Editing RAW Files on the iPad Pro | 3 Apps I Use
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- Today, we’re taking a look at 3 apps on the iPad for RAW photo editing. This video is sponsored by Logitech and their new Combo Touch case for the iPad Pro. Click the link here to find out more: logi.link/mattdayphoto
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Yes please for a video on iPad file management!
Those three apps are my most used editing tools on my iPad Pro, too. But, I also enjoy Raw Power because it gives you control over the raw pre-processing just like the long defunct Apple Aperture did. Also, it's a one-time purchase.
Great video Matt! I love editing on the iPad, it feels so interactive (especially with the pencil) and the display is top notch.
Love this! So keen to see what the Matt Day file management looks like on both IOS and Mac 🤙
I always look forward to your uploads. This just made my work day better. Thanks Matt 🤙🏻
I really appreciate that. ❤️
Matt, this was great. This video game out 2 weeks after purchasing an iPad pro. Impeccable timing!
Great video as usual! I agree with that feeling editing in an IPad with Lightroom ❤️
Great video Matt! I’d love to hear more about your workflow in terms of transferring and storing photos from the iPad. Apologies if you’ve already addressed this in another video I haven’t seen. I use a Windows PC with Lightroom to edit and organize my photos, but would really like to get the iPad Pro for easier culling and editing on the go (or on my couch when I don’t feel like sitting at my desk for hours). Do you use Adobe Creative cloud for storage and transferring photos to your desktop, or just export to an external drive to move them over? I’ve thought about getting the Microsoft Surface Pro instead, but really like the iPad even though I don’t use any of Apple’s other products (and will never use iCloud again-bad experience!)
In 2019, I took an iPad, and a laptop to Dragon Con, with the intention that all of my photos from the week would be edited on the iPad, only using Photos, Pixelmator, and Affinity. It took a lot longer to get everything edited and uploaded, organization was a huge problem. (I was also seeing if I could break away from Adobe).
2021 at Dragon Con, I only took the iPad, and that was essentially only for storage, didn't try to edit at the convention. Took the stuff home, loaded into a desktop and started working with Lightroom Classic, and use the iPad to do edits while lounging around; but, doing the heavy duty work on the desktop.
This was super helpful
Thanks!
Are any of them able to stitch/merge panoramas?
Also, I am looking for a software/hardware combination that would allow me to select and rate my images directly on the memory card (like Adobe Bridge), without having to import or copy them first?
I really hope Affinity make a Lightroom competitor, I feel like it has the potential to be very popular!
I, 100%, agree with you. I use Lightroom in my Mac and occasionally use Affinity Photo on my iPad. The photo app has different features than the Designer and both apps are well built. My only reason to going to Lightroom in my Mac and edit the raw pictures is because I feel a bit lost/overwhelmed in Affinity’s menu. Maybe if I used it more often I’d be fine with it.
Same! I'm so sick of Adobe and absolutely love what Affinity has made, I would buy a Lightroom competitor in a heartbeat if they did it. I'm hoping to unsubscribe from Adobe next year when my payment is due.
Totally agree, i'm so looking forward for leaving Adobe. Last week i updated all the apps not knowing it jumped to a new version engine but my maine Mac Pro only support Mojave so i can upgrade that particular machine, then i edited an all session in my iPad but then i realised it could not sync with my main machine, so disappointed. Unfortunately Darkroom its not supported by Mac OS 10 (Mojave and Catalina) and does not support compressed Raw files, i don't get it... do i have to shoot always uncompressed (50mb files)??
Yeah I hope so too
Thanks. I like how the Pixelmator Photo works with raw files right from the stock Photo gallery and does not make any duplicates. But currently I miss for 2 things in pixelmator: no vignette editor, no chromatic aberration/defringe tool. At least I can not find them on my iPad Pro 11 M1...
Thanks. Great video. Question. Do all these apps edit raw. I have canon rp.
Hi Matt, I only use Lightroom how easy is Affinity vs PS? Fantastic video.
hello! i just bought an ipad pro 11 2021. when i edit raw photos on lightroom, the picture goes blurry when doing adjustments. have you experienced this problem as well? and if you have, how did you fix it?
You mentioned the Logitech case/keyboard. What’s your opinion on typing on your lap?
Great info. Thank you. If I have one of these is there any reason to have a computer. I am not a professional photographer but I do like to edit my photos. What say you?
Thanks for the helpful video. I just wish I could print directly from LR CC or one of these other apps.
Thanks Matt. Didnt knew darkroom! I recently purchase ipad pro with m2 and rocks. Do you know how i can stich panoramas on ipad? Cant in ligthroom 4ipad or photoshop...
Two big differences between Affinity and Lightroom. Affinity can stitch photos together, Lightroom cannot. Lightroom targets Adobe cloud storage and syncs across devices, Affinity relies on device storage (which can be iCloud for example, and thus syncs across devices also, but is more flexible).
I have an iPad Air m1 5th generation. So far editing has been a breeeeeze!
the pros are :
- the pencil! this absolutely changes the way I edit on my iPad, it feels a little more intuitive and I honestly love it.
- I use Lightroom CC, and it is pretty easy to use if you know your way around Lightroom on the laptop or desktop, then you will have no issues on the iPad.
- when youre doing a lot of edits, lets say 800 photos or so for a wedding, or for some paid event/work. The idea of sitting in front of a desktop or laptop for extended periods gets taxing on the back, gets tiring on the legs. Editing on the iPad, you could stretch out, get into more comfortable positions.
- get a good sd card, cfexpress card type b etc. card reader. if you want to edit straight off of the card. if not I extensively use files, and find it works well. export times of 24 mpx raw files is not an issue, its relatively fast. Transfer raw files to the iPad on to a folder, I add to Lightroom CC -edit- export to new folder as jpg.
- finally the ability to edit anywhere and everywhere, sometimes in from of clients on the spot, for example I did a shoot for a boutique, we hired a model to show off their new seasonal clothing and right after the shoot I edited a few images in front of my client asking for her input on how she wants them edited. once we had settled on the type of edit she wants I came home edited the rest sent her a dropbox link. That easy. AS opposed to emailing or messaging back and forth, giving her edited samples, getting feedback, re-editing them, resending them. Also it just is an intuitive feeling to hand your client an iPad for them to see their expected finished product right after the shoot!
- also on vacations I have stopped taking my laptop, I just take my camera and the iPad.
cons:
- forget batch processing.
- sometimes when I try to open a photo from Lightroom into photoshop it doesn't work. the photoshop app will open but the photo won't. if you love photoshop, be prepared for struggles with this.
- affinity photo is awesome and I use this mostly for some serious work, like headshots where I ned to retouch the skin, the eyes, blemishes, fine tune the hair, do any color changing of hair etc. for more fine tune work. but then it kinda sucks coz you pay for the subscription for both Lightroom and photoshop, but then you end up not using photoshop.
- if you are into heavy ai usage, especially for masking on Lightroom, then youre better off on the desktop version, you cant do that on the m1 iPad Air.
- can get hoooot, dont edit with iPad on lap. edit with iPad in a position where it has airflow.
iPad Air is so capable, I would like to upgrade to the m3 iPad Pro 12.9 when it comes out, mainly because the pro iPads have this hover feature with the Apple Pencil and that is pretty useful and intuitive!
How's skin smoothing on affinity photo or editing bags under eye?
Hi do you know a good app for rating your photos? Like adobe bridge you can have 1-5 star rating…?
hi quick question i have a mp4 video that works on my windows pc but when i take it to my ipad the audio dosent work on that video
Will 60 megabytes or 120 megabytes uncompressed raw photos of the sony a7riv edit and load fast on the ipad pro?what about multiple layers in photoshop?
I do all of my editing with iPad version mini six,Lightroom CC, and affinity.
Matt I edit on my new iMac which I calibrate with spyder express pro etc. I to have a slightly older iPad Pro but have reservations as how do I calibrate the screen so I print as close to the edit as possible ? Great show
I’m actually not sure about that. I haven’t printed anything directly from my iPad yet.
Love the concise commentary. Thanks for the clip. Just wondering why you didn’t include Pixelmator.
does that version include a SD slot?
I've got the latest iPad Pro from work and I tried using it for this kind of thing and it was just too frustrating. I got an M1 MBP and it's life changing... It's everything the iPad Pro/keyboard thing has been trying so hard to be, but it just does it a million times better. Even if you just go for the Air it would be better.
It weighs less than the big iPad Pro but has the same screen size. You can actually put it comfortably on your lap without it potentially rocking or tipping. It's got a full OS... Full desktop programs and it can actually run them (including Premiere Pro) very fast. Battery life is incredible... It takes up the same amount of space in a bag too. Unless you're totally married to having a pen it's not even close. If you have an iPad and the Mac its awesome to use as a wireless second screen.
"It's everything the iPad Pro/keyboard thing has been trying so hard to be" Are you joking? You think Apple is making Tablets to compete with their own laptops? LOL
This is literally where my street photography workflow is heading. Now I just have to get an iPad Pro 11 inch 🤔
Hey Matt! Great video! Would love to use a ipad for editing, but I dont have one sadly. First world problems right? haha
One more thing I would like to see. I always think your video's are great. Nice content and really well shot! But do you have the possibility to fix the reverb in your room? I find it sometimes a bit distracting from the otherwise great content!
Very straight forward review 👍🏻
how do you add a caption to file info? Anything do it on the ipad or iphone?
Hell yeah
How do you export photos at LR to retouch later at affinity. Do you retouch the jpg or the RAW ?
You can't retouch RAW in that manner. If you export a RAW file from LR, other software just doesn't see those edits because a RAW file needs to be interpreted and contrary to what people generally believe, a RAW file isn't just the same thing regardless of software. Every RAW editor will read it according to it's own rendering pipeline and the results can vary greatly. The edits made in LR would be invisible in Affinity if it is exported as the original filetype. So I am 100% positive it's either max quality JPEG or something like TIFF/PSD.
One issue with using the iPad is the lack (to my knowledge) of a way to rename files using EXIF eg image date. Happy to be proved wrong :-)
I have noticed that when I export out of Lightroom on the iPad I get a smaller files size vs exporting the same file on my MacBook in Lightroom CC. Not sure if that’s a huge deal. Just something I noticed.
You know you can choose the file size? It's a bit hidden on the mobile versions but it is there and you can pick how to resize (based on long size, as well as in inches/cm) as well as quality i.e. how strong is compression.
iPad 8th gen (the basic one), Lightroom works fine.
I use Lightroom mobile on an iPad Air 4and it run great for me.
Been doing all my photo editing on a tablet for a few years now
How do you calibrate the screen for max printing quality …. What you see literally is what you print
@@roybush1 you can calibrate the screens on the newer model Samsung tablets
I wish Lightroom mobile had the calibration sliders that Classic has.
Any Photo organising app like Photo Mechanic?
Please What app?
Batch editing can be sort of done with Lightroom CC. Transfer a whole shoot to the iPad through Lightroom, do a blanket colour correction, gradients and brushes. Export the best as DNGs to an external drive and then import them to Lightroom Classic on your desktop. The adjustments seem to hold and it gives me a head start to edit the finishing touches.
Ahh, I’ve never tried this! That’s interesting. I might have to try this on one of my next shoots.
Yup. I batch edit super easily. You can copy and paste adjustments completely or individually to an entire gallery.
Thanks, I’ve been looking for a good workflow to do batch edits and culling on the iPad and then transfer to my Windows PC for final edits in LR or PS if needed. This sounds like it could work. Now I just need to figure out how to get my color profiles I purchased loaded on Lightroom CC because Adobe STILL doesn’t have color profiles for the Canon R5 and images look horrible without the profiles!
@@erniebrandt9762 did you find a way? When you go to profiles you have 3 dots on the bottom right (above the filmstrip with existing profiles) and under that you have "Import profiles". Should do the trick.
would you say 11 inches is enough to comfortably edit photos? 12.9 is tempting but OTOH it's supposed to be smaller than my laptop after all
I think it works for a tablet!
Definitely enough imo. Bigger is good, but not absolutely necessary. The larger iPad Pro is VERY large.
I have 11 inch i also had the 13 inch and 11 is more portable
I must be one of the last holdouts not utilizing Adobe Photoshop or Lightroom which doesn’t bother me in the least…
Twelve years ago I purchased my Nikon D700, 16-35, 24-70 and 70-200. I also picked up a 17” MacBook Pro and Nik photo editing software, now owned by DxO. Yes I purchased Photoshop and Lightroom, but I never really liked either of them. Since Adobes gone for the subscription format I refuse to use them as I can’t predict my photo editing, I may go several months without editing a shot so why pay for something you’re not using. Now if I was a “pro” I could deduct all of the monthly subscriptions, but most of us don’t earn a living from photography…
So for myself I prefer to sit at my desk in the presence of my large monitor with some music playing in the background. The whole idea of switching from a laptop to a desktop arrangement was for more screen real estate so I could stop constantly scrolling while editing. The idea of going “backwards” to a smaller screen iPad to edit makes no sense to me.
I shoot RAW. How do I open large files on my iPad? I can view 20 MB photo but can't open it on my iPad. Now I have 30 MB photos. I don't want to be forced to use JPEG photos.
With the logitech cover the ipad goes to hot while charging. So you can not work wile charging, witch is a serious problem.
Dude the lack of apps that don't support Canon's CR3 files is giving me a headache.
Dang, still? That’s definitely a bummer.
Huh?
Lightroom runs great on ipad air 4, much faster than my dell xps i7 9750. I also use affinity on occasion. I dont like that i must export to affinity, would like to be able to process raw file. My wf is import to cloud via Lightroom. I put my photos in albums and synk with desktop. I use desktop for photo merge and smilar. Great vid.
"Editing RAW Files" Apps, the Apps you mentioned are all Foto Editing Appsin general and not specific RAW Editing Apps. It's always good to choose a headline for what you are speaking about.
I use RAW files within those apps, as demonstrated in the video, hence the title of the video.
Do you think you could get away with only an ipad, for you entire workflow?
Why does no one talk about affinity photo or affinity design which dominate for photo editing
How is Darkroom on the Mac?
I used it for about a year. THe big con is that it always syncs your photos to the icould photo - not a good way to organize your data. Other then that it has all the functions you need for most lighter editing, plus you can add frames. It is so much cheaper and therefore I pondered switching to it for good, but the cloud-sync messed up this plan.
@@FlosBlog Ah yes. I think you’re right. Darkroom works best with Apple photos.
Why is Roger Federer's voice in this vid? :D
Keep your pants on! #FTA
Logitech or magic keyboard?
I’ve got the ComboTouch and love it. The Magic Keyboard looks great but is heavy, big money and in ‘tablet’ mode, the keyboard is always out so keys could accidentally be pressed.
I use i-Mac, MacBook Pro and i-Pad Pro for post-processing. The iPad is actually the fastest…
Your son looks so much like you.
make friends in the comments
not correcting you but i'm sorry, matt... pants are always off
Okay, fair. Same here.
maybe get a lav?
That pencil does not stick like that it's not magnetic
I just drove off with my MacBook Pro on my car and drove away…. Ughhh
Just do it bro, dont talk too much