James Paterson
With over a decade as a writer and photographer behind him, James knows exactly which Photoshop and Lightroom tools and techniques matter most.
Noise in photos causes them to become grainy and lack fine detail. It's especially apparent in images taken at higher ISOs, and even more so in the shadow areas of these images. Heavy-handed image editing can also lead to increased noise, especially if you're attempting to recover lost shadow details. However, there are tools that can help. In this project, we'll explore some of the best on offer in Photoshop - and some to avoid.
Noise reduction is always something of a balancing act, because it can come at the expense of fine detail. It would be easy to remove the noise from any image simply by blurring it, but who wants a blurry image? As such, we need tools that let us remove the noise but retain the sharpness. What's more, we may only need to worry about keeping certain areas of the image sharp while other parts of the frame can withstand stronger noise reduction. Like sharpening, judgement is key. In general, a slightly noisy image will look better than one that looks too smoothed out, and sometimes images will actually benefit from more grain to even out the noise reduction.
The Camera Raw filter
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Spice up autumn
Bold autumnal colours lend themselves to bold editing techniques, says James Abbott
Breathe new life into forgotten photos with Enhance
James Paterson tries out Photoshop's AI image-enhancing tools to see if they can rescue an old, noisy, heavily-cropped raw file
Scanning ahead...
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Shot of the month
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Hotshots
Our showcase of the winning entries from the World Sports Photography Awards 2024
The art of seeing
Benedict Brain examines the tourist gaze and explores why we take 'travel' photographs
Historic streets
Andrew Bransby reveals the secrets of successfully shooting popular tourist hotspots at night
Don't get stuck in a rut
Brian Wakeling explains how get a winning shot from herds of deer
How to capture canals and docks
Wendy Evans investigates the watery arteries of the Industrial Revolution