Use Fujifilm? Switch to Capture One. Now.
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 22 ก.ค. 2024
- My Fujifilm photos look muddy and I have no idea why. I was about to switch camera systems because I want the best quality possible. Then I found out about Capture One. This video will show you what I learn and if you should choose to use Capture One to edit Fujifilm RAW files.
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Chapters
0:00 Intro.
2:25 What is a RAW file?
3:48 Lightroom vs Capture One Fujifilm RAW files examples.
8:17 My final choice.
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Capture One is incredible and I use it for both Fujifilm X and Leica systems. Subbed for the informative and entertaining video. But most of all, the Guts shirt. Loved the watch, Yousef!
Thank you so much! I really appreciate the kind words, and yeah, I'm a huge Berserk fan. 😎
There is another alternative: Fujifilm Raw Studio, which is free. Gives the exact same raw conversion quality and settings as in camera.
Not with my X100s and XT20, according to the compatibility chart :(
Check again, the X-t20 is listed on the compatibility chart @jaspervos4345
Thanks Yousef. I've been hemming and hawing about C1 vs LR. I have C1 trial and I'm new to editing. The thing about LR is there is so much available info and stuff for it. Your enthusiasm has convince me to learn C1 better and use it. If it doesn't work for me, oh well, education costs money. Thanks again
Awesome! C1 is great. I make a baby easy portrait editing tutorial that will show you the basics of editing in C1! Check it out.
I switched to C1 for my Fuji RAFs a few years ago and never looked back. I appreciate that this is a very clear look at how much better the files look in C1
Thank you so much for the kind words! C1 is awesome.
You hit my humor spot on, and the video is also very informative. Subbed!
Thanks so much!
Yeah been saying this. But Fuji needs to help fix this because many people are loyal to their LR workflow. I switched to C1. The C1 colors are just better
Oh yeah, looks so crisp on C1. If I were Fuji, I'd be hounding Adobe to fix this.
@@yousefcreative Adobe notoriously cannot get hounded into doing anything. For years Adobe software was unstable and slow on Macs, and Apple couldn’t get Adobe to fix that. It was a big motivation in rejecting Adobe Flash Player on iOS: Apple didn’t want to be wedded to an uncooperative Adobe once again. And that’s Apple. With its small slice of the small photography market, I doubt Fujifilm can get Adobe to do anything, ever.
I've been use C1 for about three years and love every second of using it. After a year I went back to LR and it felt more like a childs toy. I watched a video about how Phase One dove into each camera body and lens to calibrate C1 for each body/lens. They just don't guess, they get it right on. Also I find C1 is designed for professionals. You can create several workflows for each type of photography you do. All the way from importing to deliverables. Another great feature is being able to move the tools around. You can't do that in LR. Everytime Phase One updates C1 it just keeps getting better and they listen to their customers. Yeah, we've been able to bring back features they removed or add tools people requested even though pros don't use them.
It's awesome software.
I honestly just canceled selling my new Fuji XH2s. I was using the A74 and light room. If it wasn't for your video, I probably would've already sold my Fuji cam. Thank you for your help
So happy I could help! Use the gear that works best for you, your images and your workflow. 📷
Just got a Fuji X-T5 as my first Fuji, but I was using C1 a bit before to see if I wanted to switch from LR, but this really has helped me make that final decision to let my LR subscription expire :)
Take a one-two punch, Adobe! 🥊
Extremely informative and well explained video! This issue is something I've been looking into for a while now and frustrates me a lot. Sometimes I really can't get the color, sharpness and highlights well done in Lightroom but with other pictures it's fine. I already bought an earlier version of Capture One so will train myself using that and see for myself. It's annoying because I grew up and always worked with Lightroom and it really worked for me in the past with Canon and Sony files. But those are of course all bayer sensors and that's where the issue lies with x-trans.
Happy to have helped!
Thank you And I agree with you on every point. I love Fuji for what I get and not for the name
Cool and interesting video/topic. I'm looking to stay with Fuji so might actually switch over to C1 as I too haven't been that happy with Fuji RAWs in LR. However I'm still running LR on a student subscription so was kind of shocked to see how much C1 would cost me. 🙃
Yousef, great video. You have a new sub. BTW, C1 has also made it relatively easy for LR users to switch by enabling users to customize their C1 workspace to be very LR-like. They even provide a LR custom workspace so users don't have to do the set-up themselves.
Thank you!
Yeah, I saw that! It's called migration under workspaces. Gives it the same look as LR.
totally agree, I'm now using C1 23 on my fuji xh2 and xh2s, a steep learning curve but I'm sure I will get as quick eventually.
Holy shit . Thats like a night and day difference. Thanks man, thats a big help
Thank you for creating this video, I found this to be very helpful
I'm so glad it helps! Thanks for watching.
Yes. I left Lightroom 3 or 4 years ago for Capture 1. It’s way better suited for Fujifilm raw photos in my view. At first the workflow seemed bewildering but that was only for a week or two while getting used to something different. After that it is super easy to navigate through.
Nice I'm already getting used to Capture One's interface. It's pretty similar to LR.
Super informative video, but the quality of production is nuts.
GL on your way to 500k subs bro
Haha thank you!! 😁
Thanks for an informative video. My Sony RAW files also look much better when I open them in Capture 1. A friend who is a professional photographer recommended me to try C1 a little over a year ago and I was very surprised by the difference. It's always annoying to have to change software and there are parts of the interface I'm not so fond of.. but it's the result that counts and I think there can be no doubt that C1 makes better pictures than LR. On Sony RAW files, it is much faster to achieve a good result, thus saving a lot of frustrating time. The colors in particular are so much easier to get to look the way I want.
Awesome! Thank you for sharing. I'm experiencing the same thing. I just used a Sony A7iii for the first time (I'm uploading the video of that tomorrow!) and the files look BETTER in C1 compared to Lightroom. I see the color difference like what you're talking about!
I’ve talked to an engineer of CaptureOne (PhaseOne) when I switched to Fuji some years ago. C1 is the only software (because they cooperate with Fujifilm) that can actually read the X-Trans Sensor and the CMOS Files. Every other software (including LR) has to reverse engineer the Files. So it’s more or less guessing of the software
Its worth mentioning price. C1 is more expensive from outset and they are now apparently trying to push people away from buying one off purchases of their software to an annual subscription model. An announcement coming in early Feb on the future pricing. For an amateur who might go a month or two without using its starting to look just too expensive to justify the price.
Yeah, another subscription! They do have a Fujifilm Express that's free, though.
@@yousefcreative ah ok - unfortunately I use Nikon as well
@@bringbackcloughie I'd ditch Fuji and stay with Nikon and Lightroom.
+9 clarity, +26 texture, +40 sharpness yields almost pixel for pixel results comparable to what capture one is applying in the background without the added noise of just pumping sharpening. Only sharpen past 40 with masking at 100%.
Sweet will give this a go! Thanks for sharing :)
Nice! I'll try that. Thanks for sharing.
@@yousefcreative let me know how it works for you
Or just use CameraRAW as it's superior in almost every way
@@victorkreig6089 wouldn't that use the same engine?
Recently moving to Fujifilm X, I was incredibly disappointed by the Raw performance, and have been looking at Capture One. This video sealed the deal, and got you an immediate subscription as well. Cheers!
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My ADHD Loves you and your editing style. Great work!
Haha thank you! 🥰
Long time ago I switched from Lightroom to Capture One exactly for that reason. Now I switched from Capture One to DxO PhotoLab 6 as it's another big improvement. With low ISO images you get even more detail and high ISO especially with new 40mpix is no contest. Capture One has some kind of problem with new Fuji sensor and creates lots of noise with weird patterns. DxO on the other hand creates this filmic Fuji noise with better detail. Deep Prime noise removal is really top notch.
Really? I have to check that method out.
@@yousefcreative AI noise reduction technology simply gives cropped sensors a life changing experience. :)
Came here to mention DxO. I recently started shooting on a Sony ZV-E10 that wasn’t seeing much action. Using PureRAW to convert prior to Lightroom has dramatically increased the photo value of the “vlogger camera” 😉
raw therapee and luminar neo also reads fuji files perfectly, incredible details.
but what version are you using. i have gfx 50s 2. i cant get capture one to find raf files
I had the same problem with lightroom. However, it only looked muddy on preview mode before converting them to jpeg. But i find weird why preview mode makes fuji raw look bad.
Very informative! Thanks!!
Thx man, i immediately downloaded the Testversion!!!
Woooooo!! Try it out and let me know if you like it!
Thanks for the demonstration. I am watching on a MacBook, but I cant see any difference in the details of your shot. Your are switching to C1? What if you have a lot of presets in LR, workin with? Is it also a problem of older Fujifilm Cameras? I use the X-T3.
Hi, is it the same when using jpegs for editing?
Thanks for the video, you absolutely 100% right. I been using C1 for the past 4 years and because it handles Fuji X files so well, I actually ended up selling Canon full frame system. Adobe would have caused me to sell Fuji and I would be now carrying around a lot of extra weight and spending a lot more money to get the same result.
NICE!
Im using xt4 and editing in capture one..its just ❤❤
Supremo. 😎
It's because Capture One is set up to understand the X-Trans sensor and Lightroom processes them as though they used the conventional Bayer sensor found in all the other digital cameras. I assume at some point Lightroom will be updated with software to understand this. Don't know what's taking them so long, though.
Awesome photos! and a great video!
Thanks much for enjoying it! Your enjoyment is enjoyable to me. 👌
Hi, thank you for this comparison, very usefull !
My pleasure. 😁
Thanks for great video. Last few years i shot only jpgs on my fujifilm x100s
Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet. Thank you for watching and commenting! 🥰
You are right! NOW>...>please can you do the same comparisons with Fuji jpegs in both software , that would make a great video....Thanking you in anticipation of the fulfilment of my humble request. Greetings from Scotland!
Okay, confession time... I've never shot a Fujifilm jpg. 🤣 I always shoot RAW and in Lightroom or Capture One you can easily choose the Fuji jpg recipe to get the look you want.
I assume that it's because Fuji uses a 6x6 Bayer pattern that has extra green sub pixels. Standard Bayer patterns use a 2x2 which comprises of RGGB subpixels. LR can't interpret the RAW files properly because all the tools will assume the file is using a standard pattern hence weird artifacts and unsharp renderings.
Capture One doesn’t allow the AF feature when tethering with my X-Pro 3. A big issue for me.
Yo Chimney Rock! Grew up down the mountain from there lol. Mostly drove up to speed on those backroads and not so much the town itself though hahahaha
Very good review and explanation. Nice video.
Thank you very much. 😁
I have similar problems with processing Sony A7 IV raw files. Shadow recovery is trash in Lightroom, it just adds a ton of noise.
I tried Capture One a few years ago and I think it was because I was so used to my flow with LR that I didn't make the switch. It seems like the photos on my X-H1 just seem "bad" now on LR and I just can't seem to get good shots when reviewing in LR. I'll be revisiting C1 after watching your video.
By the way, loving the "Cruel Angel's Thesis" at the end of your video.
Thanks for watching to the end! 😁
Capture One is the industry standard for commercial photographers (like myself who has been using C1 since I can't remember--2005-6?). Lightroom seems like a great tool but you don't want to send clients soft and mushy images...
I noticed this with my X-H2. In camera my images looked sharp, but after loading them into LR they looked as if I had slightly missed focus. It had me questioning myself so I went and viewed the jpegs on a different program and it was sharp again. I started questioning the raw files and even used a different camera on my next shoot. I recently was trying out a more budget editing software and my raw files looked better from my X-H2. I would hate to leave LR, I just hope they come up with an update to this issue.
Wow weird. I've also heard that Fuji cameras give false positives with the green focus boxes. Haven't experienced myself, yet.
It's so strange. You'd think Fujifilm or Adobe would be aware of this. If I was Fujifilm, I'd be hounding Adobe to make the RAW file conversions look their best!
Woah. I feel like I’ve been noticing this too with my XH2S.
I usually use Silkypix to convet Fuji x-trans files and export them to LR. I made some tests and i think it is better than LR and even better than CaptureOne in my opinion. It worth a try.
Convert them to what file format ?
@@Photolic Silkypix export Fuji raf files to lightroom as tiff.
Is this still the same? or has Lightroom now become more optimised to Fujifilm?
The problem with CO is the performance, they simply can not solve the shagginess on high resolution screens, every slider has a latency, half a second, sometimes even a full second. On a 5K iMac it is a disaster since always. The problem could be solved with the Open In Low Resolution option available since the Monterey, however there is no such option anymore and we are stuck with the incredibly slow app. LR is instant, so it is possible.
As for the sharpness, well it is true but not the way you presented here. CO sharpens much, much better, but it also starts with high noice reduction setting while LR does not. also, CO sharpening is far from perfect, it has a lot of splotchiness and LR noise looks better so not a clear win as it seems.
Most of the time the difference is negligible if it exists at all. But with the foliage and with the high iso images there could be some problems with the LR sharpening.
In the end it really does not matter which one you use, and most of the time the comparisons in which one kills the other are flawed, just as yours. Your black and white conclusions seen a bit too religious and I believe you rushed up with them, and I do not blame you, we are all guilty of that. Just, the reality is a bit more complex. :)
Its just all about default settings. Im sure you can set LR that the images are as sharp as in c1.
As you talk about "Fujifilm", you need to first distinguish between Fujifilm cameras in the Bayer paradigm on the one hand and X-trans on the other.
Most raw processing software is in the Bayer paradigm. And images from the X-trans sensor are not. That's not necessarily a problem, except when algorithms are used for X-trans that got developed for Bayer.
X-trans needs a completely different approach. Some people think that there is a simple way of tweaking the Bayer raw conversion to we get RGB images from X-trans, but that is where the muddiness comes in.
This video is about the X-T cameras only.
Can someone explain to me why I cannot change the shutter speed, the ISO or the F stop in the dialog box? Everything seems to be locked except for the shutter button. I have to change either one of these features on-camera. I am using Capture One 20 for Fuji. Thanks in advance.
@@ChuckMarteau no idea compadre.
Great information!
C1 is more easy with great results. I manage to edit photos with different lights conditions and camera settings. 27 photos in 1 day. Only 3 had slightly feedback. The rest are approved from the client.
The luminance mask is more advance that LR doesnt have.
After switching to Fuji i no longer was happy with LR. i moved to ON1 which gave me better results, but the software was awefully slow.
so i tried C1 and man, i was blown away. not only best results in processing, but also lightening speed compared to both LR and ON1.
NICE! C1 has a blazing interface.
I used C1 for about a year, than DxO and other converters and finally LR. I then stayed with LR for ease of use. The difference is not that dramatic to me, but I still use DxO PureRaw with DeepPrime that is much better than either LR and C1 when it comes to low light enhancements at the import process.
Please consider: LR changed the default sharpness level to 40 with newer releases - that is too much for Fujifilm files (in my observation). Go back to 20 or 25 and you‘ll see a more reasonable result.
Plus: C1 is now ridiculously expensive. 29 Euros/month??
Lightroom has the faster workflow. I'm more used to it and it will take time for me to get up to speed on C1. And I love the LR AI-auto masking!
Not sure about defaults, but that's why I went ahead and compared a fully processed image, too.
Yeah, another subscription! You can find codes online to get 20% off the first year, though.
@@yousefcreative Thank you for taking the time for answering.
As I said: I used C1 for about one year. I saw a difference when I zoomed in and I found those worm artifacts.
I am mainly a sports photographer. So my main concern is low light capabilities. DxO PureRaw and PhotoAI do help tremendously with optimizing high iso footage. Pixel peeping at a well lit photo is 5% of my work. The rest is fighting low light problems with f2.8, 1/1000s, ISO6400 or ISO 12800 in indoor arenas.
Does this apply to the fujifilm medium format cameras like the gfx 100 series... thanks
Don't know, never used a Fuji medium format camera.
I use ON1 Photo Raw. Has anyone compared Fuji Raw files between ON1 and C1 or Lightroom?
I had the same experience. Dog photos with fur were terrible and looked out of focus. Then C1 and POP! I do prefer the LR catalog though: using sidecars for metadata (tags, etc.) I have over 100,000 old metadata tagged files. I’m considering Photo Mechanic. And, as you said, it is taking time to get my workflow tweaked in C1.
Exactly. I'm not fully up to speed on C1, yet. But with time I'll get faster. I will miss the Auto-AI masking from Lightroom.
Great video ! Thanks
Everyone complaining about the 40 MP sensor recently all used Lightroom. I saw an immediate and significant improvement in image quality between the 26mp sensor and the 40mp sensor, but I've been using Capture One for a while now.
I still have a half brick of 120mm fuji films in my freezer. I also have a full brick of Kodak 120mm panatomic-X. :D Also, raw should look the same regardless of program viewing it. Edit it in raw. Don't let a program touch it. The days of processing have gone when all the photo labs closed up. I worked as a mural printer at Detroit Imaging Group and Chroma Studios in Columbus. Yes we processed there (C41). Otherwise no processing.
Main reason is the type of sensor Lr reads, Bayer sensors. Fuji uses xtrans sensors, which Lr does a terrible job converting(why they still haven’t fixed i don’t know…). C1 is great, ended up switching to it because it respects the native quality of the raw file, xtrans or Bayer…almost regretted moving to fuji, but yeah, C1 exists!🎉
it's pretty simple: Fuji doesnt like Adobe (for whatever reason) - they didnt give the demosaicing algorythm to them - so Adobe tried themselves but dont get it right, because of the X-Trans sensor which is unique to Fuji works differently than any other camera manufacturer which all use a Bayer Matrix. But Fuji likes the guys over at PhaseOne because they were willing to bring a "lite" version which is free, but only can use the standard functions and only for Fuji RAW.
What LR Profile do you use please? I cannot read it. I use the Linear Profile for the camera I use and am wondering if you are doing the same. Or are u using a Adobe Profile? Thx. I've referred my Fuji user friends to this vid.
The standard Adobe color or I choose the Sony standard profile.
Never really liked Lightroom - preferred Phocus when I was shooting with Hasselblad. When I bought a Fuji GFX 50R I tried Capture One and haven't looked back.
C1 always has been better with skintones and sharpness, and these examples again show the difference. Nothing comes close to skintones if you shoot hasselblad and use phocus though (also works on RAF btw). Lightroom is a great piece of software, very fluid workflow, but in the end it is about the image quality and color rendition and that is where it misses the mark when comparing it to other specialized software.
I have Lightroom 6 (the non-subscription version from a few years ago). It doesn't read RAF files at all! You either need to upgrade LR to a more recent version or use another program to convert RAF to DNG. I'm currently using Capture 1 Express (free version). I'm not a pro so it's tough to justify Capture 1 Pro as it's a subscription.
I get it! These softwares can be expensive.
Capture One relies on libRAW, an open source raw format decoder. Most raw processors use it and it is quite good. Lightroom is one of the very few that uses a proprietary raw processor and it's just not that great for x-trans sensors.
Stick with it! C1 is so much better than Lightroom for pro work - apart from how it’s better for Fuji pics, Sessions are much easier to work with, Lightroom is far too slow and just seems outdated and clunky in comparison.
For the moment, I'm using Dx0 pureRAW at the front of my processing in Lightroom, which demosaics into a DNG. Some people say its's overshapened but it's a LOT better than leaving it to Adobe. Sadly I can't afford C1 on top of CC. Maybe someday.
Sweet.
easy reason... fuji isn't a bayer sensor. it is x-trans. the layout of colors is not a standard array of photo receptors. it actually eliminates some bayer issues such as moire. x-trans allows fuji to remove the low pass filter and that results in better quality (for the same size/resolution sensor). it has reduced color fringing abd improved sharpness. The reason lightroom sucks compared to capture one is that lightroom doesn't account for this x-trans layout of color photo receptors. Instead it interpolates things and tries to force the x-trans layout into a set of processing algorithms that were designed for a bayer layout.
Capture one natively processes x-trans layout, and thus shows the added benefit of the x-trans sensor. to this day, i have absolutely no idea why adobe refuses to update lightroom to include x-trans support natively. perhaps the software code is so insanely complex it wouldn't be easy to retroactively add it without a major overhaul? but then capture one does bayer and x-trans no problem, but maybe it was designed that way from the ground up and thus more easy to implement? maybe adobe has something against fuji? i have no idea. but it made me drop lightroom for c1, and i've never looked back.
Wow thank you for the detailed explanation!
Have you compared the straight out of camera JPEGs to the LR and C1 RAW files? In my experience in doing so, the SOOC jpegs actually look quite similar to the LR RAW files in terms of muddy results. It seems quite possible to me that was we are seeing is actually a downside of X-Trans, rather than LR doing something detrimental the the photos. I think C1 likely has a clever sharpening algorithm that corrects for these deficiencies.
Interesting!
I haven't shot JPG with a Fujifilm camera.
Lightroom and PS have a feature called “enhance” that works in line with Fuji raw that fixes this issue. Just right click on your image and select enhance while in camera raw
Yeah and enjoy a 2x enlarged image which takes 30+ seconds to render lol it doesn’t change the colors either just detail
@@b3arodactyl You can enhance RAW details without upping the resolution, they are separate settings.
@@bassderek I was just about to reply saying exactly this.
Thanks for the tip, I saw the "enhance" option but never used it, until I read yer comment.
I have heard many people say that the latest Lightroom update has made it equal to C1 when it comes to processing Fuji Raw files. I would really love to see a follow up video in which you can checkout the latest update. As with many other people in the comments section, I am also biased towards Lightroom mainly because I can edit anywhere using any device. From what I understand, the C1 iPad app is not as good and the masking feature is also not that great compared to Lightroom. I would highly appreciate if you can make a follow up video comparing with the latest Lightroom version. Also, a very good detailed and fun video. Keep going. One more sub added 😁
Really? Nice. I have to check it out. I actually went back to Lightroom because the AI instant masking features save me an incredible amount of time, and the artificing and weird glitches aren't really noticeable unless you pixel peep. I'm going to check the new update out!
Thanks for the kind words.
@@yousefcreative the feature set of lightroom overpowers the occasional artifacting but at the same time, I will always have this feeling of missing out on something till the time you make a new video now 😂
I tried capture one but can not stand for their catalog management. I have about 500 photos taken every time and the import takes forever. And it will get worse over the time. Once hits like 10000 ish photos it's almost not possible to use the C1. I guess if you take studio shots and don't need to manage a tone of photo, yeah try C1.
I'm Sony user (a6400) but I want to buy a Fuji XT5. Actually I prefer use CaOne over Lightroom, more details, sharpness and real colours.
100 % correct. C1 gives best IQ with Fuji files.
Crystal clear. 😁
Yes, they have a special VIP offer for you in the pipe line - higher annual payment.
Very nice comparison. I would also 100% recommend landscape photographers do this as well, foliage looks really bad in Adobe software, almost like a painting, it looks a lot better in Capture One and I think even a hair better in other software (RawTherapee I think, not sure).
Thanks for sharing!
Ive had a Fuji X100F and I currently use Affinity Photo for RAW conversion and editing. I picked up a X100V a couple of days ago and have a link to download Capture 23. I'll give it a bash. Have you tried Affinity Photo?
I haven't! But I will not that you recommended it. 😁
I use Affinity Photo 2 and DxO PhotoLab 6 Elite. I highly recommend it. I also had C1, but too time-consuming and expensive as well.
I use fujifilm and yes using capture pro then i don't see wormy fx
For basic editing, Capture One does a fantastic job on Fuji files. But LrC has a ton of masking features now that C1 doesn’t have. If C1 ever gets masking to work the same, I’m all in.
C1's layer-based workflow has been more flexible and powerful than Lightrooms for a long time.
Lightroom added the subject detection now which is really handy, but that's only the latest feature and hasn't changed the overall workflow.
@@salarycat I had C1 for a while. It’s nowhere near LrC with masking. Adobes AI masking is better than all the ones I’ve tried. And C1 didn’t even have it. I imagine if that’s all you use the workflow is better, but I’ve yet to find a faster workflow than LrC no matter if I use plugins or not, or masking. Like I said, I like what C1 does with the Fuji files, but the masking in LrC is much more intuitive and user friendly. IMHO
@@salarycat I rarely use layers. It would just make my workflow slower. Masking has been much faster for me.
Yesssss. I love the Adobe AI auto masking. It saves a lot of time. That's the one thing I hope Capture One can add.
@@yousefcreative so, using C1 and either the color selection based advanced editor, or the luma range tool… are you not able to do what you want? You even now have the advanced brush and eraser feature to quickly select like-areas on the whole image, to assist in making a mask… What else do you really need? Adobe is such bloatware, and unperformant, that it’s not even funny… C1 vs. Lr on a 50 or 102 megapixel file? Da Vinci Resolve vs. Premiere Pro for video - no contest!
Hi this is a newbie question hehe Which is better for editing raw files for my Xh2s? Lightroom Classic, Capture one or X Raw Studio
I highly recommend Capture One for Fuji files.
@@yousefcreative thank you!
I've wanted to switch away from Lr for a long time. The trouble is Ps. Having Ps alongside Lr for $10/month is really hard to beat. I hope to switch to Capture One at some point, though.
Yeah, completely understand. Another subscription... 😭. I pay $600 a year for the full Adobe suite because I need it for work.
@@yousefcreative it's rough! I had the full Adobe suite for a while and just wasn't using it enough. I converted to editing video in Da Vinci Resolve, and doing most everything else in Lr & Ps. I tried Affinity Photo briefly, and while powerful, my copy was pretty buggy and slow, so I converted back to Ps and just accepted that my Fuji files will never look quite as good as they could. I bought the Iridient X transformer plugin for Lr and found my files to be more difficult to work with, plus I lost the ability to change my Film Sim in Lr....
@@RyanH0809 yeah, totally understand! I switched to Resolve last year myself, but I still work with people who use Premiere Pro and After Effects a lot so I have to keep paying Adobe!
@@yousefcreative oooh, that hurts! I'm not a full time photo/video pro, so thankfully I'm not hamstrung in that way... The value proposition gets me. If I was a full time pro, I might just fork out the money required to get C1. I might look into the C1 Fujifilm version if that's still a thing...
How do you know that I use Fujifilm XT4 and have the same issue. I couldn't figure it out until you say it. Thank you very much for this video. You made my career lol
Awesome! Glad I can help. 😁😁
It would be great to see you comparing canon files as well as other brands =)
I'd love to do that but daddy TH-cam ain't paying me the big bucks... yet.
This is the reason why there is no proper key to decode data from raw files in adobe applications. many years ago in the days of the Nikon D300, only Nikon's NX was able to get the true quality of raw files, and this is due to the lack of information about their correct reading by Adobe CRW or Lightroom and other applications. Of course, in the further part of the edition, the algorithms used by the program in the corrections are also important ...
Don't oversharpen in LR, use enhance details
So what we look at, on our large computer display, is the result of "raw processing". Incidentally this happens in camera too, when we look at the display or eVF. The raw file, in the meantime, remains 100% colour noise and 100% luminance noise - it only has monochrome data elements - zero RGB pixels.
How LrC and C1 do their magic depends on "defaults" or our deviations from these. The Mudbricks (mudbrick AKA adobe) work everything towards their neutral flattish rendition. The Adobe default profile is actually camera model specific.
C1 opts for a more vivid default.
To me C1 presented a no-go with their treatment of black point & white point, plus their Ts & C's (AKA pricing).
As LrC doesn't do raw processing but actually Adobe Camera Raw (ACR) as a plug-in, when we comment on raw processing, we mean ACR. Well, it has two fundamental weaknesses: its sharpening versus detail recovery and detail loss, and, its graininess in the darker - perfectly within dynamic range - exposure zones. These latter are easily visible when pixel peeping on display or printing larger than A3.
Both are failed raw processing where demosaicking goes wrong.
The detail handling is done best by Topaz's Gigapixel AI when you blow up significantly.
Note, at 1,440 DPI, you need a lot more dots than pixels and this app controls that problem very well.
The noise - ability to not generate graininess - is best handled by either Topaz's DeNoise AI or DxO PURE RAW.
Where colour, vividness, tint, contrast, etc impact your image, you need to work those sliders.
My brother in Christ I have your answer: Camera manufacturers do not provide third parties with raw processing information which is why the results vary from one software to another differ. It's up to the engineers at Adobe to reverse engineer the raw data & improve how their software handles the files. It's what they've always had to do, actually & it isn't necessarily exclusive to Fujifilm cameras. New cameras with slightly differing raw interpretation can cause phenomenon like this.
If you thought capture one is good, give dark table a shot. It comes out like I saw in the camera, it's nuts.
I've tried Darktable a handful of times but never stick with it. The interface is a couple generations behind LR and C1.
I ve been using c1 since c1 19 and been screaming as a fuji user to not use lr Classic. Ps. Look at the clarity difference in the iris
try DXO and you'll see that C1 will be outperformed, too
CaptureOne is the best for Fuji raw files. Canon,Nikon and Sony raw files came out good when I used Lightroom. But for Fuji, I don’t understand why Lightroom can’t work well with Fuji raw files🤦♂️🤦
Somebody tell capture one to make an app already. I hate editing on my laptop. But would try it on an iPad Pro as soon as it’s available.
You are right. Fuji's Trans X sensors suck on Adobe. That's why I stay away from Fuji APSC gear. I would not change my photo editor just to have a camera that does not offer any apparent quality advantages but disadvantages. Fuji colours are not my thing anyway.
Thanks for the good video. I like my xt4 but the images of my Nikon Z6, and my Sony A7III are still sharper than the images of Fuji with the 90mm 2.0 in Capture Pro 23.
Yeah! I just got a Sony A7iii and images are just plain sharper and better looking in Capture One compared to Fujifilm. Other creators are seeing the same thing like the two I show in this video.
Do you have High ISO NR set to -4 on camera settings?
I heard using DXO PhotoLab or DXO PureRaw and exporting to DNG will make better raw files for Lightroom for Fuji. Lightroom has a very old engine and its not the best with X-Trans Sensors.
Why would you then use Lightroom and not just use Photoshop?
@@ramspencer5492 When toy edit a lot of photos lets say for a wedding you use Lightroom.