Low-light pictures are often shot at high ISO settings and dealing with noise later can be a challenge. It’s not just noise issues that you might need to fix, though, but white balance, colour, and exposure, too. Here are some editing tips that can make all the difference, some using Adobe Lightroom, some using other photo editors, but most of them generic enough to try in any photo-editing software.
1 AI denoise changes everything: DxO DeepPRIME
AI denoising tools don’t just attempt to suppress image noise, they tackle it at source as the raw file is being processed – and with the power of AI, they can analyse and replicate details in the image to reproduce textures and definition previously not possible at higher ISO settings. DxO’s DeepPRIME process is the most effective to date, but Adobe Enhance and ON1 NoNoise AI are effective too. AI denoising works best on raw files right at the start of your editing workflow, though Topaz Labs DeNoise AI can also work on
