#IRIDIENT DEVELOPER 3.1.4 WINDOWS FULL VERSION#
#IRIDIENT DEVELOPER 3.1.4 WINDOWS UPDATE#

The downside to using DNG/ACR is it leaves me with either a raw file and a substantially larger DNG file, or the option to delete the RAF and just keep the DNG (I'm not really wanting to do that), which can bump the storage of raws up to around 100MB each, which in turn will soon chew up disk space. For all of Adobe's faults, at least they have ACR's adjustments working at real time speed as does PN, but PN doesn't support DNG.

#IRIDIENT DEVELOPER 3.1.4 WINDOWS FULL VERSION#

As a result Iridient is quick to convert the X-T2 X-Trans to DNG, 5-6 seconds by my stopwatch, and even between compressed raw or uncompressed there's little difference (unlike PN, which takes noticeably longer when the raw files are compressed).Īs far as the full version of Iridient goes, that I can't say as they haven't released the full version for Windows to my knowledge yet, so I'll have to wait for the demo of that to decide whether I buy that, or just buy the DNG converter and use ACR for final adjustments. So even today it's not a slow machine by any current standards. My computer is now old in years, but I bought expensive when I had it built, and actually had to wait for the first 6-core i7-3960X CPU and Asus P9X79Pro motherboard to arrive on the market, along with its 64GB ram capability fully filled. In that regard, and the fact that DNG is updated regularly for new cameras, means that ACR once more becomes an option for me, and the last 9.1 version for CS6 is more than adequate and much quicker in practical use than PN's interface, although to be frank I do prefer the image adjustment controls in PN when dealing with tricky files.Īlan, how is the speed? I have tried the latest version of Iridient, and while it produces very good results, it is very slow even a simple exposure adjustment takes several seconds to show. The program itself is still subject to flaky behaviour and unexpected hangs if you try to work quickly, and its so-called browser and lack of really basic things like a KBSC of Ctrl+A to select a batch of images in the annoying film-strip browser display is way overdue for correction.

#IRIDIENT DEVELOPER 3.1.4 WINDOWS UPDATE#

1.3.4b is all that's been offered since I renewed my annual license, and that was only an update for more recent cameras being added to its support list.

Meanwhile, however long it takes, it's really good to know that Iridient is in the wings as a substitute for Photo Ninja, which I fear is appearing increasingly likely to be vapourware, with it now being over two years since they advertised that a re-written and much improved v.2.0 was almost ready. I realise it can be argued that one person making that protest is inconsequential and only disadvantaging the protester, but that is outweighed for me by the feeling of doing something that's right, and not supporting unfair corporate behaviour. Adobe doing the same thing - charging Australian customers an inflated price - is what had me quit at CS6 and not get on the rent-a-shop treadmill. Iridient X-Transformer, even with just that basic DNG converter, absolutely trounces Affinity Photo for Windows X-Trans handling as well, I'm glad now that I baulked on buying that program when they point blank refused to change their inflated Australian price to the direct equivalent of what they charged the USA. With a tweaking of the very basic parameters of X-Transformer (which has default sharpening set way too high, even for monitor-only viewing), and then adjusting the resultant DNG with ACR it was no problem at all to have both the Iridient image and a fine-tune adjusted Photo Ninja image appear absolutely identical, from image structure to colour depth and gradation, proving once and for all that it is Adobe's lousy X-Trans demosaic that is to blame for the awful image structure and colour depth and tonal gradations that are simply impossible to correct in ACR's post-demosaic controls.

Meanwhile I have now tried the X-Transformer directly against Photo Ninja, initially using just the default X-Trans profile for each. Apparently the intent is for a full version of Iridient for Windows.

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