmt":"2012-02-23T06:45:21","slug":"adobe-lightroom-3-noise-reduction-nr_16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kentyuphotography.com\/blog\/adobe-lightroom-3-noise-reduction-nr_16\/","title":{"rendered":"Adobe Lightroom 3 – Noise Reduction (NR) Comparison"},"content":{"rendered":"
Adobe Lightroom 3<\/a> has added and improved many features to make Lightroom 3 a one complete workflow package. I have listed many of its new features<\/a>, but one of its new improved feature is its noise reduction engine. This is what Adobe says about its superior noise reduction:<\/div>\n
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\u201cAchieve amazing, natural-looking results from your high ISO images with all-new state-of-the-art noise reduction technology. You won’t need more than what’s built into Adobe\u00ae Photoshop\u00ae Lightroom\u00ae 3 to get the cleanest images at any ISO.\u201d<\/em><\/div>\n
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There are many noise reduction (NR) packages out there that also claims to be number 1 in removing noise and grain from digital images.<\/div>\n
Here, I present the images (100% crop) after applying some of the most common NR software. The test candidates are:<\/div>\n
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| Lightroom 2 | Lightroom 3<\/a> | Noise Ninja<\/a> | Define 2<\/a> | Noiseware Professional<\/a> | DxO Optics Pro<\/a> |<\/div>\n
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Let\u2019s first check out the test image -  An image of Hong Kong skyline taken with a Nikon D700 @ ISO1600, f\/2.8. It has a lot of dark\/shadow areas where noise is a lot less tolerant.<\/div>\n
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Here is a comparison of the NR results (100% crop 800×600) from the five different NR software. The NR settings used are as follows: <\/p>\n