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If you like total control over your images like I do, once the desired preset is applied, head over to the editing panels on the right and fine tune your image from there. While I think the preset looks great, Exposure enables me to also use a preset as a foundation, or a base edit for a more fine-tuned edit via the Basic panel. With Exposure, you can also enlarge the Preset Preview panel to see several rows of three preset previews at a time, which is very helpful. In Lightroom, the only preset preview I have available to me is the much smaller box on the upper left hand corner of the panel. If I hover over each preset with my cursor, Exposure shows me a preview of what effect the preset will have on the image. Here is an unedited image and a group of black and white presets to the left.

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My current favorites are the Kodak Gold simulations as well as the Fuji Pro set of simulations.Įxposure features over 500 presets, so I assign a star to my favorites, which helps me easily find them. Exposure X3 has a wealth of great-looking film presets as well, and Alien Skin keeps building on them. While I mostly shoot RAW, the presets were a lot of fun to shoot with and often produced great results right out of the camera.

One of the many things that turned me onto Fujifilm was their great film presets for JPEGS. I then added a third layer to adjust my tone curve. For example, I added a Fuji Neopan 1600 preset to one of the layers below, then added an additional layer to add a little contrast to the image along with some other basic adjustments. What’s especially helpful is being able to name my layers as they pertain to that particular layer’s edits. Once I’m done editing an image, I can dissect exactly what I’ve done by looking at each layer, and turn a layer on or off to see exactly how that particular layer has affected my image. One of my favorite things about Exposure X3 is being able to progressively build upon my image, layer after layer, as I edit. While currently in the process of learning more about Exposure X3 in that regard, here are some things that I liked right from the get go: Layers With that, I’m learning to use Exposure X3 as more of a standalone RAW photo editor as opposed to using it alongside Lightroom. Also, I prefer the grain in Exposure and the overall control I get with it as opposed to Lightroom. I noticed some artifacts when applying sharpening to the files in Lightroom that I didn’t get in Exposure. While Lightroom was a great tool for my Nikon files, I found that it didn’t handle my Fujifilm files quite as nicely in some areas, especially when it came to sharpening. My initial thoughts on editing my Fujifilm RAF files in Lightroom weren’t overly great. I’ve recently switched from Nikon to the Fujifilm camera system. Piece of cake!įast forward to today, and Exposure X3 has become an even more important part of my workflow. I open Exposure up and use the directory in the upper left hand corner to drill down to my photos. Exposure uses my current photo file structure. I also really liked the fact that there was no extra catalogue of my photos created, like in Lightroom. At this point, I started using a combination of Lightroom and Exposure for various edits. I loved the great film presets that were at my disposal, the intuitive layout, the way the photo filing system works, and the nice overlays.

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I downloaded the trial version of Exposure X2 and was very impressed. At the time, I was mostly using Lightroom exclusively for all of my Nikon photo editing.

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I was introduced to Alien Skin’s RAW editing software Exposure a couple of years ago by a friend of mine.

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This is by no means a full product review. I clocked in at just over 30,000 miles traveled in 2017.Īlien Skin Software asked me to write about my favorite tools in Exposure that I use during my editing process, which I’m happy to share with the FujiLove readers. While I spend my weekdays teaching doctors and nurses better workflows for their patients through software, rarely a weekend goes by where I’m not on a photo-related assignment or two, or traveling for my own personal photo projects. I then decided to go with a friend to a local photography meetup, where I quickly realized this was something I was going to be doing the rest of my life. My love of photography started nearly 10 years ago when I decided to purchase a point-and-shoot camera. I primarily shoot portraits and landscapes but also enjoy shooting concerts and the occasional wedding. I’m a photographer in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA, and I shoot exclusively with the Fujifilm system.