Lightroom Denoise: I took some photos at my grandson’s soccer game, and afterwards edited them in Lightroom. I was shooting at 3200 ISO, and ran the photos through Lightroom’s Denoise.

Wags Loc: Mequon, WI

I took some photos at my grandson’s soccer game, and afterwards edited them in Lightroom. I was shooting at 3200 ISO, and ran the photos through Lightroom’s Denoise. I thought the photos came out fine, but here’s my question: once I started the Denoise process, I got a message that said: “Time remaining 9 minutes.” Are other users finding that it takes approximately 9 minutes to run that process? I don’t know if that’s typical, or due to the specs of my Mac.

Thanks for your comments.

bsprague Loc: Lacey, WA, USA

I think it depends on the size of the photo, but on my Windows i7 laptop with 16GB Ram, a SSD and a Nvidia GPU I get around a minute or less.

Wags Loc: Mequon, WI

Thanks, that is way faster than mine.

UTMike Loc: South Jordan, UT

It must depend on the computer, my Mac does denoise in less than a minute after I select which denoise to use.

jaymatt Loc: Alexandria, Indiana

It all depends on your computer's speed. I have learned that it doesn't always take as long as it says.

tomc601 Loc: Gilbert, AZ

Mac Studio takes about 30 seconds.

thomasm650 Loc: SF Bay Area

Rather than just hitting the button "DENOISE", you may wish to manually move the sliders below that button to see if it improves the photo to meet your expectations. I do it quite often, and it takes only a few seconds. Using the button can test your patience if you are doing it to every photo.

worldcycle Loc: Stateline, Nevada

Personally I think Lightrooms Denoise feature is a gimmick. I did a free trial of Topaz and ran numerous photos through it and Lightroom. I bought Topaz. Much faster, more options and a higher quality output.

buckscop Loc: Bucks County PA

What thomasm650 said. Auto denoise takes forever on my computer.

Karl's Bird Photography Loc: Oregon

Mine processes in about 30 seconds... I bought a new computer with better specs to handle PS and LR. Topaz got filed in the trash after using LR Denoise... and it will likely get even better with Adobe updates.

Grahame Loc: Fiji

Wags wrote:

I took some photos at my grandson’s soccer game, and afterwards edited them in Lightroom. I was shooting at 3200 ISO, and ran the photos through Lightroom’s Denoise. I thought the photos came out fine, but here’s my question: once I started the Denoise process, I got a message that said: “Time remaining 9 minutes.” Are other users finding that it takes approximately 9 minutes to run that process? I don’t know if that’s typical, or due to the specs of my Mac.

Thanks for your comments.

It is very dependent upon your GPU performance. I've an entry level GPU with just 2GB memory. For me, a Z6 file, 33 meg takes around 7 mins and a Z8 file 45 meg takes around 12 mins approx. These are 'estimated' times shown and actual time is approx. 2 mins less. You are not alone.

For info, a couple of days ago I started a thread on exactly the same subject and some very knowledgeable members have given great advice. It can be found here https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-786198-1.html

I've found that investigating component 'upgrades' and options has opened up a can of worms.

Mojaveflyer Loc: Denver, CO

I use DeNoise with Photoshop Elements. When I click on a photo to be processed, it usually takes about 10 - 15 seconds for it to be processed. Usually my edited shots are about 200 - 600 kb. I love the results!

Grahame Loc: Fiji

worldcycle wrote:

Personally I think Lightrooms Denoise feature is a gimmick. I did a free trial of Topaz and ran numerous photos through it and Lightroom. I bought Topaz. Much faster, more options and a higher quality output.

From my own testing with specific high ISO images I've found PS/LR raw Denoise AI superior to Topaz DeNoise AI and will use it where quality is a higher priority than time.

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Grahame Loc: Fiji

Mojaveflyer wrote:

I use DeNoise with Photoshop Elements. When I click on a photo to be processed, it usually takes about 10 - 15 seconds for it to be processed. Usually my edited shots are about 200 - 600 kb. I love the results!

Are you referring to using the PSE ACR module de-noising raw files?

FrankN Loc: Maryland, USA

Yes, mine often take 11-12 minutes; I’ve given up on LrC DeNoise until I upgrade my PC to get more powerful CPU and graphics card. Back to using Topaz DeNoise for now.