![]() ![]() For the lens corrections, set it to include with the file. I suggest you set the sharpening and nose reduction to “off” in X-Transformer, and set colour noise reduction to low or medium. By baking in the lens corrections you can get around the lack of automatic distortion correction. If you have X-Transformer, this can solve the lens corrections issue. Using Iridient X-Transformer with Luminar This is why I suggest entering values manually. This is because the image pixellates when you drag the slider, so, it makes it difficult to visually correct when interactively dragging. It corrects distortion evenly across the frame, but unfortunately, distortion often isn’t even, and so you will have to just find the best compromise.įor correcting chromatic aberration, the best way to approach this is to zoom into the corner of your image, or other area where it is most visible, and manually enter values in increments of 10 until you get the result you desire. Again, this is a somewhat limited feature, and at the moment it has some issues. To correct distortion drag the slider to the left of right. Unfortunately as mentioned previously, you will need to manually correct for distortion and aberration, as the system doesn’t (yet) allow for automatic corrections, even for cameras which embed the information in the raw file, which is the case for most Fuji cameras. The develop filter is fairly straightforward, and should be fairly self explanatory, however, if you need to correct for lens aberrations, then you should go to the “Lens” tab. All of this could well be part of the upgrade that adds the much publicised asset management solution, and so we’ll have to wait and see how well that works when that comes out. You can batch process, but this really only lets you apply a preset to your files. They will need to speed it up significantly, and add a way to quickly go through images. If you were to process every single image you take with Luminar, the process would be very long winded, and that’s why it’s still a little ways off from fully replacing Lightroom. However there are also other downsides, and the workflow at the moment is slow. If you have X-Transformer, passing your images through that software first will solve a lot of issues. It’s only really a big issue on Fuji zooms, as fuji primes are relatively distortion free anyway. This is a let down, but you can work around it. They have added lens correction but it isn’t automatic, and this goes for both distortions and aberration correction. Of course, I always have to include a disclaimer with that, to point out that this is just my opinion, but subjectively, in my opinion, it’s definitely better. If you don’t want to keep using Lightroom, then it also works with Bridge, or Apple Photos, or just about any other browsing software.įor editing single images, in my opinion the quality of Fuji Raw files in Luminar 2018 is definitely better than Lightroom. It does work, and it works well, so why not use it? Even if you are planning to move away from Lightroom eventually, consider this as part of the transition. Someone took issue with me mentioning this in a video I posted recently, but I really don’t see what this should be a big deal. As of now though, you still need to use it with other software, and ironically, the software that works best with it is Lightroom, as it is very well integrated. For a start, it still has no browser or asset management, although they’ve very publicly stated that it’s coming as a free upgrade. ![]() Personally, I don’t think it’s quite there yet. This is the question al lot of people are asking and some people seem to assume that this is the only reason to try Luminar. Can it replace Lightroom / Other Software? They’re pretty good at listening to customers though, so I suggest you use their support for specific technical problems or issues that you might be having. I also want to point out that I don’t work for the software developer or have any insight into their plans, so if you have specific support issues or complaints about features, there’s not really much I can do about it. I am planning do a proper guide for this, but for now, this is a basic outline of what you need to know.Īgain, just to make it clear, this isn’t super detailed, as I’m really busy with work at the moment, and I can’t answer every question or issue that you may have. This is just an overview, and doesn’t go into a huge amount of detail. As many of my readers shoot with Fuji cameras, and many of you have expressed an interest in using Luminar 2018 for processing Fuji files, I wanted to give an overview of what I think is the best way to work with Fuji files currently. ![]()
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