![]() I don't know if LR's lens profile mechanics are off, but it ends up seriously smudging the corners. I've noticed, flipping back and forth between a RAF in LR and a DNG imported into LR, that LR seems to apply slightly more distortion correction. LR does some really, really shitty lens corrections in the corners for some reason. The strange thing is, it's not just the level of detail. I've found I most like "Detailed" render and "Medium" sharpening from Iridient, then I have to disable the sharpening that LR wants to apply upon importing it. Iridient Developer in now available for Windows !!!Īre most of you going to run every image through Iridient, or just the ones that may benefit from sharpening?. ![]() In many ways, I would be very happy to throw off the shackles of Adobe and Darktable looks as if it might do the job in many respects – I am thinking of Affinity for the Photoshop function. I have looked at the Lens correction pallette in Darktable but it doesn’t seem to do the job as easily or neatly, unless I am missing something. Many of the stained glass windows and wide angle shots of interiors are at an impossible angle for comfortable perspective viewing, but mostly, a quick click on Transform brings them into line beautifully. I am strictly amateur – I am currently working on images taken inside churches and chateaux while on a visit to France. one of the things I really like about Lightroom is its Transform ability. I have had a look at Darktable and am very impressed by it at first glance, and am going to work with it to try to gain proficiency. I am new to your site, having just purchased two of your books on Photoshop through Kindle. Here is a section of the image at 100% (I apologise for not matching the colour and contrast but I haven’t yet mastered the processing). The only potential downside is that it’s not available on the Windows platform but if you use a Mac, you really should take a look at the software. Best of all the software is Free and the enthusiasts behind this project are to be commended. This is also true when processing XTrans RAW files and so may be another alternative for people who want an alternative to Adobe. Although it’s not as easy to use or quite as well designed as Lightroom, it does seem to produce images with excellent levels of detail and sharpness. I have now come across another RAW converter that clearly has parallels with Lightroom, even offering some of the same functionality. I also prefer it to the Iridient version if I’m honest. Example 3 – click to see at 100%Īgain, this has more detail and is sharper than the Adobe version but also looks more natural. Example 2 – click to see at 100%Īnd here is the RAW Therapee conversion at 100%. Although lacking in midtone contrast, the image is more natural in appearance and there is greater detail in the foliage. In the following image you can see the same image processed with Iridient, also at 100% magnification. RAW Therapee for example has a very large selection of tools in an interface that’s hard to grasp initially. I am very impressed with both of these as RAW converters but they lack some of the tools of Lightroom and/or are a little trickier to use. Since encountering this I have been experimenting with a number of RAW converters including RAW Therapee and Iridient. Whilst this isn’t a severe problem I don’t care for the detail in the image foliage as much as I do the results of other RAW processors I have now found. In the following screenshot you can see a section of the above image at 100% magnification (you may need to double click the image to view it at full resolution). Sometimes foliage would have an unusual appearance that was almost false. Now to be clear, it wasn’t that the image quality was bad but rather under certain circumstances fine detail was lost during the RAW conversion in Lightroom. Many of you reading this will be aware of my move to a Fuji XT1 and the concerns I had regarding the image quality.
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