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pinkypunk35
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July 2, 2014
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  • July 2, 2014
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Is Fuji X-Trans support being worked on?I appreciate that the support is better now than it was, but the reality is that Lightroom is still a long way behind other RAW developers, all of which are less well funded and with smaller teams working on the software.Lightroom has been the leader in RAW processing an image cataloging as far back as I can recall; but with the Fuji X-Trans files many people I know are leaving Adobe Lightroom for one of the many other developers, all of which are producing far better results than Adobe Lightroom.Ones I have personally tested are as follows: Iridient DeveloperPhoto NinjaLightZoneCapture OneApertureSilkyPixRaw TherapeeIridient is very good, and this is a piece of software made by a single man.My question is, if he can get it right, why can't Adobe? They have been leaders in innovation for many years but it seems in some areas now they are falling behind - I have never seen so many people leave a major developer for smaller independent ones, but to Fuji users (both enthusiasts and professionals) it's a pretty simple decision when you compare results.So all I'd like to know is if my patience sticking with Lightroom is justified, and whether a solution is being worked on - or will always be worked on. Or is it a case that the users wanting such a change are not enough to support such work.

    Correct answer MassC
    Hi Everyone,

    We are happy to announce the release of Lightroom Classic CC 8.2. With this release, we’ve introduced a new feature called Enhanced Details.

    Photographers using cameras featuring X-Trans sensors should see an improved rendering of their Fuji raw files.

    To learn more about how this new feature works check out the blog post:  https://theblog.adobe.com/enhance-details/

    Cheers,
    Carissa

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    jhuxman1972
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    March 16, 2016
    I went all in learning Lightroom and love it, but also went all in with Fuji.  Love the Fuji files more than LIghtroom though, so seriously looking at Capture 1 as I downloaded the trial and was blown away by how much better the sharpening is with Capture 1.
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    FeedbackCommunityMember
    Inspiring
    March 16, 2016
    Adobe are totally ignorant of their customers - 2 years and no reply from them despite this being in the top 5 problems on the consumer > developer forum.

    I waited a whole year and gave up and sold my Lightroom and now use Capture 1.

    Screw  Adobe and their attitude to customers. 
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    wanderandclick
    Participant
    March 16, 2016
    Adobe, it'd be nice to have another update. 9 months ago you said you were working with Fujifilm - please could we know how you're getting on? When we could expect to see an improvement? We won't go on paying monthly Creative Cloud subscriptions forever in the hope you deliver on this! Thanks.
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    FeedbackCommunityMember
    Inspiring
    February 10, 2016
    i made the change to C1
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    FeedbackCommunityMember
    Inspiring
    February 10, 2016
    Adobe has history of being arrogant SOB's. They think their current monopoly is impregnable, and this is incorrect. The shouts of happiness will be deafening when their castle crumbles.
    sheilsoft
    sheilsoft
    Participating Frequently
    November 17, 2015
    As a long time Lightroom user, and small time LR tutor, I am delighted to see that version CC/6.3 was released today, fixing most of the bugs and Import process issues, after the furore from seasoned users.

    It is also a huge disappointment that I still cannot get acceptable results from my Fuji x100t when raw converted in LR. Is there an actual response from Adobe to give us TransX users a timeline when we might expect to see this issue resolved. I shouldn't have to use other software to get reasonable RAW conversion and work outwith my normal workflow. It's been well documented for long enough... Adobe?
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    JeroenMentens
    Participating Frequently
    November 13, 2015
    I recently bought a XT10 with a bunch of lenses and only noticed the Adobe-demosaicing problem afterwards :-(

    Any news from Adobe on this topic?

    I'm currently using LR CC 2015.2.1 and it's giving me weird demosaicing.
    A look I've often seen refered to as "water color effect".

    Example:


    Looking at an image at 33% makes it look fine, but what's the point then of having 16MPix?
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    pinkypunk35Author
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    October 23, 2015
    It's totally irrelevant how good or bad Fuji Jpegs are when what's being discussed (and complained about) is the comparison of Adobe RAW to Iridient, Aperture, Capture One, Photo Ninja etc etc and how Adobe are producing the worst results of the lot.
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    diego_lythgoe
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    October 23, 2015
    But who's to be blamed really? Fuji's own jpeg renderings are not much better than LR's


    Particularly when compared with the same image taken with a Ricoh GR...

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    BoomeArt
    Inspiring
    October 18, 2015
    What I've noticed is a little better result in shooting close-up portraits at closed aperture and not so good result at open apertures:
    Lightroom vs Iridient

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