Re: Fujifilm X-Trans Infinity Scene RAW Processing Comparison
The only time I see anything that resembles a painterly look is when the converter presets are used. The various smoothing, first stage luminance NR, chroma NR and moire reduction are unusually set much higher than needed. Lower ISO X-Trans really needs little to no NR IMO.
It would seem intuitive to then use low radius USM to avoid halos, but smoothed images with sharp edges create a watercolor look. For print I usually use a deconvolution pre-sharpener with low iterations to support the structure of edges, then do final sharpening with a higher radius USM to bring out surface texture. Slight edge halos at 100% disappear with printing on most high-quality papers.
Sal
Mar 12, 2014 at 06:54 AM
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