Troubleshooting X-LR and Ratings
Fuji cameras can record star ratings inconsistently or confusingly. If you only shoot RAW and only use one card slot, there should be no problem - Fuji records the rating in the RAF and X-LR should read it. However, Fuji seems to handle RAW + JPEG differently, especially if you are using more than one card. Using the second card as a backup can also cause inconsistencies. Some files get the rating, others don't.
If X-LR isn't reading the ratings correctly, remember how you were shooting, and look at the camera's Setup > Data Setting:
- Data Setting set to raw/jpeg and shooting raw + jpeg
- RAFs will be written to the first card and get the 1-5 rating
- JPEGs will be written to the second card with 0 rating
- In this case, X-LR should read the rating from the RAFs
- Data Setting set to Sequential - ie jpegs will be written to the same card - and shooting raw + jpeg.
- A zero rating is written to the RAFs
- The camera writes the 1-5 rating to the JPEGs
- For X-LR to read the ratings:
- If X-LR reads a RAF and finds no rating, it will look for the JPEG
- You need to store the RAFs and JPEGs in the same folder on your computer
- There is no need to import both as separate files
- Data Setting set to Backup
- The RAFs in slot #1 get the 1-5 rating
- The RAFs in slot #2 get a 0 rating
- Ensure you have imported the RAF from slot #1
Overwrite
This is to control what happens when X-LR processes photos which currently have a star rating in the catalogue that is greater than 0:
- If Overwrite is unchecked, X-LR will not change the ratings
- If Overwrite is checked, X-LR will change the ratings
So it means "Overwrite catalogue ratings for images with star ratings > 0".