NEVER Delete Noisy Photos Again: Here’s a MAGIC Solution (VIDEO)

We’ve all captured photos with ugly noise artifacts that spoil an otherwise great shot—a problem that often occurs when using high ISO settings or shooting in low light. But don’t be so quick to delete noisy photos because in the next five minutes you’ll learn what one expert calls a “magic” Lightroom solution.

Here today’s promise from instructor Serge Ramelli: “I’ll show you how to remove noise in photos using the best Lightroom settings for crystal-clear results—without making images look fake or over-smooth.” Ramelli is a notable French-born pro who specializes in in landscape, seascape, and cityscape imagery.

So whether you’re working with high ISO shots, low-light images, or old grainy photos, this “amazing” Lightroom trick will result in a very impressive transformation. The proof is this: Ramelli demonstrates how he edited one of his favorite shots that sold in over 120 galleries across the globe—even though the sky in the original was full of noise.

Ramelli was in Venice when he captured this beautiful view of the Grand Canal from the middle of an iconic bridge. The problem was there were so many tourists on either side of Ramelli that there was no room to set up a tripod. Thus, he resorted to shooting handheld with an exposure of .5 seconds, f/4, at ISO 1,250. His focal length was 20mm.

The goal was to eliminate noise so Ramelli could make big-and-clean print for display (and sale) in one of his galleries. He walks you through the step-by-step process that begins by adjusting exposure with simple Lightroom sliders. Ramelli opens up shadows and brings down highlights, and at this preliminary stage the image looks pretty weird.

But watch how the “photo “reveals itself” when Ramelli holds down the Option key and employs sliders to adjust the black and white points. The exposure is now perfect but zooming in on the shot reveals all the image-killing ugly noise.

Ramelli makes a few other quick enhancements before turning to his Lightroom process that banishes noise in a surprisingly effective way. Just take a glance at his before/after examples and you will definitely be convinced. Then take a trip to Ramelli’s popular YouTube channel where you’ll find over a thousand more instructional shooting and editing tutorials for upping your game.

We also recommend watching the tutorial we featured with another expert who demonstrates how Photoshop’s easy-to-use  Guides tools will significantly enhance and streamline your post-processing workflow.