It looks like I’m coming to the X100T after a long time away with Canon, and up to now my workflow has been focussed on the raw files, and Lightroom has worked well for me.
I’m perhaps seeing a problem where there isn’t one, but as I wait for my new baby to be delivered, I’m reading a lot about issues around the X-TRANS raw processing in Lightroom (even if I understand the latest release has addressed some of the issues).
I’m also reading that the 'out of camera' jpg files from the X100T are very good.
Now I’m not going to shoot jpg only, that would be too big a step for me, but I want to find a way to ‘reverse’ my workflow, so I use the jpg files as the primary image in Lightroom, and only dip into the raw file if I want to make a (significant?) edit.
My process is looking to be:
This way I can use the Fuji developed jpg files as my primary reference as to look and feel, and where I want to explore deeper, I can expand the stack and work on the .RAF file, and then promote the edited file to the top of that particular stack.
It all seems a bit of a faff compared to my old workflow, but I’m led to believe that due to limitation in the way Adobe process X-TRANS files, this could be a preferred way.
What are the real-life use cases here?
Others have suggested supplementing Lightroom with Irident Developer as the raw engine; I’ve had a look at samples and it does produce a lot of clear detail. Would this be the first step in towards dropping Lightroom altogether and finding another cataloging solution? Is it really worth the extra effort? Again, real world examples rather than lab test charts
I’m perhaps seeing a problem where there isn’t one, but as I wait for my new baby to be delivered, I’m reading a lot about issues around the X-TRANS raw processing in Lightroom (even if I understand the latest release has addressed some of the issues).
I’m also reading that the 'out of camera' jpg files from the X100T are very good.
Now I’m not going to shoot jpg only, that would be too big a step for me, but I want to find a way to ‘reverse’ my workflow, so I use the jpg files as the primary image in Lightroom, and only dip into the raw file if I want to make a (significant?) edit.
My process is looking to be:
- Import into Lightroom (check-box to treat jpg and raw files as separate images enabled in preferences)
- After import select all the images.
- Auto-stack by capture time (zero second tolerance)
- Collapse all stacks
- Select all stacks
- Right click and select ‘Move down in stack’
This way I can use the Fuji developed jpg files as my primary reference as to look and feel, and where I want to explore deeper, I can expand the stack and work on the .RAF file, and then promote the edited file to the top of that particular stack.
It all seems a bit of a faff compared to my old workflow, but I’m led to believe that due to limitation in the way Adobe process X-TRANS files, this could be a preferred way.
What are the real-life use cases here?
Others have suggested supplementing Lightroom with Irident Developer as the raw engine; I’ve had a look at samples and it does produce a lot of clear detail. Would this be the first step in towards dropping Lightroom altogether and finding another cataloging solution? Is it really worth the extra effort? Again, real world examples rather than lab test charts