Using LR Classic on a Mac. Processing raw files from a Fujifilm X-t5. I’m selecting “File > Plug In Extras > Preview and Process with DxO PureRaw 4.” When I preview the original vs processed in PR4, I see no difference in exposure. When I import the processed DNG’s to LR, they are about a 1/3 stop darker than the original raw files, and I need to increase exposure .20 to match the original. Any understanding of why this is occurring and a fix?
Welcome to the forum @Farsighted
Do you still get the difference when you process the file with standalone PureRAW? or export separately to TIFF, once in PR, once in Lr?
Lightroom can apply Lr edits stored in .XMP sidecars to files returned from PR - and imo it’s best to process images in PR before importing them in Lightroom.
See here: Workflow as a Lightroom Classic plug-in – PureRAW Guidelines
Thanks @platypus for the prompt response. I will try processing standalone PR prior to importing to LR and see if I notice a difference. My typical workflow has been to import the raw images to LR, make no changes, and then immediately process in PR and import the processed images.
That should be okay, nevertheless, DxO and Lightroom have different ideas about how images should look. In order to prevent a comparison between fruit and vegetables, exported files (jpeg or tiff) can help to see what you’ll actually get from the apps.