- Load the image and zoom-in to 100% (CTRL-ALT-0 is the keyboard short-cut).
- Choose the Noise Reduction tool.
- Choose Better Quality method and Edge Noise Reduction.
- Leave the sharpness slider set on 5.
- Adjust the Intensity slider to the right just until the image noise is reduced.
- View the entire image (click on the hand icon).
- Continue with additional edits or save the image.
Before noise reduction:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyCPORMO0lhSzXBbSLWNAfq7_Xw5PnugKLDcEI712TUta8fM4SpFkWLEIw6kaNDGNcG3Q8BAYneYk1rNswI-9ri-F7PlwM89CV_-i6HaC7gXv98pj0Go8t0kuLXGyZOldGvCzbxy_WDxs/s640/noise.jpg)
After noise reduction:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHylQEu4fBKQ1DEbJf2aU-i0x5HiIK0YRt9fRx2Ch5BP13ULhZQvA8H3Qk-krbVB-IhjeJc0omTR5E4Cu4FT9TWRiTEnDAXecdWy7rpwGQ33XuaoEgTDTmDQDZVhJGcmiCJMBIMO0kGWo/s640/noise-reduced.jpg)
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