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  1. Lightroom Classic User Guide
  2. Introduction to Lightroom Classic
    1. What's new in Lightroom Classic
    2. Lightroom Classic Release Notes
    3. Lightroom Classic technical requirements
    4. Keyboard shortcuts
    5. Lightroom Classic FAQ 
    6. Lightroom Classic Key Concepts
    7. Lightroom Classic tutorials
    8. Set Preferences for working in Lightroom Classic
    9. Reset Preferences for working in Lightroom Classic
    10. Supported image formats
  3. Workspace
    1. Workspace basics
    2. Display the Library on a second monitor
    3. Personalize identity plates and module buttons
    4. Watermark your photos in Lightroom Classic
    5. Color management
  4. Import photos
    1. Specify import options
    2. Set import preferences
    3. Import photos from a camera or card reader
    4. Import photos from a folder on a hard drive
    5. Import photos automatically
    6. Import photos from Photoshop Elements
    7. Import photos from a tethered camera
    8. Select best photos while importing with Assisted Culling
    9. The Filename Template Editor and Text Template Editor
    10. Set up tethered camera support for Fujifilm cameras
  5. Organize photos in Lightroom Classic
    1. Face recognition
    2. Work with photo collections
    3. Group photos into stacks
    4. Flag, label, and rate photos
    5. Use keywords
    6. Metadata basics and actions
    7. Save metadata to external sidecar files
    8. Find photos in the catalog
    9. Work with video in Lightroom Classic
    10. Advanced metadata actions
    11. Use the Quick Develop panel
    12. Select best photos with Assisted Culling
    13. Group your photos into a stack
  6. Process and develop photos
    1. Develop module basics
    2. Apply Presets
    3. Create panoramas and HDR panoramas
    4. Flat-Field Correction
    5. Correct distorted perspective in photos using Upright
    6. Improve image quality using Enhance
    7. Work with image tone and color
    8. Edit your images with Color Mixer tool
    9. Masking
    10. Apply local adjustments
    11. HDR photo merge
    12. Develop module options
    13. Retouch photos
    14. Cure red eye and pet eye effects
    15. Use the Radial Filter tool
    16. Adjustments with Lens Blur
    17. Edit and Export in HDR
    18. Remove Tool
    19. Remove distracting people
    20. Remove reflections
    21. Remove sensor dust in a photo
  7. Viewing photos
    1. View photos
    2. Browse and compare photos
    3. Set Library view options
    4. Share photos for comments and feedback
    5. Smart Previews
  8. Export photos
    1. Export files to disk or CD
    2. Export photos from Lightroom Classic
    3. Publish photos online
    4. Export to hard drive using publish services
    5. Presets for export, and other settings
  9. Work with external editors
    1. External Editing preferences
    2. Open and edit Lightroom Classic photos in Photoshop
    3. Edit Lightroom Classic photos in Firefly
  10. Manage catalogs and files
    1. How Lightroom Classic catalogs work
    2. Create and manage catalogs
    3. Back up a catalog
    4. Locate missing photos
    5. Create and manage folders
    6. Manage photos within folders
  11. Maps
    1. Work with the Map module
  12. Photo books
    1. Create photo books
  13. Slideshows
    1. Create slideshows
    2. Slideshow module panels and tools
    3. Specify the slide layout
    4. Add overlays to slides
    5. Play and export slideshows
  14. Print photos
    1. Print module basics
    2. Print module layouts and templates
    3. Work with print job options and settings
  15. Web galleries
    1. Create web galleries
    2. Use the Web module panels and tools
    3. Work with web gallery layouts
    4. Work with web gallery templates and settings
    5. Preview, export, and upload web photo galleries
  16. Content Authenticity 
    1. Content Authenticity in Lightroom Classic
  17. Lightroom and Adobe services
    1. Creative Cloud Libraries
    2. Using Adobe Stock in Creative Cloud apps
  18. Troubleshooting 
    1. Fixed Issues
    2. Known Issues
  19. Technical Support
    1. Performance Guidelines
      1. Basic troubleshooting steps to fix issues in Lightroom Classic
      2. Optimize performance
      3. Keep Lightroom up to date
      4. Preference file and other file locations | Lightroom Classic
      5. Allow Permissions to Lightroom Classic on macOS
    2.  Technical issues
      1. GPU Issues
        1. Troubleshoot graphics processor (GPU) and graphics driver issues | Lightroom Classic
        2. Lightroom Classic GPU FAQ
      2. Startup Issues
        1. Windows | Lightroom doesn't start
        2. Error: Lightroom catalog cannot be opened
        3. Error: 'Unexpected error opening catalog' occurs in Lightroom after Windows 10 upgrade
        4. "Assertion failed" update error | Windows
        5. Error MSVCR110.dll opening apps in Windows 10
      3. Rendering Issues
        1. Troubleshoot issues with Develop module
      4. Stability Issues
        1. Troubleshoot crash or freeze in Lightroom Classic
      5. Miscellaneous Issues
        1. FAQ | Color in Lightroom Classic
        2. Lightroom desktop and mobile apps unavailable to Education memberships | Kivuto
    3. Workflow Issues
      1. Catalog Issues
        1. Error : Lightroom catalog cannot be opened
        2. Troubleshoot corrupt catalog
        3. Locate missing photos
        4. Recover catalog and images after resetting preferences
        5. Failure in opening Lightroom Classic Catalog
        6. AI Edits storage error
        7. Lightroom Classic catalog FAQ
      2. Sync Issues
        1. Lightroom Classic sync FAQ

Use the Enhance tools to improve image quality. 

Enhance provides a set of features such as Denoise, Raw Details and Super Resolution to help improve image quality using Camera Raw.

  1. Denoise helps remove noise easily from an image. Using artificial intelligence, you can reduce noise without losing the image's fine details.
  2. Raw Details, previously called Enhance Details, produces crisp detail, improved color rendering, more accurate renditions of edges, and fewer artifacts. Raw Details is especially useful for making large prints, where fine details are more visible. This feature applies to raw mosaic files from cameras with Bayer sensors (Canon, Nikon, Sony, and others) and Fujifilm X-Trans sensors.
  3. Super Resolution helps create an enhanced image with similar results as Raw Details, but with 2x the linear resolution. This means that the enhanced image will have 2x the width and 2x the height of the original image, or 4x the total pixel count. This feature supports the same file types as Raw Details, plus additional file types such as JPEG and TIFF. Super Resolution is especially useful to increase the resolution of a cropped image.

Minimum system requirements

Your computer must meet the following minimum technical specifications to use the Enhance features:

Operating system

  • (Mac)  macOS Mojave (version 10.14) or later
  • (Windows) Windows 10, version 1903 or later. See Windows 10 update history for details.

GPU

Enhance heavily uses the available GPU and can use an external GPU (eGPU) if available. View the graphics processor acceleration requirements in Lightroom Classic system requirements.

Note
  • Enhance features (Denoise, Raw Details, and Super Resolution) and AI adjustments applied through batch workflows (Copy/Paste, Presets, Synchronize, and Auto-Synchronize) now run in the background, allowing you to continue using the app.
  • You can now access Denoise, Raw Details, and Super Resolution in the Detail panel, as these features are now available as standard edit panel features.
  • Apple Neural Engine does not provide support for AI Denoise on macOS.

Apply Denoise

  1. In the Detail panel, select Denoise.

  2. Use the slider to adjust the intensity of the feature.

Note
  • It's recommended to Denoise your image before applying other tools, including AI masks and Remove, as using Enhance might change the result of the tools used.
  • Denoise is a GPU-intensive feature. Therefore, a faster GPU is recommended to enhance images quickly. 

Supported image formats for Denoise

  • Bayer and X-Trans mosaic raw files.
  • Linear DNGs (including HDR and pano DNG images previously created inside Lightroom and Camera Raw)
  • Smart proxies (DNG proxies)
  • Monochrome raw files (such as Leica M MONOCHROM)
  • Canon sRAW/mRAW files
  • Nikon small raw files
  • Fujifilm (non X-Trans Raw files)
  • Sony ARQ
  • Pentax Pixel Shift Resolution (PSR) files
  • Foveon cameras
  • Apple ProRaw DNGs
  • Samsung Galaxy Expert Raw

Apply Raw Details

  1. In the Detail panel, select Raw Detail.

  2. Select Enhance to create an enhanced DNG version of your photo.

Supported image formats for Raw Details

Raw Details is applicable to Bayer and X-Trans mosaic files only.

Unsupported file formats for Raw Details

Raw Details does not apply to the following types of source images:

  • Non-raw files such as a JPEGs, TIFFs, and HEICs
  • Linear DNGs (including HDR and pano DNGs created by Merge)
  • DNG proxies (Smart Previews)
  • Monochrome raw files (such as Leica M MONOCHROM)
  • Four-color cameras (such as Sony F828)
  • Foveon cameras
  • Fujifilm cameras with SR, EXR, or 2x4 mosaic sensors.
  • Nikon small raw files
  • Pentax Pixel Shift Resolution (PSR) files
  • Sony ARQ files
  • Video files
  • Adobe Merged HDR
  • Adobe Smart Preview
  • Apple ProRaw
  • Canon mRaw/sRaw
  • Nikon Linear Raw
  • Samsung ExpertRaw
  • Sony Linear Raw
  • Google Pixel Raw

Apply Super Resolution

  1. In the Detail panel, select Super Resolution.

    Note
    • If you're using Super Resolution in Lightroom or Camera Raw, see:
    • Super resolution cannot be applied to images with a resolution higher than 128 MP or dimensions (width or height) greater than 32500 pixels.

Auto sync changes to multiple images

In the Library or Develop module, select the images you want to enhance, and select the Auto-sync icon to apply the changes to all selected images together. You can enhance an image only once. You cannot reapply Denoise / Raw Details / Super Resolution to an already enhanced image.

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