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Hi Guys!

First of all apologies for a lot of questions as i find this forum very helpful in answering queries.

I tried a free trial of the lightroom and just wanted to know your recommended settings for portrait / BW / landscape / Street. As i newbie, this is the first time that i will be making post processing of my photos. Hence i have 0 knowledge on the same, i tried using auto-tone and find the image quite satisfying.

Thanks!
 
Too many options to list. Also would need to know which camera x trans, jpeg or raw shooting, and which version of lightroom.

Anyway, if you are looking for tips, suggestions, a simple google search using Lightroom Processing Settings X Trans will point you in the directions of many many blogs, you tube videos, many of which I found extremely helpful.

Good luck.
 
Play around with the built in presets until you find the ones you prefer and then examine their settings.

Here are my usual sharpening settings for the Pro2.

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jayboo said:
Too many options to list. Also would need to know which camera x trans, jpeg or raw shooting, and which version of lightroom.

Anyway, if you are looking for tips, suggestions, a simple google search using Lightroom Processing Settings X Trans will point you in the directions of many many blogs, you tube videos, many of which I found extremely helpful.

Good luck.
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Depends on whether the preset affects the detail, many times analog simulation presets will adjust the detail as well. What you can do is have a preset that just changes the detail and then apply that after a preset that you run.

You have access to the Fuji Film Sims down in the Camera Calibration panel.

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What do you say to the report I've read that the detail slider, if slid all the way to 100, will change the sharpening algorithm altogether to a something more favorable to XTrans, as unintuitive as that is?
 
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This may be of interest to you, I found it very helpful and a good place to start.

http://petebridgwood.com.gridhosted.co.uk/wp/2014/10/x-trans-sharpening/

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+1 on Peter's approach to sharpening as in the link above. As to post processing in Lightroom in general, I highly recommend George Jardine's tutorials at mulita.com .

One thing you should realize is that there isn't one group of settings for a given camera type. The settings you use are highly "image dependent." The base exposure, tonality captured, contrast ratio of the scene, colors, the "frequency" of the image (level of detail) and other parameters will drive your approach to getting the "most" out of the file in a way that pleases you. Tutorials like George Jardine's will teach you what all the controls in Lightroom are capable of doing and when you should use which control based on the needs of the file itself.

Best of luck...

Rand
 
It's true but remember dealing with low iso is different from high ISO so it's best to practice
 
Someone else's recommendation, in the "Addendum", about halfway down the page:

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Arvin0180 said:
Hi Guys!

First of all apologies for a lot of questions as i find this forum very helpful in answering queries.

I tried a free trial of the lightroom and just wanted to know your recommended settings for portrait / BW / landscape / Street. As i newbie, this is the first time that i will be making post processing of my photos. Hence i have 0 knowledge on the same, i tried using auto-tone and find the image quite satisfying.

Thanks!
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You can start with the following:

Import using Lightroom with the following settings:

Sharpening

Amount: 29

Radius: 1.0

Detail: 100

Masking: 10

Noise Reduction

Luminance: 10

Detail: 29

Contrast: 0

Color: 25

Detail: 50

Smoothness: 50

Then make adjustments to suit your tastes. I've had success with Xtrans II. I'm hoping that it will also work with Xtrans III.

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Arvin0180 said:
Hi Guys!

First of all apologies for a lot of questions as i find this forum very helpful in answering queries.

I tried a free trial of the lightroom and just wanted to know your recommended settings for portrait / BW / landscape / Street. As i newbie, this is the first time that i will be making post processing of my photos. Hence i have 0 knowledge on the same, i tried using auto-tone and find the image quite satisfying.

Thanks!
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Are you using Adobe CC? In which case I always get best results by leaving final output sharpening to Photoshop and not LR.

One reason is that I much prefer to get all the other mods out of the way before deciding how much sharpening a file needs, and LR is making adjustments inline, not to an actual file. Also, some of the actions work a lot faster in 8-bit and I don't do that until the last step.

The main thing is not to do much with the sharpening slider, set detail between 50 and 100% with a reasonable masking level of 10 or so. I also find setting the radius to 1.4 works better on Xtrans.

When exported to PS, even regular USM works OK on this output, but to pull out the low contrast detail in foliage, a high-pass filter works really well, followed by a slight, low radius USM (about 0.5 radius and 70-80).

For high-pass sharpening try this:

Create duplicate layer.

Filters -> other - High pass

Set radius at 1-1.4 for foliage and landscapes

Blend in overlay or soft-light mode.

Adjust opacity.

Blend layers.

Add low radius USM if you need to.

For really good skin work, you need a more sophisticated 'apply image' technique...

 
I am about to give up, i cannot replicate the amount of detail on my jpegs (portrait) when using the lightroom. It seems that the face is too smooth hence losing out on the actual details. Are there any explanation on the same? I have the settings the same as the above poster.. Thanks!
 
Post your JPG and raw file.

In reality there are other raw converters that do abetter job with some photos like PhotoNinja, Iridient Developer, and Capture 1 for example.

FWIW I have a hard time marching higher ISO camera JPGs with raw converters. The JPGs just have a really good combination of noise reduction and detail.

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Arvin0180 said:
I am about to give up, i cannot replicate the amount of detail on my jpegs (portrait) when using the lightroom. It seems that the face is too smooth hence losing out on the actual details. Are there any explanation on the same? I have the settings the same as the above poster.. Thanks!
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Excuse me Arvin, but just need to be sure you are working with RAW image not trying to further process jpeg's. Think advice being given is for working on the RAW image.

Just ignore me if it is RAW you are working from. I am fairly new to Lightroom too, and know it is a bit of a learning curve, but there are loads of free tutorials out there if you search, and much advice on this forum for X Trans processing. Many will argue the virtue of Capture 1, Rawtherapee and others, but for what it's worth I think learning to use Lightroom is probably the easiest option.
 
Buy Martin Evening's Lightroom book. Setting up Lightroom and processing your photos can't be taught in a forum. You have to do your own reading. Also many local libraries in the US now offer their members free access to Lynda.com where you can find many classes on Lughtroom and photography.
 
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