
I received a lot of positive feedback from readers of the magazine in which they requested a more detailed step-by-step workflow to describe how I made the images in the Central Park series. The cameras were set to record the images in both RAW and JPG formats. I provided a high level overview of my post-processing approach using Exposure X4 in an October 2018 Fujilove Magazine article, entitled “Moody Views.” All of the photographs in that article were from New York City’s Central Park and taken with Fujifilm cameras, including the XPRO-2, the X100F, X100S, and the XT-1. The presets are so good that I sometimes use them without additional adjustments to the sliders.

And the presets that initially sparked my interest in this solution years ago are still there to explore and use as starting points. Exposure in standalone mode provides us with a complete workflow solution, from non-destructive editing to the implementation of layers, masks, printing and much more. I would jump from Lightroom or Photoshop to Exposure, tap the Kodak Tri-X preset and instantly get transported back to my film days (to the extent possible without the chemicals and silver-based paper).Įxposure X4 is now much more than just a plugin, although it can still be used as one. I used it regularly to get that “look” that I frankly missed when I moved from the film to the digital darkroom.

I’ve been a long-time devotee of Exposure from its earliest days on the market when it was used as a plugin for Lightroom and Photoshop. It has also received rave reviews for how it handles Fujifilm raw files. Rightly so, photographers who have used and reviewed it refer to many of the product’s features that make this a standout alternative to subscription-based solutions from Adobe and others. There has been a lot of positive buzz around Alien Skin’s Exposure X4 post-processing solution.
