How this file looks does not matter because we will overwrite it from PhotoNInja. This will create a JPEG/TIFF image from Lightroom stacked with the original raw file. We select a raw file and launch the Export Preset 3. We don’t perfom any edits in LR at this point. Workflow Part 1: From Lightroom to PhotoNinja We use this image as our sample: 1. The stronger image operations like WB and tonality changes will be already applied by PhotoNinja. We add a “-PN” suffix to our original raw filename. The right naming is important ( see also here). Here are the key settings in more detail: We want the new JPEG/TIFF to be stacked with the original raw file and also to be on top. We use Export Presets with Export to Disk instead. We prefer a different method for better control on file naming. Creating an Export Preset in Lightroom In principle you could use Edit-In in Lightroom. The Shadow XMP allows to recover the settings if needed. But there is always the chance that some other image editor may destroy the information in these files. PhotoNinja Setup File Handling Shadow XMPIn the ideal world the Shadow XMP setting may not be needed.

Note: This is by no means a PhotoNinja tutorial. We will describe the process as we use it. The requirements are outlined at the PhotoNinja site. To get this feature to work we need to setup PhotoNinja and Lightroom properly. This makes the workflow also non destructive. If you open such a JPEG/TIFF file PhotoNinja will actually open the original raw image and apply the previous settings. PhotoNinja allows you to create JPEG/TIFF images that incorporate the instructions needed to create them from the raw files in PhotoNinja. Fortunately the developers of PhotoNinja made some good effort to make the integration quite effective. Because there are no Develop plugins for Lightroom we always look at the best workflow integration possible. For our Nikon D800 and the Fuji X-Trans cameras we really like the details we get from PhotoNinja. But there are cases where we prefer to use other raw converters for some images and cameras. Our standard image organizer and raw converter is Lightroom 5. Integrating PhotoNinja With Lightroom, and how best to use it.

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