Grain in photo after import

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I've linked two photos that are screen shots of the same image. The one was opened in Photoshop CS2 ... the other in Lightroom. Both images were expanded to view them in full size. The Photoshop image looks great, but I wanted to tweak the color saturation a bit to make it a little less intense. For that reason I brought it into Lightroom. I've been noticing that when I import files into Lightroom, I'm seeing a degradation in quality. You can see that clearly in these screenshots. The Lightroom photos look much grainier. Note that this is just after the import ... no adjustments have been made at all. Do you have any idea what might be doing this? I haven't heard of any other reports of such a thing anywhere on the internet. I'm guessing that it's the settings that are the default in Lightroom. I'll also attach a couple photos that show the default settings after the import. Can one of these be doing it? I can make the raw file available if needed.

Photoshop screenshot:
http://www.timeseyephotography.com/lr-pics/screenshot''2.jpg


Lightroom screenshot... immediately after import:
http://www.timeseyephotography.com/lr-pics/screenshot''3.jpg



Screenshots to show some of the picture settings after the import:
http://www.timeseyephotography.com/lr-pics/screenshot''1.jpg
http://www.timeseyephotography.com/lr-pics/screenshot''4.jpg
http://www.timeseyephotography.com/lr-pics/screenshot''5.jpg
 
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Greetings and welcome to the forum.

The first thing I notice is that your Photoshop file is a JPEG and your Lightroom file is a RAW NEF file. Is it safe to assume that you are shooting RAW and JPEG both on your Nikon?

If this is the case (noticing that this is an ISO 8'' image) the 'grain' you are seeing is digital noise. The JPEG file (assuming I was correct about RAW+JPEG) has had processing applied in-camera. JPEG files processed in-camera receive noise reduction (among other things). I would guess this is the difference I am seeing. You are comparing a Processed JPEG to an Unprocessed RAW NEF file.

If you open the NEF file directly in Photoshop does it look like the JPEG in your example or the RAW file in Lightroom? Start by tweaking the Noise Reduction settings in Lightroom. Move those sliders and see what happens to your image.
 
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You're absolutely correct on all accounts. I am shooting raw+jpg and I thought that it looked like noise, but somehow missed the sliders for noise reduction. After tweaking this, the image cleared right up. The reason I look at the jpg in Photoshop is because I only have CS2 and the camera raw update for the Nikon D9' is not compatible with Photoshop CS2. For that reason, I can't open the raw file in my version of Photoshop. I've tried to find a camera raw update for CS2 for the D9', but it doesn't seem to be available.

With this said, I hadn't realized that this was an ISO 8'' image. I had been shooting with high ISO during the wedding ceremony so I could shoot without a flash, but was sure I had set it back down as the bride and groom were coming back the isle. I'll have to go look at the camera settings now and also check all the photos from the reception to see if I have noise in them. I didn't think I did, but I'll double check. Thanks for the reply.... this was a big help!
 
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[quote author=tdouty link=topic=9716.msg65737#msg65737 date=1272636252]
...The reason I look at the jpg in Photoshop is because I only have CS2 and the camera raw update for the Nikon D9' is not compatible with Photoshop CS2. For that reason, I can't open the raw file in my version of Photoshop. I've tried to find a camera raw update for CS2 for the D9', but it doesn't seem to be available...[/quote]

Welcome from me too!

To open your D9''s raw files in Photoshop CS2, you can use the free Adobe DNG Converter available here.
 
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