It’s a real pain to have to click on the angle tool icon in the crop panel for over one hundred photos, instead of just pressing the command key. In LR, there is a keyboard shortcut to access the tool, once you are using the crop tool. I need to use the angle tool to straighten each image. One adjustment that took me longer in E3 than in LR was fixing the angle of the stage shots. And, I was able to select all of the stage shots and adjust the white balance to them simultaneously.
Another great update is the colour temperature adjustment is now in Kelvin. A nice addition to the latest version of E3. I was also able to apply Fujifilm film presets to the photos, something I always do with images in LR.
Imported RAW files are automatically adjusted so that only minor tweaks were needed to complete the exposure adjustments. The combination worked great the improved auto-focus and IBIS of the X-H1 really changes how I use the 16-55.)Įxposure X3 handled all the tasks I needed to complete really well. (By the way, I used the new X-H1 with the XF16-55mm f/2.8 lens for the entire event. It’s a mixed bag of candid photos in a variety of lighting conditions, plus a large number of stage presentation shots under fixed lighting conditions.
This job was photographing a long-service awards ceremony and reception. Aside from having to learn some new keyboard shortcuts, I would say that the job was completed in about the same time it would have taken me in Lightroom. In short, Exposure X3 got the job done admirably. A few weeks ago I got the chance to put Exposure X3 through it’s paces, processing a batch of a few hundred photos. I have tested Alien Skin Exposure X3 with good results, but until now, I haven’t tried to process an entire job.
My government work photography still relies upon Lightroom Classic CC to process images, but I have been looking for an alternative to the Adobe rental model for my personal projects and jobs. With the upgrade of one of my work cameras to the X-H1, I had to look for an alternative to Lightroom 6 to process a recent freelance job.