![]() Native Apple silicon (M1/Pro/Max) support which brings much faster application launch and typically 30-50% faster performance overall.īest settings for iridient x transformer update#.New, improved luminance and color noise reduction processing algorithms.New Sharpening Masking adjustment for more selective sharpening to just edges and detailed areas of the image.New option to taper sharpening strength automatically based on image ISO.A new preferences dialog has been added to the Lightroom plug-in to allow for customization of the DNG file name suffix/prefix and optionally save the conversions to a sub-folder.A five level adjustment range (min-low-med-high-strong) for sharpening and noise reduction adjustments, up from just 3 levels (low-med-high) previously.Ability to save settings presets to file. ![]() The new Iridient X-Transformer 2.0 release can be downloaded here. There is a 40% upgrade discount for all prior license holders and their original purchase order number can be used as a coupon code for the discount.Eking the Most out of X-Trans: Can Free Software Beat Iridient? This new X-Transformer release is a paid upgrade for users who are beyond the 18 month free upgrade period and last purchased a license prior to May 1, 2020. Best settings for iridient x transformer upgrade# In my previous article, X-Trans: The Promise and the Problem, which focused on the difficulty of demosaicking FujiFilm’s X-Trans sensor data while preserving fine color detail and in particular the trouble FujiFilm’s own image processing pipeline has with it, I used the Free/Libre software Darktable to process the RAW examples. ![]() I showed that, specifically in terms of color detail, Darktable was able to do a better job than FujiFilm’s own processing. (But I also pointed out the compromise between color detail and false color/m oiré inherent in X-Trans.) Several commenters suggested that I could get better results from a commercial software product called called Iridient Developer (which, it should be noted for those yet unaware, cannot be installed into your FujiFilm camera’s firmware in order to improve its JPEG output). Iridient has become a popular alternative/adjunct to Adobe’s Lightroom for FujiFilm X-Series camera users who wish to process RAW files, due not so much to Iridient’s excellence as to Lightroom’s inadequacy in desmosaicking X-Trans images. (I don’t have access to Lightroom and therefore cannot provide my own example of its output, but a simple web search will provide you with more than you need to confirm this assertion.)Īdmitting that if we want to preserve fine color detail we must abandon the camera JPEG output, the question remains: which raw processing software will provide the best results? While everyone seems to agree that Iridient is better than Lightroom, the question has never been answered as to whether or not it is better than Darktable. Since this is clearly a subject still mired in confusion, I thought it would make an interesting topic for another article. I’ve seen the results of several shootouts between Lightroom, FujiFilm JPEGs, and Iridient, and I know from my own experience that Darktable’s output is very similar to Iridient’s (as exemplified in the aforementioned), but I haven’t come across any direct comparisons - which isn’t very surprising considering the fact that Darktable is not a commercial product and nothing is to be gained financially from promoting its use. In this article, we will explore the differences and similarities as they relate to image quality, in particular the quality of luminance detail. Note that Darktable, dcraw, UFRaw, RawTherapee, and perhaps other Free Software RAW processors, all use Frank Markesteijn’s algorithm for demosaicking X-Trans images, so similar results can be achieved with any of them, but we’ll focus on Darktable here because it is, in my opinion, the most capable and mature, and the program I use the most personally.
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