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The improvement between that experience and Exposure X4 is noticeable, even with larger Raw files from today’s cameras, including the 26MP FujiFilm X-T3.
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I’m using the same computer (a 2016 MacBook Pro with 16GB of RAM and the Radeon Pro 460 graphics processor with 4GB memory), and, happily, the lag is gone. There’s still a pause when opening Raw files or switching zoom levels, as Exposure X4 loads the image data, but even that seems improved with this version. And yeah, you can go buy Lightroom presets somewhere else, but for the price that some are charging for Lightroom presets, you’d be way better off to pick up a plug-in like Exposure if you’re in to film effects – you get so much more for the money.I see the once-ubiquitous “Rendering” badge less often now.
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Sure I have free Lightroom presets here on the site, but even I’ll admit they don’t come anywhere near this.
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Here’s the link if you want to check it out (there’s a free trial too). But you can see in the list there’s a ton more. So the Color Misc section is probably the most useful for me.

I’m mostly a landscape guy and I like color. There’s literally hundreds of effects there with little thumbnail previews so you can see ahead of time what they’re going to look like. They’ve already done the work for you in creating all of the popular film effects. That’s why the presets panel in Exposure 6 is probably going to be the first place you go to. Like I said before, everyone loves their presets in Lightroom. But honestly, I think for Exposure 6 (and many other plug-ins out there), the big thing is presets. Of course the settings in the grains, textures, overlays, bokeh, etc… go beyond what Lightroom can do. But I think the real power comes from 2 things. It’s got the usual Exposure, Contrast, Highlights, Shadows and basic stuff. In fact, a big congrats to the folks at Alien Skin because Exposure 5 recently won the PPA Hot One Aware for 2014 (that was before version 6 came out last month).Īnyway, so what does “they just offer way more power” really mean when it comes to plug-ins (I said that above). If you’re in to those effects you’ll definitely want to check it out. Heck, even their tagline for Exposure 6 reads “Digital Images, Analog Soul”. Well, last month Alien Skin released Exposure 6 which is mainly geared at film effects. They just offer way more power, tools, and settings than Lightroom can. But when it comes to film effects, I don’t think you can beat a plug-in. Now, I do think the overall community out there wants to do most of their work in Lightroom which is why presets are popular. Just about every photo app on the iPhone does ’em too. Look at the popularity of the VSCO Film presets for Lightroom (and many others that do something similar).

Lately it seems that film effects have taken over the post-processing world. One of the big areas I hear a lot about is film effects. I keep getting asked about all of the Lightroom plug-ins out there, which is why (a while back) I created a plug-in category here on the site.
