Hey everyone, this is my first post. I’m wondering if anyone has specific experience with Fuji RAF files, and the best way to avoid the Lightroom Worms without destroying the grain structure in the image. For example, I find Adobe’s “Enhance Details” is using some sort of Machine Learning Algorithm, which seems to be removing the grain structure that the camera is picking up natively. Are most people using X-Transformer? If so, what settings are being used? I don’t want to sharpen the image; I just don’t want Lightroom worms; something a company that posted $10bn in profit last year can’t find money to fix when every other Photo Editing Software company (and literally one guy on his own - X Transformer) have seemed to have figure out. I just wish this software was available to use with Capture One. I hate Adobe products and this is one more reason why.
Hey @lokelghost , I cant believe nobody has replied yet, or rather I can believe as it probably means there is still no solution but to not use sharpening in lightroom. I thought however that Lightroom had solved the worms problem… ?
The Enhance Details function works well for me. I can put sharpening and detail to 100% and the worms don’t appear.
I’ll second this… I did a test a while back between Lightroom’s Enhance Details vs X-Transformer, and the shots using Enhance Details were significantly better than I could get with X-Transformer.
I wish it was available in C1 too, but apprarently there’s complicated IT reasons why this can’t happen.
In simple terms there’s one piece of advice - you do not sharpen X-Trans images in Lightroom the way you’d sharpen Bayer images in Lightroom (or X-Trans images in C1 for that matter!). Core point - turn the Sharpening slider DOWN, turn the Detail slider UP.
Typical Bayer file in LR:
Amount: 70-90
Radius: 0.8
Detail: 3-35
Masking: 0-60
Typical X-Trans file in LR :
Amount: 25-40
Radius: 1.1-1.3
Detail: 70-100
Masking: 10
Hope that helps, you might also find that using less Noise reduction may help. I agree that it’s ludicrous that Adobe has neither fixed this problem, nor has it released formal guidance on how to address it. With luck you’ll find that the ‘Enhanced Details’ with crazily inflated file sizes is not necessary.