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Since my trial license for PhotoNinja expired, I had to take a screen shot.

But I want to see what gives me the best starting point. Sure, maybe if we fiddle with stuff, we can get almost identical outputs. The samples are straight out of the camera with no adjustments. So you have to figure out what gives you the best possible look that you’re going for.

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Sure, certain software can bring out details better. This isn’t just a pixel peeping exercise. I want the best RAW processor to get the best out of the X-Trans sensor. Why portraiture? Because that’s the style of photography I do. So I decided to try them and see how they handle RAF files for portraiture. There has been alternatives such as PhotoNinja, Iridient, and Capture One. It is slower, but in many cases reduces directional artifacts and moire patterns that would otherwise result because of the lack of antialiasing.We know that everyone complains about how Adobe handles Fuji RAF files. The moderate and enhanced methods are reserved for cameras with weak or missing antialiasing filters like the Fujifilm X series. The standard algorithm is suitable for most cameras with an antialiasing filter. If your camera is fully supported, three modes are available. Photo Ninja uses a proprietary demosaicing algorithm that delivers a unique ‘look’ with few digital artifacts. One of the most important steps in raw conversion is converting RAW sensor data to full-color RGB pixels. I’ll now go over the features where I think Photo Ninja excels. The alignment tool allows you to place several points along an edge that is supposed to be straight, and Photo Ninja automatically calculates the optimal correction settings. The current correction model is mathematically derived from optics theory, and it is powerful enough to correct combined fisheye, pincushion/barrel, and “mustache” distortion. Currently, it does not support auto corrections embedded in RAW data, which is disappointing.

Distortion correction: For architecture or landscapes where lines need to be straight, this RAW converter offers lens correction filter that can repair the complex distortion typical of modern zoom and wide-angle lenses.

I hear there is a new version in the pipeline and hope this will be improved. I’m mainly processing mirror-less sensors and was somewhat disappointed with these auto corrections. This app also includes a general-purpose “Defringe” tool in the noise reduction filter that can help with these types of fringing. Longitudinal CA and so-called “purple-fringing“ have different causes. Note that LCA is only one cause of color fringing in digital images. The technology is powerful enough to remove complex, nonlinear LCA that is exhibited by some modern lenses.

The resulting improvement is striking compared to post-demosaicing correction. Significantly, for RAW images, Photo Ninja fixes LCA prior to demosaicing before the aberration is smeared across channels by demosaicing, color correction and other processing. In most cases, Photo Ninja can accurately measure and correct LCA without user intervention and with excellent results. Chromatic aberration correction: Photo Ninja can remove color fringing due to lateral chromatic aberration (LCA).You can photograph a ColorChecker reference chart and use the profiling facility to create a custom light source profile quickly. Built-in daylight profiles are available for a large number of cameras but are in need improvement in my opinion. Color correction: Photo Ninja includes simple controls for setting the white balance in an image.It utilizes the light source profiles to improve the overall accuracy of colors.Subtle split toning can be useful for warming or cooling an image or improving separation of elements. Split-tone colorization can map shadows to one color and highlights to another, with blended colors for intermediate tones. There is also hue-specific control for fine tuning that uses varying the relative lightness of particular color ranges. The base conversions simulate the use of color filters in traditional black-and-white film. Black and White conversion: create monochrome images from inside the RAW editor.You can also set it to negative amounts, for a smoothing effect in portraits The effect can quickly look over-processed, so be careful with this slider. Detail enhancement: boosts or smooths micro-contrast in an image.This without flattening detail or halo artifacts. Photo Ninja includes an efficient adaptive lighting engine that can pull detail from shadows, overcome backlighting, tame aggressive highlights, and compress excessive contrast. You can brighten shadows, turn down highlights, and change contrast. Adaptive lighting: A feature set you’ll find in all RAW developers.Automatic overexposure compensation: reconstruction of missing data in overexposed areas.

There are some things that Photo Ninja is good at, and others where I’d say it’s as good as any other RAW developer.

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