If hard drive space is an issue then Enhance Details may not be the best choice for you. X-Transformer files are smaller, although people still expressed concern at how much bigger these are than the native RAF files. I believe that this is because it all embeds the original raw file as well as the demosiaced version. Do you have lots of hard drive space?ĭNG files created by Enhance Details uses a lot more hard disk space than files created with X-Transformer. If you can’t then it pretty much rules it out. Unfortunately, because of the system requirements, some people simply can’t run Enhance Details. So, then, should you still use X-Transformer or Enhance Details? Well, it depends on your answers to the following questions: Q1. If you don’t already use X-Transformer, then don’t worry about this post. If you don’t know what this is all about, check out my previous coverage of “Enhance Details” in Lightroom. It’s also pretty subjective, but more on that in a minute.
The answer might seem like it should be straight forward, but it’s actually a little complicated and it depends on a few factors.
Do you still need to use X-Transformer? That’s the question that I’ve been getting asked pretty regularly since Adobe launched “Enhance Details” in Lightroom and Camera Raw.
