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  1. njlarsen

    Photo editing workflow

    Using ACDSEE with a raw image and having the intent of using photo online: In develop mode: Crop, slight sharpen and general denoise, if necessary adjust exposure with dehaze/lightning/vibrance/tone curves and save (I very rarely adjust for color cast). Which order within develop does not...
  2. njlarsen

    Photo editing workflow

    Well, you are certainly in love with the plugin. For your information, the first sentence in the OP post was: What is your workflow. That is what I started out answering. Niels
  3. njlarsen

    Photo editing workflow

    If people are used to adobe products they will not like ACDSee simply because things are working differently with menus in different places etc. I am not saying it is the best product ever but it is a product that works well for me. Niels
  4. njlarsen

    Photo editing workflow

    For comparison: here is an iso 4000 image done with ACDSee. If you go pixel peeping you might find some noise, I do not know -- but it is an image I like. https://www.birdforum.net/gallery/african-green-monkey.672460/ Niels
  5. njlarsen

    Photo editing workflow

    I have not tried something that extreme. I routinely use up to iso 6400 on my pana G85 - not known as the most noise-free camera around. Niels
  6. njlarsen

    Photo editing workflow

    Topaz Denoise AI (first version with that). Niels
  7. njlarsen

    Photo editing workflow

    I say that I could not get it to function better for me. There is still the possibility that I didn’t figure out how to get the most out of the plug-in. Niels
  8. njlarsen

    Photo editing workflow

    Noise reduction has improved in later years. I did test some of the plugins about a year ago and did not find improvements over what I could do in ACDSee. I happened across a review trying to compare with LR when using default settings and found ACDSee lacking -- I never use default settings...
  9. njlarsen

    Photo editing workflow

    I use ACDSee and I have not seen a plug in yet that truly improves my result. Starting from a raw image: Open in the develop section. Do -cropping -noise reduction for higher iso images -sharpening with the mask being an important way to reduce application outside of the in focus areas...
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