

But I wanted to share my experiences with it today and talk a bit about how I have worked it into my workflow to allow me to continue to use Lightroom.įirst off, this software chews up your CPU, no way around it.

It is not perfect, but I would not expect it to be issue free, it is a beta release after all. The software is currently in Beta, and I recently downloaded it and have been playing around with it. Which you can then use in Lightroom just as you would a RAW RAF file, with the benefit of not having the sharpness issues that an RAF file imported into Lightroom would have. How – you might ask? Iridient X-Transformer, an RAF to DNG converter that utilizes the Iridient Developer engine to convert your RAF files into Adobe DNG files. But what if I told you that there is now a way for Windows users to get the benefits of Iridient Developer while continuing to use lightroom?

Iridient Developer is one of those alternatives that is known to handle Fujifilm X-Trans files better, at least in regards to sharpness. Yet still, many continue to use Lightroom not out of some loyalty, but simply because learning a new processor is a pain in the rear end and most of us don’t have time for that. Adobe has made strides in their X-Trans support, but one key area that continues to frustrate Fuji-X shooters is the sharpness or lack thereof in the Lightroom files. It is just simple, easy and intuitive, but as we all know with Fujifilm X-Trans files it has some flaws. Love it or Hate it, Adobe Lightroom is one of the most popular image processing and management solutions for a reason.
