Fuji Raw Conversion Questions

[AndyMcD]

I'd like to get off the Adobe subscription, so I am reassessing my workflow. Right now I am looking at Open Source only, so I am not planning to drop any cash right now - even for perpetual licenses.

I've come across XnViewMP which seems pretty good for import and review of the pictures.

I'm going to take a look at Gimp to see if I can make content aware fill and general cloning work for me there.

But I need a decent raw convertor, I would use RawTherapee but it is not capable of reading XMP files - so would not pick up on any ratings etc. from XnViewMP.

That leaves DarkTable at this stage, is anyone using this for Fuji X and (if so) what settings do you find work for sharpening and demosaicing? Which other free convertors would people suggest, that are compatible with XMP files?

 

[AndyMcD]

Now I remember why I always struggled with GIMP - the close stamp tool doesn't preview in the same way that Photoshop does, making it much harder to use. (sigh)

 

[Bobby T]

X Raw Studio from Fuji does a pretty good job if you don't find anything else you like.