How to fast denoise a photo without effort

Photographers may come across such an issue when taking a photo. After shooting a scene, you will see tiny and dark spots in your photo. These spots create grainy photos and are referred to as noise in digital photography. There are some reasons leading to it. You raise the ISO level to capture more light when you are shooting in the low light. The high ISO makes the sensor of the camera group pixels together, which results in a gritty and noisy look. In short, the higher the ISO setting is, the more noise you will have in your photo. Long exposure is another cause of noise. As the exposure becomes longer, the sensor of the camera gets hotter. The heat contributes to noise in the final photo. Underexposure is also a contributor to noise. If you take an underexposed photo, you will find the noise is noticeable in the darker regions of the photo. The uneven grainy look resulted from the noise dramatically lowers the quality of your photo. If you are experiencing this problem and wondering how to denoise a photo, please continue reading this article. In this article, I'll show you three methods to remove the noise from a photo using noise reduction software.

Method 1. Remove the noise from a photo with Photo Effects

Overview of Photo Effects

As the name implies, Photo Effects is a piece of professional photo effect software. With a variety of parameters and decorative objects, it lets you enhance the quality of your photos to make stunning photos with ease.

You will be greeted by a simplistic window after you launch the program. This window consists of three panels. A collection of predefined effects are located in the left-side panel. When the photo is loaded into the program, you will see small preview thumbnails of these predefined effects. The middle panel takes up most of the window. This is where you can preview the effects applied to the photo. You can compare the original photo, zoom and pan the photo, and discard all changes you make. There is an assortment of adjustment parameters in the right-side panel. You can change the exposure compensation, exposure compression, lightness, saturation, and contrast. You can adjust the shadows/highlights, dynamic range, tone mapping, and white balance. Other parameters you can adjust include local contrast, vibrance, channel mixer, soft light, and vignette filter. You are also given the possibility to reduce the noise level in the photo and sharpen the photo.

On the whole, Photo Effects is a simple yet powerful photo effect app that offers a comprehensive photo editing suite. It allows you to quickly process your photo using built-in fine tuners and add special effect to your photo. If you wish to improve the quality of your photo, Photo Effects is a great go-to option.

How to denoise a photo with Photo Effects

Step 1.

• Drag and drop your photo onto the working area. Or click on "File"->"Add Photo" to add your photo into the program. You can also click on the "Add" button to import the photo. To remove the imported photo, click on the "Remove" button next to the "Add button".

Step 2.

• Go to the right-side panel and scroll down to the "NOISE REDUCTION" section. Click on the "NOISE REDUCTION" button to activate the function of adjusting the parameter.

Gamma

This parameter makes the strength of noise reduction vary across the range of tones. Increasing the value will let the noise reduction affect more bright tones. Decreasing the value will let the noise reduction affect more dark tones.

• Drag the gamma slider to reduce the noise level. Click on the "View button" to compare what the photo had looked like before you made adjustments with what it looks like after you made adjustments. If you want to readjust the parameter, click on the "Redo" button to discard adjustments.

Step 3.

• Press the "Export Photo" button to export the photo to a desired location. Or click on "File"->"Save As" to save the photo to a destination folder.

Method 2. Remove the noise from a photo with Photoshop

When it comes to photo editing, I believe the first tool that comes to your mind must be Photoshop. Compared with Photo Effects, Photoshop gives you more refinement on noise reduction. Below we will walk through how to use Photoshop to denoise your photo.

How to denoise a photo in Photoshop

• Throw your photo into the program. Click on the "Filter" menu. Then, choose "Noise"->"Reduce Noise".

• The "Reduce Noise" dialog shows up and you will see a preview area and different sliders.
• Slowly drag each slider and preview the changes. Pull the "Strength" and "Reduce color noise" slider to adjust the strength of noise reduction. Then, use the "Preserve Details" to keep fewer details or more details. Finally, move the "Sharpen Details" slider to restore minor details.

• When you are satisfied with the result, click on "OK". Export your photo to a specified folder.

Method 3. Remove the noise from the photo with AI Image Denoiser

As the name suggests, AI Image Denoiser is a piece of online photo denoise software. It helps you get rid of noise from the photo to make your photo clearer. The highlight of this web-based app is that it preserves as many details as possible while removing the photo noise. No professional skills are required and all operations are just several button clicks. As regards to privacy and security, all your uploaded items will be erased within 24 hours.

How to denoise a photo using AI Image Denoiser

• Drop your photo into the drop box. You can also click on the uploading button to upload your photo. The supported file formats are JPG and PNG. The max file upload size is 5MB.
• Press the red "Start" button to start reducing the noise.
• When the process is done, right-click on the "Download" button and select "Save link as" to save the photo to your hard drive.

Summary

Digital noise is a very common program for photographers. Getting a grainy footage can be very frustrating. If you are a victim of digital noise, use the methods above to remove the noise and fix the grainy photo. If you find some other good methods in the future, please share them with me by leaving a comment below.