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Save time and seamlessly move between your work in the field and your digital workflow in Adobe Lightroom Classic. Simply import your photos, run a quick batch process with this plugin, and dive right into your final edits.
Load In-camera Star Ratings
Do you utilize the star ratings built in to your Fujifilm camera? This plugin allows you to pull that data into your Lightroom catalog - so that you can quickly see all the images you flagged and focus on editing your best photos as soon as you get in front of your computer.
Load In-camera Film Simulations
Do you shoot .RAF RAW and miss the ease of Fujifilm's iconic film simulations in your workflow? This plugin allows you to sync with Lightroom's associated camera profiles - so that each image you edit begins with what you saw as you composed it in your Fujifilm camera's viewfinder.
View ALL Metadata
Browse a list within of ALL the metadata attached to an image - including the hidden proprietary data fields that Fujifilm attaches to each and every one of your images.
Bonus: View the total shutter count (actuations) on your camera body - useful in cases of resale and repair.
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Download and try for free
Download the plugin for Adobe Lightroom Classic and try it out for free!
In this way you can test the utility of the plugin to see if it’s something that fits your workflow. Unlicensed, the full functionality is available to you – except that it will only work on one image at a time.
This plugin works 100% on Mac OS X (including both Intel and M1 architectures) and Windows 10 operating systems – meaning it’s a tool you can rely upon across all platforms.
All Fujifilm X and GFX cameras are compatible, with newly released models being supported free of charge (through updated releases on our website if necessary).
In downloading the Fujifilm Toolkit plugin, you agree to these Terms and Conditions.
current version: 1.0.7.0
(released on December 19th, 2022)
Buy a License
Purchase a license to unlock the full functionality of the Fujifilm Toolkit and support the continued development of this plugin. Licensed users have access to batch processing, so that you can select as many images as you like and run this plugin on all of them with a single command.
All purchases are processed securely through PayPal – payable with either an account or directly with a credit card.
SALE! Purchase a license now for only:$25 $15 CAD
Plugin Guides
Installation
Add plugin to Lightroom:
- Download the plugin from the above Download section
- Unzip the downloaded file so that you have access to the FujifilmToolkit_LightroomPlugin_vXXX.lrplugin file
- Move this file to a place you’d like to permanently store it on your hard drive (maybe in your pictures directory?)
- Launch Adobe Lightroom Classic
- Open the Plug-in Manager (in the toolbar, select: File -> Plug-in Manager) and click Add
- Locate the .lrplugin file from above on your hard drive (where you stored it in step 3) and click Add Plug-in
Registration/Activation
Register the full version of the plugin to unlock batch processing:
- Purchase a license from the above Buy section
- An email will immediately be sent to you with your Registration Key (check your spam folder if for some reason you do not see it) – note this and keep it private
- The Registration Key will be of the form: 20G877765A999873K
- Launch Adobe Lightroom Classic
- Open the Plug-in Manager (in the toolbar, select: File -> Plug-in Manager)
- Select Fujifilm Toolkit from the plugin list on the left
- Enter your Registration Key in the registration field and click the Activate button
Usage notes
This plugin adds the following functionality for Fujifilm image files in Lightroom (under the File -> Plug-in Extras menu):
- Show complete list of metadata: Select a single photo and run this command to open a new window that displays a scrollable list of all metadata stored in the image file
- Load in-camera film simulations: Select a bunch of files and run this command to set all the Camera Profiles in Adobe Lightroom Classic to match the film simulations you used when shooting in the field with your Fujifilm camera
- Load in-camera star ratings: Select a bunch of files and run this command to set all the Star Ratings in Adobe Lightroom Classic to match those that you set on your Fujifilm camera
- Show shutter count/actuations: Select a single photo and run this command to display the camera information at the time the image was made on a Fujifilm Camera (camera model, serial number, and shutter count)
Updates
Updates are provided free of charge! Simply remove the old version and add the new one. Here’s how:
- Launch Adobe Lightroom Classic
- Open the Plug-in Manager (in the toolbar, select: File -> Plug-in Manager)
- Select Fujifilm Toolkit from the plugin list on the left
- Note the version number (it will be of the format: 1.0.2.0)
- Visit the download section of the website to check the latest version number – if it differs from your installed version, remove the old version from Lightroom’s Plug-in Manager (the button is on the left) and follow the installation instructions with the new version
- If you are a registered user, your registration key will persist and you will not have to reactivate
The story of why
Why does this plugin exist?
The short answer...
Personal strife! This plugin started as a personal solution to some time-consuming walls I was hitting in my workflow with Fujifilm RAF files in Adobe Lightroom Classic.
Others told me they had the same frustrations - so I optimized, refined, and put a simple but effective user interface on the algorithm I created and now offer it for public sale here.
The long answer...
I (David Quiring) am a photographer too. When I started working with Fujifilm cameras, I enjoyed them amply in the field but, upon returning home, quickly became frustrated with some things that didn't work as they seemingly should once I loaded my images into Adobe Lightroom Classic.
After a month of traveling around Guatemala in 2017, I found a solid travel routine with my new-ish Fujifilm X-T2 camera:
- Reviewing my images each night, I could identify what worked and what didn't in the field that day - the star ratings I applied would help me focus my processing workflow on the flagged favorite photos when I got home, and the daily review also let me identify what shots I had for the wider assignment and which I needed to still seek out.
- Composing with the electronic viewfinder, a major perk of mirrorless camera systems allowed me to compose the frame exactly the way I intended it, film simulations and all.
After some searching, the solution presented to me was to either switch to a new digital asset manager (like Capture One Pro or DXO), shoot in JPG (only a half fix for star ratings), or set my camera in front of me and manually assign each star flag and simulation. Not wanting to give up the strengths of Lightroom (things such as my print workflow and category/keyword organization) or RAW, I opted for a longer option where instead I would solve the problem for myself.
I studied computer science throughout university, and so I put my education to use and developed this Lightroom plugin - my own solution to the problem I faced. Now, after importing my Fujifilm images I simply select them all, run the plugin on the whole batch, and am ready to do my final edits in a matter of seconds.
I've personally been using it for years on my Fujifilm X-T2 and now my new X-T4. When Covid-19 hit and I found myself with some unexpected free time, I took it as an opportunity to put it together into the tidy and functional package that I'm offering to you here. It has optimized my workflow and, if you also photograph with Fujifilm cameras, I hope it will be of significant value to you too.
Support
Uh oh. Did something strange happen?
Get in touch and I will do my best to squash those bugs for you. This is a solo venture, so please be patient. If I am in the field making photos myself it may take me a few days to get back to you, but rest assured that each message is read and forms the backbone of ongoing development goals.
Current Fujifilm cameras that have been tested extensively (new cameras will be added as they are released): X100, X10, X-S1, X-Pro1, X-E1, XF1, X20, X100S, X-M1, X-A1, X-E2, XQ1, X-T1, X30, X100T, X-A2, XQ2, X-T10, X-Pro2, X-E2S, X70, X-T2, X-A3, X-A10, X100F, X-T20, X-E3, X-A5, X-A20, X-H1, X-T100, XF10, X-T3, X-T30, X-A7, X-Pro3, X-T200, X100V, X-T4, X-S10, X-E4, X-T30 II, X-H2S, X-H2, X-T5, GFX 50S, GFX 50R, GFX 100, GFX 100S, GFX 50S II