What hardware/software is everyone using for post-processing nowadays on their Fuji?

[amazme1]

Leaving hardware aside, I wanted to share my recent experience with Affinity Photo. I tried the “Blemish removal” tool with some old photos that had lots of spots and scratches. Just a touch instantly removed the problems. It was so fast and worked with so little effort that I gained great respect for this Photoshop subscription killer. Serif has just published their hardcover workbook in English for $49.95 less a 25% discount for one week. I purchased a copy today.

 

[twamers]

Quad core AMD on a desktop pc running Windows 10. Works just great.

For Fuji I'm using an XPro-1 (have Nikon too).

Using Lightroom CC Classic and PS CC - both excellent. Use these for all my cameras plus the Nikon free software.

 

[Truman Prevatt]

2017 15 inch Macbook Pro connected to a 27 inch external monitor.

My basic S/W is Capture 1. I use from time to time Iridient inside of C1 for raw processing. I also will use DXO PhotoLab for finishing off and B&W conversion from inside C1.

C1 is quite good out of the box but in cases I need something a little extra Iridient on the developer end and DXO PhotoLab for global and local adjustments and B&W conversion - just can beat the combination.

 

[Sebastien Guyader]

Hi!

Looks like everybody is using something different! This forum seems to have an unusually low proportion of Windows users.

Well, it's a good news. I didn't read all the posts in this thread, but I would have thought most people were using Windows or Mac (maybe in 50/50 proportion) with Lightroom.

Interesting, I didn't know there was a version of RT that could do local edits as can Darktable.

It's not working in the same way as Darktable does. It's more similar to the local controls in Nik Software and Nikon Capture NX2. If you know pixls.us, you can find the thread dedicated tongue Local Lab builds. I even translated the rawpedia article to English.

I use the Linux PPA with precompiled RT 5.3, which works great. Recently I bought a 17" laptop with UHD (3840x2160) screen. To my surprise RT scales perfectly with Hi-DPI. Yay!

Yeah I think that since the switch to RT 5.x the team decided to make GUI better with High DPI displays.

Do you have any pointers to a Hi-DPI version of Gimp? The icons are all too small, making the Toolbox almost unusable. There are equivalents in the Tools menu, which I seldom used before. It's Gimp 2.8.16, the current version on Mint 18.2 Cinnamon.

I don't know. My display is only 1920x1080, RT and Gimp look fine. But I'm using Gimp 2.9.7.

 

[Flingz]

Is anyone using an iPad Pro? Just wondering how capable or not it would be as a machine for minor editing?

 

[CAcreeks]

Looks like everybody is using something different! This forum seems to have an unusually low proportion of Windows users.

Well, it's a good news. I didn't read all the posts in this thread, but I would have thought most people were using Windows or Mac (maybe in 50/50 proportion) with Lightroom.

That seems about right, based on what I've seen in this X forum. In the wide world Mac OS X is only around 10% depending on who's counting. I could take a poll, but they are usually not statistically significant because few people respond.

It's not working in the same way as Darktable does. It's more similar to the local controls in Nik Software and Nikon Capture NX2. If you know pixls.us, you can find the thread dedicated tongue Local Lab builds. I even translated the rawpedia article to English.

Cool, I had never visited pixls.us before. Looks like a great resource. I have used all of the software in their list of icons, except the one that looks like a camera lens. Aha, digiKam. I used KDE about ten years ago, but have been stuck on Ubuntu and Mint Cinnamon since then.

Do you have any pointers to a Hi-DPI version of Gimp? The icons are all too small...

I don't know. My display is only 1920x1080, RT and Gimp look fine. But I'm using Gimp 2.9.7.

I'll follow up on this later. Possibly there's just a bug in the Color-48 theme that makes menus disappear at the particular settings I'm using (1.2x scaling).

 

[eric333]

Is anyone using an iPad Pro? Just wondering how capable or not it would be as a machine for minor editing?

I’ve been trying this.

I like to use Snapseed. It was enhanced to allow raw editing but not Fujifilm raf files. However, using Iridient X Transformer to convert them into .dng files works. But that makes for a very cumbersome workflow.

It’s probably too much to hope for, but I’d love to see X Transformer created as an iOS app.

 

[lakkot]

I am using the big one with Lightroom Mobile and I always start with uploading the photos to iPad and syncing from there. This way you have full size reviews, smart previous are bit too small for the 13" screen. It is super fast in comparison to pc, just as you would be scrolling through jpegs. You will have all Lightroom functionality except unfortunately camera profiles, but you can sync a sample photo with film simulations on a computer and sync it. Then when you copy settings the film profile will copy as well.

It is really great on iPad especially with pencil, I will definitely not switch to luminar until they make an app.

Ps. Syncing takes a bit because it' done through internet. I've heard that with phase one app you can sync over wifi

 

[G3_4_ME]

Agreed when using an iPad. LR for Android was not a good experience, enough for me to ditch the Android tablet and start using Apple. The ios version is very stable and syncing collections works well. I'm happy with it until something better comes along!

 

[vegetaleb]

I am still trying Luminar 2018, it's good enough for entry level editing but I still prefer Capture One as it gives me better results and it has all the tools I need to fix and enhance my RAWs (minus stitching, and better chromatic aberration)

 

[stulevine]

iMac 5K (late 2014) + Thunderbolt Display

Adobe Bridge CC/Photoshop CC - via Adobe Camera RAW

Sylum Luminar (primarily as a plugin in PS CC)

ON1 RAW (primarily as a plugin in PS CC)

 

[M Colyer]

Cameras Fuji X-T20, Fuji X70.
2015 27” iMac 5K with High Sierra
2015 13” MacBook Pro with High Sierra
Iridient Developer
Lightroom 6 standalone
Capture One Pro 10
Photoshop Elements 14
Aperture
ON 1 Effects Free
Lyn Image Viewer
Faststone Viewer

 

[e268]

Just tried out Fuji's RAW FILE CONVERTER EX 2.0 powered by SILKYPIX. I used the converter with all camera settings, and converted to tif file. The color is very close to jpeg, but there is definitely more details. After the conversion, I used darktable to further improve to my liking. Conversion is easy, just check mark the one from file folder and do the batch convert to tif.

 

[rwbaron]

X-T2, X-T20, X-T1

Late 2013 MacBook Pro Retina 15, 2.6 GHz Intel Core i7, 16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3, NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M 2048 MB, 1 TB SSD

Adobe CC subscription for LR Classic & PS.

I shoot lossless compressed raw along with fine jpegs for the better chimping in camera. I process every shot that's worth keeping and if using film sims on jpegs for B&W I find myself tweaking those too.

If I need to sharpen I export the raw file with LR adjustments to PS as a Tiff and then resize and sharpen the Tiff with Smart Sharpen.

Looking to try Iridient's Transformer X to see if I notice a difference and want to add that step to my workflow.

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[meandering]

Shooting jpg with the Fujifilm X-T10, using Affinity Photo for post processing.

Some examples here https://manuschwendener.ch/category/affinity-photo.

The inpainting brush alone would be worth Affinity Photo's price for me

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[JNR]

I use Capture One Pro 10 for all of my raw processing. I love the advanced color editor. ICC profile control is really powerful and flexible. Adjustment layers are very useful and offer a lot of creative opportunities. I prefer to use C1Pro in Session mode which does not use a catalog but it also offers a catalog mode.

There's a 30 day free trial and they let you re-trial it after almost every update.

C1Pro is worth every penny, to me. It's also significantly faster than LR, Silkypix, Luminar, Bridge, On1, et al.

I use it on a 2015 MBP and a custom windows 10 desktop that's a lot older. It's *way* faster on the windows machine thanks to its much more powerful video card.

Agreed - well worth the investment for serious processing. AFAIK, C1 is just as quick on a Mac. The newer version 11 is yet another step up with a new color engine and excellent profiles for Fuji.

 

[tdwesbo]

Fuji X-t1, Nikon D500, Nikon D3, Nikon D70, Nikon D70s converted to infrared, Nikon D7000

I use an ipad pro 10.5" along with the built in Photos app, Snapseed, Affinity Photo, and a handful of other apps

I use Capture One when I shoot tethered in the studio. It easily beats all other offerings if you're shooting tethered (wired)

Contrary to how I used to shoot, I edit (cull) mercilessly, so that I'm only dealing with the least number of images necessary. I have quit shooting RAW outside of a few special circumstances because the jpg output from all my cameras is so good now.

I'm shooting more, and processing less

ymmv

Wes

 

[PeterFXCassidy]

They're all pretty good but the serious work gets done on LightRoom and Luminar. The toolset depth on LR sets the standard but this subscription thing is going to make a big market for a lot of developers.

I'm using an X100 and using an old version of LightRoom I purchased years ago. I run it on an older (2013) MacBook Pro. I don't do much post-processing at all (personal preference). It serves my needs but I realize it's kind of old now and I'm not getting a lot of new features.

I'm interested in learning more about and doing more post processing. I'm also considering upgrading to the X100F or maybe X100T so I need to look into some other options for the Xtrans.

Just curious what everyone is using nowadays since many of the big dogs have went to subscription models (which I'm not too keen on).

Make sure you state what camera you are using too.

 

[JayPhizzt]

Just a tip; if you want X-trans perfection, use RawTherapee. By far the best results I've seen of X-trans files. So sharp and detailed, yet smooth and natural.

It's just too bad I don't like the actual software, because the X-trans rendering is at least as good as any bayer sensor RAW file I've seen. RawTherapee really proves that it's not that sensor itself that's the problem.

 

[stevo23]

Just a tip; if you want X-trans perfection, use RawTherapee. By far the best results I've seen of X-trans files. So sharp and detailed, yet smooth and natural.

But doesn't recover some highlights well. If you have only one channel blown, Raw Therapee will show everything blown.

It's just too bad I don't like the actual software, because the X-trans rendering is at least as good as any bayer sensor RAW file I've seen. RawTherapee really proves that it's not that sensor itself that's the problem.

For sure as do half a dozen other excellent processors. I think Adobe has an attitude problem with X-trans more than anything else.