Iridient X-Transformer Version History

3.5 - November 26, 2024 (Major Update)

• New Features:
  • Support added for passing through the camera's digital tele-converter settings to DNG. The full resolution image data is preserved in DNG and only the user crop metadata is adjusted so this digital crop and zoom can easily be undone in Lightroom.

3.4 - November 5, 2024 (Major Update)

• New Features:
  • Support added for RAW images from the Fujifilm X-M5.
• Improvements:
  • Updated camera calibration and DNG color profile information for models newly supported in Adobe's latest DNG Converter 17.0 update.
  • Updated to the latest version of the libjpeg-turbo library (3.0.4).
  • Updated to the latest version of the wxWidgets library (3.2.6).
  • Updated to the latest version of the LibreSSL library (4.0.0).

3.3 - June 27, 2024 (Major Update)

• New Features:
  • Support added for RAW images from the Fujifilm X-T50.
  • Support added for RAW images from the Fujifilm GFX 100S II.
• Bug Fixes:
  • Fixes display scaling of main window logo at some screen resolutions and scale sizes on Windows.
• Improvements:
  • Updated camera calibration and DNG color profile information for models newly supported in Adobe's latest DNG Converter 16.4 update.
  • Updated to the latest version of the OpenCV library (4.10.0).
  • Updated to the latest version of the libRAW library (2024-05-30).
  • Updated to the latest version of the libjpeg-turbo library (3.0.3).
  • Updated to the latest version of the wxWidgets library (3.2.5).
  • Updated to the latest version of the LibreSSL library (3.9.2).

3.2 - March 4, 2024 (Major Update)

• New Features:
  • Support added for RAW images from the Fujifilm X100VI.
• Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed an issue (camera bug) with HDR file splitting where there may be lens correction differences in the 3 frames. Lens corrections from the primary frame are now used for all 3 frames if second or third frames do not match.
  • Fixed an issue where HDR split file names would not always reflect the actual exposure differences between frames.
• Improvements:
  • Updated camera calibration and DNG color profile information for models newly supported in Adobe's latest DNG Converter 16.2 update.
  • Updated to the latest version of the Adobe DNG SDK (1.7.1).
  • Updated to the latest version of the Adobe XMP SDK (2023.12).
  • Updated to the latest version of the OpenCV library (4.9.0).
  • Updated to the latest version of the libRAW library (2024-02-22).
  • Updated to the latest version of the libjpeg-turbo library (3.0.2).
  • Updated to the latest version of the wxWidgets library (3.2.4).
  • Updated to the latest version of the LibreSSL library (3.8.2).

3.1 - October 10, 2023 (Major Update)

• New Features:
  • Support added for RAW images from the Fujifilm GFX 100 II.
  • New File menu option to extract the RAF preview as a separate JPEG sidecar file.
  • New File menu option to generate a high quality macOS file icon based on the RAF preview (macOS only).
  • New File menu option to split HDR-RAF images into 3 separate RAF files at varying exposure for merging in other software.
• Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed a bug with loading custom Save to Folder settings on launch in some cases on macOS.

3.0 - August 28, 2023 (Major Update)

• New Features:
  • Support added for RAW images from the Fujifilm X-S20.
  • New option to use a custom camera color profile from an Adobe DCP or DNG file.
  • New options added to the Setting's menu to beep on file and/or queue completion.
  • Enhanced AppleScript scripting support on macOS including the ability to script preset file changes.
  • Enhanced command line support on both macOS and Windows for specifying a preset file for conversion.
• Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed an issue with the processing of some non-Fujifilm (Voigtlander) lens correction metadata.
• Improvements:
  • Updated camera calibration and DNG color profile information for models newly supported in Adobe's latest DNG Converter 15.5 update.
  • Updated to the latest version of the Adobe XMP SDK (2023.07).
  • Updated to the latest version of the OpenCV library (4.8.0).
  • Updated to the latest version of the libjpeg-turbo library (3.0.0).
  • Updated to the latest version of the wxWidgets library (3.2.2.1).
  • Updated to the latest version of the LibreSSL library (3.7.3).

2.7 - November 2, 2022 (Major Update)

• New Features:
  • Support added for RAW images from the Fujifilm X-T5. Merging of multi-shot pixel shift RAF files is not yet supported.
• Improvements:
  • Updated camera calibration and DNG color profile information for models newly supported in Adobe's latest DNG Converter 15.0 update.

2.6 - October 6, 2022 (Major Update)

• New Features:
  • Support added for RAW images from the Fujifilm X-H2. Merging of multi-shot pixel shift RAF files is not yet supported.
• Improvements:
  • Improved Iridient Standard camera profile for Fujifilm X-H2S.
  • Updated camera calibration and DNG color profile information for models newly supported in Adobe's latest DNG Converter 14.5 update.
  • Updated to the latest version of the libjpeg-turbo library (2.1.4).

2.5.1 - July 15, 2022 (Maintenance Release)

• Bug Fix:
  • Fixed an issue with errors on loading of some RAF images from the Fujifilm X-H2S. Some lossless compressed RAF files from early X-H2S firmware sporadically contain an invalid RAW metadata field that would would cause these files to fail to load.

2.5 - June 22, 2022 (Major Update)

• New Features:
  • Support added for RAW images from the Fujifilm X-H2S.
  • Support added for translation of new Fujifilm film styles to Adobe Lightroom color profile presets including Classic Neg, Nostalgic Neg, Sepia and Bleach Bypass.
• Improvements:
  • The vary sharpening with ISO option is now disabled by default giving default sharpening levels more similar to versions prior to 2.0.
  • Adobe Lightroom plug-in now displays version information directly in the Plug-in Extras menu header so it's no longer necessary to go into the Plug-in Manager dialog to check version information.
  • Updated camera calibration and DNG color profile information for models newly supported in Adobe's latest DNG Converter 14.4 update.
  • Updated to the latest version of the Adobe DNG SDK (1.6.0).
  • Updated to the latest version of the Adobe XMP SDK (2022.06).
  • Updated to the latest version of the OpenCV library (4.6.0).
  • Updated to the latest version of the libjpeg-turbo library (2.1.3).
  • Updated to the latest version of the wxWidgets library (3.1.7).
  • Updated to the latest version of the LibreSSL library (3.5.3).

2.0.1 - November 29, 2021 (Maintenance Update)

• Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed an issue with some custom white balance values, such as "UniWB", causing invalid image output.
  • Fixed an issue on Windows systems with some special, non-ASCII, file name characters causing loading errors.
  • Fixed an issue with the 8 and 10 bit/ch DNG compression options which would result in dark or all black output.

2.0 - November 19, 2021 (Major Update)

• New Features:
  • New image processing pipeline. Now optimized for both Intel and Apple silicon (M1/Pro/Max) processors.
  • The macOS application is now native for both Apple silicon (M1/Pro/Max) and Intel processors. Application launch is now faster and most operations are 30-50% faster on Apple silicon Macs.
  • The macOS application is now optimized for macOS 12 Monterey.
  • Improved luminance noise reduction algorithm.
  • Improved color noise reduction algorithm.
  • Wider adjustment range for sharpening and noise reduction options.
  • New clarity adjustment added.
  • Support for sharpening masking to more selectively sharpen edge/detail areas.
  • New option to automatically taper sharpening strength off as image ISO increases.
  • Settings presets can now be saved to and loaded from files.
  • Adobe Lightroom plug-in now supports a preferences dialog with file prefix/suffix customization and sub-folder options.
  • Support added for RAW images from the Fujifilm X-E4.
  • Support added for RAW images from the Fujifilm GFX 100S.
  • Support added for RAW images from the Fujifilm GFX 50S II.
  • Support added for RAW images from the Fujifilm X-T30 II.
• Improvements:
  • Improved RAW processing.
  • Adobe Lightroom plug-in should be more reliable at finding RAF master images.
  • Updated camera calibration and DNG color profile information for models newly supported in Adobe's latest DNG Converter 14.0.1 update.
• Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed an issue with the RAW cropping for some camera and lens combinations which could result in bad pixels showing up along edges.

1.6.8 - October 23, 2020 (Maintenance Update)

• New Features:
  • Support added for RAW images from the Fujifilm X-S10.
• Improvements:
  • Updated camera calibration and profile information for models newly supported in Adobe's latest DNG Converter 13.0 update.
• Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed a crashing issue specific to macOS 10.7 when selecting multiple images from the Open dialog.

1.6.7 - September 25, 2020 (Maintenance Update)

• Improvements:
  • Updated camera calibration and profile information for models newly supported in Adobe's latest DNG Converter 12.4 update.
  • Updated to the latest version of the libjpeg-turbo library (2.0.5).
  • Updated to the latest version of the wxWdigets library (3.1.4).
  • Updated to the latest version of the LibreSSL library (3.1.4).
  • Updated build with latest Apple and Microsoft development tools.

1.6.6 - June 8, 2020 (Maintenance Update)

• Improvements:
  • Updated camera calibration and profile information for models newly supported in Adobe's latest DNG Converter 12.2.1 update.
  • Updated to the latest version of the Adobe DNG SDK (1.5.1).
  • Updated to the latest version of the LibreSSL library (3.1.2).
  • Updated build with latest Apple and Microsoft development tools.
• Bug Fixes:
  • Adjusted default crop values to avoid black edge showing along left edge with some camera and lens combinations.

1.6.5 - April 9, 2020 (Maintenance Update)

• Improvements:
  • Updated to the latest version of the Adobe XMP SDK (CC2020.01).
  • Updated build with latest Apple and Microsoft development tools.

1.6.4 - March 20, 2020 (Maintenance Update)

• New Features:
  • Support added for RAW images from the Fujifilm X-T4.
  • The Adobe Lightroom plug-in is no longer restricted to selection by RAW images only. Standard images, such as from RAW+JPEG mode, can now be used for selection as long as they have an identically named RAW image next to them. This makes for easier selection in older versions of Lightroom that may support for newer camera models.
• Improvements:
  • Updated camera calibration and profile information for models newly supported in Adobe's latest DNG Converter 12.2 update.
  • Lossless RAF decompression speed on macOS improved by 10-15%.
• Bug Fixes:
  • Workaround some sporadic macOS 10.15.4 specific crashing issues.
  • Fixed a macOS 10.7 specific issue with sporadic crashing when using drag and drop to select images for conversion.

1.6.3 - January 29, 2020 (Maintenance Update)

• New Features:
  • Support added for RAW images from the Fujifilm X-T200 and X100V.
• Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed a macOS specific issue with compressed RAF where use of certain foreign characters in image file or folder names could result in an all black DNG.

1.6.2 - January 15, 2020 (Maintenance Update)

• New Features:
  • Added metadata to force Adobe Lightroom/ACR CC 2018 or later to use the embedded DNG camera profile by default rather than "Adobe Color".
  • Added new option to the default camera profile menu to use "Adobe Color" in Adobe Lightroom/ACR CC 2018 or later rather than the embedded DNG camera profile.
• Improvements:
  • Greatly improved the speed of loading Fujifilm compressed RAF images.
  • Updated camera calibration and profile information for models newly supported in Adobe's latest DNG Converter 12.1 update.
  • Updated to the latest version of the Adobe DNG SDK (1.5).
  • Updated to the latest version of the libjpeg-turbo library (2.0.4).
  • Updated to the latest version of the wxWdigets library (3.1.3).
• Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed an issue specific to the GFX 100 in 16 bit/ch mode with extreme (clipped) highlights showing false tint in some images.

1.6.1 - October 25, 2019 (Maintenance Update)

• New Features:
  • Support added for RAW images from the Fujifilm X-Pro3 and X-A7.
• Improvements:
  • Single, unified macOS build now supports 10.7 through 10.15.
  • Now built with the final macOS 10.15 Catalina libraries and developer tools from Apple.
  • Updated to the latest version of the libjpeg-turbo library (2.0.3).
  • Updated to the latest version of the LibreSSL library (3.0.2).
• Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed an issue with lens corrections being too strong when using the sensor hardware cropped mode on recent Fujifilm models.
  • Fixed an issue with the Lightroom plug-in on Windows which could result in the RAW image not being found.

1.6 - June 27, 2019 (Major Update)

• New Features:
  • Support added for RAW images from the Fujifilm GFX 100.
  • New "Iridient Standard v2" is now the default camera profile.
  • Support added for registration using license files generated from new e-commerce providers. The eSellerate e-commerce service that was previously used for sales and license generation is being shut down in June, 2019.
• Improvements:
  • Updated to the latest version of the LibreSSL library (2.9.2).
• Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed an issue with the File Naming panel's sequence increment not properly incrementing the sequence number.

1.5 - March 1, 2019 (Major Update)

• New Features:
  • Support added for the Fujifilm X-T30.
  • Support added for lossy DNG compression which can radically reduce DNG file size.
• Improvements:
  • Greatly improved image compression speed on export. Depending on processor core count and drive speed may be as much as 2-10x faster for the lossless and lossy DNG compression stages.
  • Updated camera calibration and profile information for models newly supported in Adobe's latest DNG Converter 11.2 update (X-T30). The baseline exposure, white balance and camera profiles for these models should now match up with the latest Adobe software versions.
  • Updated to the latest version of the libjpeg-turbo library (2.0.2).
  • Updated to the latest version of the LibreSSL library (2.8.3).
• Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed another sporadic bug (perhaps new firmware related) with handling of some images shot using the Auto setting for "D RANGE PRIORITY" on the X-T3 and X-H1 models.

1.1.1 - December 4, 2018 (Maintenance Release)

• Improvements:
  • Updated camera calibration and profile information for models newly supported in Adobe's latest DNG Converter 11 update (X-T3, XF10, GFX 50R). The baseline exposure, white balance and camera profiles for these models should now match up with the latest Adobe software versions.
  • Improved Lightroom plug-in support for some unusual file naming characters like '~' and '$' and the plug-in should now be more reliable on some case sensitive file systems like Apple APFS.
  • Updated version of Intel's IPP library (2018u4).
  • Updated to the latest version of the libjpeg-turbo library (2.0.1).
  • Updated to the latest version of the LibreSSL library (2.8.2).
• Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed a bug with handling of some of the new "D RANGE PRIORITY" options on the X-T3 and X-H1 models.
  • Fixed various issues with progress bar status when canceling processing and then choosing a new batch of images.

1.1 - September 21, 2018 (Major Update)

• New Features:
  • Support added for the Fujifilm X-T3.
  • Support added for the Fujifilm XF10.
  • Support added for automatic lens corrections for the new Fujifilm X-T3 sensor.
  • Support added for dark mode on macOS 10.14 (Mojave).
• Improvements:
  • Now built using the most recent Apple and Microsoft developer tools and libraries for improved compatibility and performance on the latest versions of macOS and Windows. These changes on macOS now require a separate build for compatibility with older 10.7 and 10.8 systems.
  • Greatly improved deep shadow noise handling when applying sharpening and/or noise reduction especially with long exposure times.
  • The Log window is now automatically shown when error occurs during conversion.
  • Updated to the latest version of the libjpeg-turbo library (2.0.0).
  • Updated to the latest version of the LibreSSL library (2.7.4).
• Bug Fixes:
  • On Windows the DNG "Unique Camera Model" metadata field properly reflects custom make information. In prior versions the "Unique Camera Model" field would indicate Fujifilm even if overwrite make was selected and another value was entered.

1.0.3 - June 28, 2018 (Maintenance Release)

• New Features:
  • Support added for the Fujifilm X-T100.
• Improvements:
  • Updated camera calibration and profile information for models newly supported in Adobe's latest DNG Converter 10.4 update (X-T100).
  • Updated version of Intel's IPP library (2018u3).
  • Updated version of the LibreSSL library (2.7.3).
• Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed default DNG crop issue with 16:9 aspect ratio images.

1.0.2 - March 16, 2018 (Maintenance Release)

• Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed issue with X-H1 lens correction metadata.

1.0.1 - March 7, 2018 (Maintenance Release)

• New Features:
  • Support added for the Fujifilm X-H1.
  • Support added for the Fujifilm X-A5.
  • Support added for the Fujifilm X-A20.
  • New option added to override the camera make metadata in addition to the model. Can allow for better support of DNG files in software that may unnecessarily prevent loading or may omit features based on the DNG make and model information.
• Improvements:
  • Updated camera calibration and profile information for models newly supported in Adobe's latest DNG Converter 10.2 update (X-H1, X-A5, X-A20).
  • Options to turn off Lightroom color and luminance noise reduction should less agressive in there impact on Lightroom adjustments, particularly with both of these options disabled.
  • Updated to the latest version of Intel's IPP library (2018u1).
  • Updated to the latest version of the libjpeg-turbo library (1.5.3).
  • Updated to the latest version of the LibreSSL library (2.6.4).
• Bug Fixes:
  • Made further attempts to address macOS specific issues specific to the Lightroom plug-in where loading images located on some NAS drives using non-Mac native file systems (NTFS, ext4, etc) may fail.
  • Fixed issue where baseline noise and baseline sharpness metadata was being included even with these options set to "Do Not Include".

1.0 - October 12, 2017 (Maintenance Release)

• New Features:
  • Support added for the Fujifilm X-E3.
• Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed an issue with some versions of macOS (10.9 or earlier and 10.13) where the first image converted would sometimes would be all black or mostly black.
  • Fixed a Mac specific issue where images located on some NAS shares could not be loaded.

1.0 beta 4 - July 13, 2017 (Maintenance Release)

• New Features:
  • A new Lightroom scripting plug-in is now available for sending images to Iridient X-Transformer for conversion which avoids some of the limitations and disadvantages of using Lightroom's external editing functionality (or "Edit In").
  • A new option has been added to set the default DNG camera profile to either Iridient Standard or Adobe Standard. Iridient Standard should be a closer match to Iridient Developer, however due to inherent differences in the camera profile formats (ICC versus Adobe DCP) the default color rendering will still not be identical.
  • There is now an option to make the exported DNG file read only (or "locked"). This will prevent Lightroom from automatically writing metadata edits back to the DNG and will force use of sidecars for metadata storage.
  • There is a new option to translate the Fujifilm film style metadata into a Lightroom camera profile setting. This causes the DNG by default to load into Lightroom with an Adobe film emulation profile matching the camera settings for the RAF.
  • Fujifilm proprietary star rating metadata is now automatically converted to standard XMP metadata if the RAF does not have an XMP sidecar with a newer star rating value.
• Improvements:
  • When working with an Edit In intermediate file from Lightroom with the "Preserve File Date" option enabled only the creation date will now be preserved. The modification date will be updated to the current time. This prevents Lightroom's caching from becoming confused about the state of edits with the Edit In file.
  • Updated camera calibration and profile information for models newly supported in Adobe's latest DNG Converter 9.10.1 updates (X-T20, X100F, X-A10 and GFX 50S).
• Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed a Mac specific issue with setting the Save to Folder to a custom folder location.
  • Fixed some Mac specific crashing issues effecting older versions of macOS including 10.7, 10.8 and 10.9.
  • Fixed an issue with handling of automatic lens corrections metadata for vignetting where some lenses, particularly IS zooms, could show a notable under correction for vignetting. The results now should match up much more closely to the camera JPEGs and Lightroom as well.
  • Fixed a multi-threading issue with the sequence number based file naming when batch processing. Multiple images could be given the same sequence number and one would fail to be saved.

1.0 beta 3 - March 3, 2017 (Maintenance Release)

• New Features:
  • Now supports macOS 10.7 or later.
  • Support has been added for the Fujifilm GFX 50S, X-T20 and X100F models.
  • A new option has been added to the DNG settings panel to preserve the original RAF file date in the processed DNG file.
• Improvements:
  • Eliminated all use of Intel supplemental SSE3 (SSSE3 or SSE3+) instructions. Only a couple of these instructions were used previously and this should allow for a wider range of supported processors. Early versions of the Intel Atom, AMD Phenom II and AMD Athlon II processors should now all be supported. Should now be compatible with Intel "Prescott" or later generations and AMD Athlon 64 rev E or later processors.
  • Added support for per camera body calibration metadata which should now give identical white balance number values in Lightroom for the DNG and the original RAF. Lightroom white balance adjustments now should also match up much more closely between the DNG and RAF when making adjustments in Lightroom.
  • Minor adjustments to the RAW (demosaic) processing for 24MP X-Trans models should reduce the appearance of some digital artifacts, especially when using higher levels of sharpening during DNG conversion or in later processing stages.
  • Initially, by default the main window is now opened with the settings adjustment panel expanded. This should make it more clear to new users that these are adjustments available. The expanded or compact state will still be remembered across application launches so if you prefer it closed it will remain closed on future launches.
• Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed an issue with handling of automatic lens corrections metadata for chromatic aberration.
  • The open with application after save functionality is now working correctly.
  • Better compatibility in the Log window for some international character sets.
  • The main window size should now take into account changes to the default Windows font size or Aero styles that may impact the height of the menu bar and/or change the size of window borders which could cause the Show Settings button to not show properly or be clipped off the bottom of the main window in some cases.

1.0 beta 2 - January 18, 2017 (Maintenance Release)

• New Features:
  • Options have been added to the "RAW Options" panel to disable default Lightroom sharpening, luminance noise reduction and color noise reduction. These default for all of the options is to disable any Lightroom default sharpening or noise reduction. Previously noise reduction would typically be disabled already, but Lightroom would still apply its baseline RAF sharpening.
  • A new option has been added to the Settings menu to reduce processor utilization which should greatly help with overall system responsiveness on some systems when processing large batches of images and trying to continue work in other programs. This will notably slow processing speeds for Iridient X-Transformer, but will allow the system and other applications to remain more responsive.
  • New option added to the Settings menu to force batch jobs to be run one after the other rather than being simultaneously processed across all available processor cores. Some Windows systems seem to really struggle with simultaneous file loading and saving and this should allow for better responsiveness from the system while having a small impact on overall processing speed as many systems may not benefit much from asynchronous file access.
• Improvements:
  • Image sharpening levels are now automatically adjusted based on the ISO and sharpening will now lessen some automatically at higher ISO settings.
  • Luminance noise reduction levels have been adjusted to be stronger.
  • Color noise reduction levels have been adjusted to be slightly stronger.
  • Eliminated use of Intel supplemental SSE3 (or SSE3+) instructions. Only a couple of these instructions were used previously and this should allow for a wider range of supported processors.
• Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed issue the main window title graphic being improperly sized with some Windows or GPU display scaling options. This would result in the "Show Settings" button not appearing at the bottom of the window or other issues with display of the various settings control panels.
  • Fixed an issue where the RAF image orientation metadata was not being properly passed through to the DNG. The orientation of the DNG should now match that of the RAF.
  • Fixed an ssue with false color tints or spots showing up in areas of extreme highlights when using uncompressed 14 bit/channel output.
  • Fixed an issue with lens distortion correction for some Fujifilm lenses (mostly primes) where an identity correction in the RAF metadata could result in the image being slightly cropped or zoomed in.
  • Fixed an issue with the X-T2 and X-Pro2 where compressed and uncompressed RAF images would have a slightly different default crop position. Compressed and uncompressed images should now match up in their RAW crop positioning.
  • Fixed an issue where the "Save to Folder" panel's "Subfolder with Original(s)" option was not automatically creating the new subfolder if it did not already exist.
  • Fixed an issue where the "Save to Folder" selection would not be preserved after quitting and restarting the application.

1.0 beta 1 - January 5, 2017 (Initial Public Release)