![]() ![]() Very much agree - I found the linked book by Thomas Fitzgerald invaluable when I set up ID a week or so ago. There are ways to make a DNG act more like a TIFF, but then for all intents you end up with a TIFF and the TIFF format has wider compatibility, support for better lossless compression (ZIP) and other advantages. TIFF, assuming color management is working as it should, provides excellent "what you see is what you get" results across a wide range of imaging programs and operating systems.ĭNG being more specific to "RAW" type image data tends to vary more widely in appearance depending on the RAW image processor one uses to view and edit the image. The differences with support for Fujifilm film simulations have to do with the exported image format being "raw" or not.ĭNG output doesn't really work well for Iridient Developer as with a visual type editing program people expect the visual preview that they've edited to match the exported image appearance. Iridient Developer is a more complete RAW processor will full support for color management and other processing and outputs a fully rendered image (typically TIFF). Iridient X-Transformer actually does less processing and output a more "raw" final image in the form of DNG. The two program do however output different file formats and different processing. Other than the lack of drag and drop support from Lightroom on Windows, the two programs can be integrated with Lightroom in all the same ways. This ebook might be of use (it also discusses Lightroom integration). Seems there are things Iridient X-Transformer can do the full Iridient Developer currently can't. I'm struggling with similar and why I started this recent thread. Drag and drop + folder sync after processing is my personal favorite on the Mac, but sadly drag and drop does not work in Lightroom on Windows (though it does from Bridge.).Īll other options should work equally well in either program on either platform (Mac or Windows). In both programs, Iridient Developer and X-Transformer, see the Help documentation (Help menu or Help button in ID) and click the "Working with Lightroom" topic for details.īoth programs can be setup as external editors for Lightroom and there are various other options too. It doesn't appear that the converted DNGs are RAW files anymore but more like an intermediate file because you can apply corrections and sharpen the DNG images (remember RAW images are just a collection of values (0-255) for each photo site. Right now, I'm experimenting with Irident X-Transformer settings to see what look I like best. I then use Lightroom CC to import the DNGs. My Irident X-Transformer (PC) workflow is to copy the RAFs to a folder in my PC, use Irident X-Transformer to convert them to DNG images. Irident X-Transformer is not available for the Mac right now but should be by the end of January. Irident X-Transformer is a new class of tools that allow you to use Lightroom CC to do everything except the RAF-DNG conversion. Irident Developer is a full featured photo editor available for only the Mac. The rest of my workflow is my default Lightroom CC workflow. I've been working with the Beta 1 version and my workflow is to do a bulk conversion of my images to DNG using Irident X-Transformer then use Lightroom CC to import the DNGs. It's a RAF to DNG converter with some features. Or, if the approaches are different, describing this for each platform separately would also be great, since we have representation from both "camps" here in the forum. However, if the solution for both a Mac and PC would be similar using the new PC version of Iridient, so much the better. Can someone familiar with both applications who perhaps does PP in a similar fashion suggest a specific workflow that might work well with this approach?įYI, I work on a Mac, so what I'm particularly lookig for would be something that employs the full version of ID (rather than the new PC version) coupled with LR. a workflow that yield a clean, relatively artifact free image but that still allows me to do most of my shadow, highlight, sharpening, etc. What I'm looking for is a way to get the best of both worlds: i.e. That said, there's a compelling body of evidence and examples here that clearly show Iridient Developer's ability to beautifully render fine detail without visible artifacting. So, I'm not inclined to simply dump it and move wholesale to a different editor. I'm a longtime LR user and very much like the combination of sophisticated editing combined with great tools for managing a large collection of images. Hey guys, looking for some guidance and I'm going to guess that I'm not the only one hanging around the forum who might have the same question. ![]()
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