Aperty: How to use Noise Reduction tool

aperty Oct 03, 2024

Say goodbye to grainy portraits with the Noise Reduction tool in Aperty! Whether you're working with low light or high ISO settings, this tool smooths out unwanted noise while keeping your subject's details crisp and natural. It's your secret weapon for clean, polished portraits every time!

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What is the Noise Reduction Tool

The Noise Reduction tool in Aperty is designed to minimize unwanted noise in your portrait photos, particularly in images captured in low light or with high ISO settings. Noise can appear as grain or colour speckles, which can detract from the smoothness and quality of a portrait. The Noise Reduction tool helps to remove these imperfections while preserving essential facial details and textures.

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Introducing Noise Reduction Controllers

Luminosity Slider

Reduces brightness noise, commonly appearing as grain in darker areas of your portrait.

Radius Slider

Targets unwanted colour speckles, often seen as random coloured dots in shadowed areas.

Preserve Textures Slider

Enhances the overall noise reduction effect, balancing smoothness and detail preservation, resulting in clearer portraits without losing sharpness.

Getting Started with the Noise Reduction Tool

Select your project in the Project Manager and double-click to open it in the Editing module.
Choose the image you want to edit from the Film Strip at the bottom of the application.
Navigate to the Main Editing Toolbar and click the icon with three sliders to access the Essentials section.
Open the Noise Reduction tool by clicking its name or the triangle next to it.
Zoom in to at least 100% for a better view of the noise in your image.
Adjust the Luminosity slider to adjust the level of noise in the image.
If necessary use the Boost slider to apply even more Noise Reduction to your image.
Optionally, use the Color slider to remove any colour speckles or noise in your image.
At any point, click the Eye icon to compare the before and after results.

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Written and published by: Jakub Bors | #BorsPhotography | www.borsphoto.com