Noise Reduction
Let's take a quick look at the sliders in the Noise Reduction section:
- Luminance: The Luminance slider is the main tool to counteract noise in our photos, but we will start losing a lot of details at higher values. Using the Luminance tool is all about balancing between getting rid of unpleasant, digitally grainy-looking photographs and retaining or losing details. Working with high Luminance values will smother detail and make photographs look "plasticky-smooth" and unnatural. On the other hand, it may work in our favor once in a while and be a creative choice to run Luminance at a very high setting. Still, for most applications, it's all about being reasonable, especially when developing photographs of people.
- Detail: We can counteract detail being removed by the Luminance setting by cranking up the Detail slider, which will help us retain a bit more detail at the price of more visible noise.
- Contrast: The Contrast tool can help...