Need help in processing milky way photo

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@Chintan_Gohel

I think you’re right about the limitations of RT in noise reduction - I’ve noticed it myself

I personally am no good at noise reduction and my photos rarely need it, but I’ve seen some good noise reduction results from RT. Check out:

Noise reduction compared to LightRoom

I’m new to RawTherapee and would like to know if I am understanding the noise reduction correctly. I followed the Rawpedia documentation by using the Luminance and Luminance Detail sliders: Noise Reduction - RawPedia. However the result is visibly not as good as what I achieve with Lightroom (using the exact same 2 sliders). It is especially the case for high iso (3200 ISO) and on people skin/face. I know that there are a lot more options I can play with in Rawtherapee (wavelets for example…

Noise reduction for Highlight jpg

Hi, I am using RT for create JPG from RAW, some times for enhance JPG. Currently I am working with some JPG images contains highlights and color noise. I found a problem in preview even after processing whole image, RT doesn’t remove noise. Same it is for RAW where are big highlights. There are some screens. Disable Noise reduction - same preview [image] Enable Noise reduction - same preview [image] Enable Noise reduction - preview move to highlight and doesn’t remove noise from p…

http://rawpedia.rawtherapee.com/Noise_Reduction

http://rawpedia.rawtherapee.com/Impulse_Noise_Reduction