![]() But I come from a film-user background, way obsolete now. Preferring the nice xtrans grain structure to smooth plastic nothingness. Not even Color NR? Absolutely a must in my book. ![]() I must be an outlier, a rebel, or something. Lightroom's sharpening and NR certainly isn't state of the art, but it's very fine-tunable and produces results on par with most of the alternatives at "reasonable" ISOs, IMO. I typically only use Topaz DeNoise for the very high ISO stuff (I might switch to DxO in the future). I have no issues with Lightroom at all for this with most images (definitely not at the default settings, though). Well, you are going to need to apply sharpening an NR somewhere, Color NR at a minimum. I have no issues with Lightroom at all for this with most images (definitely not at the default settings, though). Perhaps at normal ISO's it isn’t likely to cause any problems but that’s not a very strong rationale for using it in the first place. I strongly feel turning off LR's sharpening and NR was my preferred render. All my initial tests were done with a batch of low light images on 16mp files. Using some small amount of sharpening in X-Transformer isn't likely going to cause any problems at "regular" ISOs, but with very high ISOs you may not want any sharpening applied from the get-go as any sharpening artifacts that are created can easily be accentuated with further processing - better to apply it later in Lightroom or elsewhere, IMO. To that end, I highly recommend setting all the Iridient sharpening, clarity and NR options to "None", as once you've burned any of that into the DNG, it can't be undone or readjusted later. I completely disagree, The reason for using X-Transformer is to bypass Adobe's less than stellar X-Trans demosaicing, not to bypass it's sharpening and/or noise reduction - both of which can be fine-tuned for better results on an individual image basis after X-Transformer. To me, that’s the reason for using Iridient in the first place. I’ve found turning off (checking) the 3 Lightroom boxes for sharpening and NR are about the most important settings if you’re not satisfied with LR's initial render. Take it easy, take your time, and most of all enjoy the images! However, this is also an entire new learning curve. RAW FILE CONVERTER EX 3.0 powered by SILKYPIX | Software | FUJIFILM X Series & GFX – Global () That's OK.īut, so does the free Fuji/Silkypix raw developer available here: Play with it a while and like me you will still not get the hang of it. At least, "Capture Sharpening Low" will, even though the box "Turn off Lightroom/ACR Sharpening" is NOT CHECKED. I'm not sure I can tell you what any of the items on the Irdient setup screen really mean, but some of them will propagate through to Adobe Camera Raw. So, if you have PSE2020 or later, you might think your computer has frozen but you would be mistaken. ![]() The first time I tried this the program took a very long time (almost a minute) to open the DNG but I guess there was some behind-the-scenes software happening. ![]() ![]() I usually process the output DNG file in Photoshop Elements (PSE) 2020, which opens them using the bundled Adobe Camera Raw (ACR) version 12.0. Over time, your preferences might change a bit. Once you have a raw to process (a RAF from the camera), you can try it ten different ways if you want, with ten different setups, all on the same raw, compare them, and pick the setup you like best. The other two tabs are "File Naming" and "Save to Folder" which I have left at default.Ĭonsider this setup just a starting point. Recently I have turned that off (set it to "None") and I like the results better. Note capture sharpening is set to "Low" above. This setup includes the "Raw Options" screen and the "DNG Options" screen. ![]()
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