Tablet for editing: I would like to hear thoughts on using a tablet for basic editing and posting while on vacation, more involved editing would be done on my return home. I know there...

Jerry G Loc: Waterford, Michigan and Florida

I would like to hear thoughts on using a tablet for basic editing and posting while on vacation,
more involved editing would be done on my return home. I know there are quite a few apps
available and wonder if any one has used any and what they thought of them.

hassighedgehog Loc: Corona, CA

I have Photoshop Express on my tablet. It does really basic editing. Don't remember what it cost from Google Play.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Jerry G wrote:

I would like to hear thoughts on using a tablet for basic editing and posting while on vacation,
more involved editing would be done on my return home. I know there are quite a few apps
available and wonder if any one has used any and what they thought of them.

I never edit on anything but a real computer. If you want to send or post pictures, shoot in raw and JPEG. You can post the JPEG immediately and process the raw when you get home. Processing on an iPad or tablet will never be as successful as using a computer. The camera will produce a better JPEG image.

Plieku69 Loc: The Gopher State, south end

My traveling tablet/computer is a Surface Pro 4. I run the full Adobe programs on it. Still, as others have said I much prefer editing on the home computer.
Trouble is, even after calibration, I am not sure the colors are the same as the home computer. That lingering doubt.

Still. I can down load the pictures and enjoy them in Photos. Microsoft makes everything look good in Photos.
Ken

markngolf Loc: Bridgewater, NJ

Totally agree with Jerry. I process on my desktop or laptop when traveling. His suggestion of shooting RAW/JPEG should work. Tablets are not engineered for editing images.
Mark

jerryc41 wrote:

I never edit on anything but a real computer. If you want to send or post pictures, shoot in raw and JPEG. You can post the JPEG immediately and process the raw when you get home. Processing on an iPad or tablet will never be as successful as using a computer. The camera will produce a better JPEG image.

AFPhoto Loc: Jamestown, RI, USA

I spent four weeks in China where taking a laptop was strongly recommended against. I used a iPad tablet and Snapseed to edit my raw pics while maintaining the raw data cards for later processing at home on my computer in Lightroom and photoshop. The snapseed results were surprisingly very good

JD750 Loc: SoCal

Jerry G wrote:

I would like to hear thoughts on using a tablet for basic editing and posting while on vacation,
more involved editing would be done on my return home. I know there are quite a few apps
available and wonder if any one has used any and what they thought of them.

A tablet is much easier to carry when traveling. They work fine for basic editing and sharing. And also are great for selecting and rating, images, etc. The hardware and software have evolved and are definitely viable light editing tools. For example, Adobe makes about 3 different mobile versions of Photoshop, for creative professionals.

However there are some differences using a tablet compared to using a computer to edit. One thing to keep in mind is that color calibration is not as straightforward as with the computer. But a new device should have pretty good color right out of the box. Another thing to keep in mind is that downloading images is a little slower so if your planning on taking hundreds of pictures each day then the computer would definitely save time downloading. And if you are planning on shooting raw, you will want to double check that you tablet and software can handle the raw format.

Einreb92 Loc: Philadelphia

Pardon my ignorance, would Lightroom CC (the new program) or the mobile component be useful, or does it only go the other way...meaning one would have to upload the files into the computer first?

markngolf Loc: Bridgewater, NJ

There are two new LR's now. One is in the Cloud and one on the PC.
Mark

Einreb92 wrote:

Pardon my ignorance, would Lightroom CC (the new program) or the mobile component be useful, or does it only go the other way...meaning one would have to upload the files into the computer first?

Einreb92 Loc: Philadelphia

markngolf wrote:

There are two new LR's now. One is in the Cloud and one on the PC.
Mark

Hi Mark. I do know of their existence and have not bothered to look into the specifics of what the cloud-based program does. I was interested in this discussion because I, too, would love to do some of the culling from the comfort of a room other than where my big computer is and wondered if there was a way to get the images onto my pad, do some preliminary editing, and have what I did be reflected back on the baes computer.

markngolf Loc: Bridgewater, NJ

Yes, the new Lightroom CC will do that because it is Cloud based(mobile). However, it is not as full featured as the new LR CC Classic (computer based). Processing may be done on any device that has LR CC.
Mark

Einreb92 Loc: Philadelphia

Many thanks for clearing that up. I figure I will be blind at my current rate of culling and if I can at least do the more basic things, I might get caught up, before I forget what a computer is👀

tdekany Loc: Oregon

jerryc41 wrote:

I never edit on anything but a real computer. If you want to send or post pictures, shoot in raw and JPEG. You can post the JPEG immediately and process the raw when you get home. Processing on an iPad or tablet will never be as successful as using a computer. The camera will produce a better JPEG image.

Never say never! You may want to visit YouTube and search for iPad Pro being used to edit using any of the PP programs. Or read about it in Outdoor Photographer magazine .