High-ISO noise can ruin detail, texture and overall image quality. This concise DxO tutorial shows you the exact workflow I use in real commercial photography projects to clean up noisy RAW files using DeepPRIME XD2 — without plastic skin or washed-out detail.
As ISO increases, the camera amplifies signal and noise equally. Shadows break apart, colour blotching appears, and fine detail becomes unstable. Traditional noise reduction tools blur this detail, resulting in soft, artificial-looking images.
Remove noise while keeping skin texture, micro-contrast and fine detail intact. DxO’s DeepPRIME XD2 engine excels at this, making it the most natural-looking noise solution in my professional workflow.
DxO analyses your sensor and lens characteristics, preparing the image for the most accurate noise model available.
DeepPRIME XD2 removes noise while enhancing fine detail. Skin remains natural, textures stay intact, and shadows clean up beautifully — even at ISO 6400, 12800 or higher.
Lens softness, distortion, vignetting and chromatic aberration are fixed using DxO’s exact optical profiles. This makes noisy low-light images appear sharper and more controlled.
Once noise is handled, colour grading becomes smooth and predictable in Lightroom, Photoshop or Capture One.
You get a clean, detailed, natural-looking file ready for professional use — whether it’s travel work, beauty, fashion, reportage or editorial delivery.
