Improve image quality using Camera Raw

Learn about AI-powered Enhance features

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

Denoise easily removes noise from photos captured with high-ISO settings or in low light. You can process the supported file types using artificial intelligence to reduce noise without losing the image's fine details.

Raw Details, previously called Enhance Details, produces crisp detail and more accurate renditions of edges, improves color rendering, and reduces artifacts. The resolution of the enhanced image stays the same as the original image. This feature is handy for large displays and prints where fine details are visible. 

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 for increasing the resolution of a cropped image.  

To access the Enhance preview, you can right-click on a photo and select Enhance from the context menu.

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

• Ensure that your system meets the general Camera Raw system requirements.
• For GPU system requirements, see Considerations for GPU-accelerated features. These features heavily use the available GPU and can use an external GPU (eGPU).
  

Apply Denoise

Supported image formats for Denoise

Denoise applies to the following file types:

• Bayer, X-Trans mosaic raw 
• Linear DNGs (including HDR and Pano DNG images created inside Lightroom and Camera Raw)
• Apple ProRAW files
• Lower-resolution 'medium' and 'small' raw files from various camera vendors such as Canon (mRaw/sRaw), Nikon, Sony, 
• HDR, Pano, and Monochrome
• Smart Preview
• Samsung Expert Raw
• Raw photos from Google Pixel.

Unsupported file formats for Denoise

Denoise does not apply to the following types of source images:

• Non-raw files such as a JPEGs, TIFFs, HEICs, JXL, AVIF, PSD, PSB
  
• Four-color cameras
• Foveon sensor images
• Pentax Pixel Shift Resolution (PSR) files
• Sony ARQ files
• Video files

Apply Raw Details

Supported image formats for Raw Details

Raw Details applies only to Bayer and X-Trans mosaic raw.

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 DNG images created inside Lightroom and Camera Raw)
• Apple ProRAW files
• Samsung Galaxy Expert RAW files
• DNG proxies and Smart Previews
• Monochrome raw files (such as Leica M MONOCHROM)
• Four-color cameras
• Foveon sensor images
• Fujifilm cameras with SR, EXR, or 2x4 mosaic sensors.
• Canon S-RAW/M-RAW files
• Nikon small raw files
• Pentax Pixel Shift Resolution (PSR) files
• Sony ARQ files
• Video files

Apply Super Resolution

Use a keyboard shortcut to quickly enhance an image

To quickly enhance an image without opening the Enhance Preview dialog box, hold down the Option (macOS)/Alt (Win) key when you select Enhance in the context menu. The last selected option in the Enhance Preview dialog box will be applied. 

Enhance multiple images in one go

Select the images in the Filmstrip and then select Enhance from the context menu. The Enhance Preview dialog box will preview the first selected image in the Filmstrip. The final option (Denoise, Raw Details, or Super Resolution) will apply to the selected images. You can change this selection if you want to. Finally, select Enhance Photos to apply the enhancement to the images chosen. 

• Enhance Details in Lightroom
• Enhance Details in Lightroom Classic