Yes, you could set up and run an action that could hit your images BTS, but to be honest, after I processed some of my images in this why, I still observed the wormy artifacts (though they were tremendously diminished). Here is what I have learned (and now, it is not a perfect solution, but I’ll get to that).įirst, the process outlined in the video above, of opening each image in Adobe Photoshop and doing sharpening there before finishing in Lightroom, is not a workflow that I could personally stomach for editing assignments with lots of images.
This realization led me down a path of experimentation and asking Fuji shooters that I know and respect for their feedback. It is true, sharpening, and processing for that matter, Fuji RAF files is not as easy or straightforward as sharpening Nikon NEF files in most available post-processors, especially Lightroom.
I did plenty of research with regard to system capabilities versus other camera platforms, and lens availability and performance versus other manufacturers, but somehow missed all of the online content out there on the dreaded “worm artifacts”, until I sat smiling on my couch one evening, just after ordering my new Fujis, and I came across this: One of the things that I was not prepared for when I switched to Fuji from Nikon was that my trusty image editor, Adobe Lightroom, sucks at demosaicing Fuji RAF (RAW) files.