iPad Pro Workflow for Photographers 2021
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- čas přidán 3. 08. 2024
- I've been using the iPad Pro in my workflow as a photographer for over 2 years. It is now the only way that I manage my photo files and edit my images. In this video, I walk you through the data management and a basic edit all using the iPad Pro.
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0:00 Intro
0:45 The Gear
2:34 The Data Management
7:13 The Photo Edit
15:08 Outro
Thank you for this. All of my questions were answered watching this video.
I am a professional photographer for the past 40 years. The transition to digital, then the transition to workflow from desktop to lap top and now the past 2 years on iPad Pro. Love your video. Our processes are somewhat similar to get to the end product. I use cloud storage as well as Adobe CC storage and 2 sandisk’s 1tb storage. Great job promoting a new way to have a workflow more integral, more organic with a better sense of hands on. Fun to find your channel.
Since both of you are photographers, if I import a raw photo that's around 50 mb and start editing it on my ipad, how can I export it to keep it around 24 mb from lightroom mobile?
This was so helpful to me! Thank you!!! I’m new to photography and the only device I have is IPad Pro to edit with. I learned so much from this video. I will be watching all your videos!
I’ve been deciding on getting an iPad to edit whilst travelling and this has been the decider. Thank you so much.
Thanks for posting!
I was looking for exactly this video, detailing the sd card to Lightroom workflow! Thank you so much
Thanks mate, it is very useful for me! 😊
Thank you for sharing this information
Very helpful!! Thank you
Great tutorial, thanks! Would love to see the same with Affinity for iPad and some of the other iPad editing options out there (Pixelmator, etc.). I was also wondering how this might work with "Mirroring" screens? I'm using the same Macbook Pro and an iPad 2 Air and getting ready to upgrade to iPad Pro. Glad I found your channel!
Good to see a video like this. Thanks!
I am thinking you could create that backup while importing using LR. I believe its an easy setting in LR itself.
Good video, thank you.
awesome video.. can't wait for my iPad air 4
Congrats! That is a powerhouse device.
Hey, great video! Small question. Do you still have access to the fujifilm presets available with lightroom? classic neg etc. or do you have to download them seperately?
Thanks, I learned some lessons which are useful for editing in my Ipad Air
Who else loves their iPad for all things photography?
👍🏼
I think it’s perfect for editing pictures.
I use Affinity Photo for IPad Pro and Apple Pencil to edit from raw pictures.
It’s all I use now! Haven’t touched my Mac in about 8 months
Me 😄 I don’t own a Mac
Hi i was wondering if the 256 would be enough storage for me cause as of now im using my iPhone 12 pro to edit my photos on Lightroom mobile.
Hi! Great video, one question, I notice you have classic chrome on your profiles, how did you get it? I’m a fuji user and the reason Im not using my ipad so much is because there is no capture one, thanks in advance!
Ciao Aaron first of all congrats for you video, it's very well done and Clear! Just one thing on the output and storage of your edited files: How do you save and store all your edited pictures? Once your storage on the ipad will finish how can you save all your works? Do you export on SSD as DNG the LR files?
+1 for this question :-)
Sitting on verge of iPad Pro M2. Thinking of going to iPad as prime machine. Use LR cloud. Any thoughts on which iPad to buy? RAM, HD, etc. your tutorial was very helpful. Have subscribed.
Thanks for the content ! I am having an issue while pasting in ply hard drive or in cloud services. Seams to always miss a couple copies. Such a pain. And the IPad does not have the replace option in Files !
Awesome video, I think it is great that you have found a way to incorporate an iPad as your main workflow tool despite having to pay for Adobes monthly fee. I have wanted to do this for a long time as I love the idea of working on my iPad. I still have the original Pro which is ageing now and considering purchasing either the 2018, 2019 or latest 2021. Stuck between the 11” and 12.9” and what sized HDD. What would you recommend as the minimum storage space on an iPad when using external SSD’s? Thank you
In the same boat... I use Affinity, Luminar, and Pixelmator, now but am looking into Capture One and a few others that have (or will soon have) iPad versions.
hi, Aron. Thanks for this. Do you also use wireless transfer from camera to your ipad using your camera's app? Though this would take a while depending on your files. Have you also considered using a network storage space as your archive like NAS Synology and the likes so won't be needing your old mac? Thank you. Would love to see video of you would edit portraits. :)
I don't usually use wireless transfer as it takes way too long and is a bit of a clunky experience. However, I did pick up a NAS shortly after making this video. You can see me getting it set up at the link below and I'll be making a new workflow video soon. czcams.com/video/0sm8hbXgX94/video.html
Hi Aaron! Thanks for the thorough walkthrough:) I have a question about the export options that I can't seem to find an answer to anywhere: When choosing to export DNG files, what parameters can you adjust, like image size, compatability etc, compared to Lightroom classic? In my work I often need to export batches of DNG files with specific settings, not just fill size DNG. Once again, thank you!
None. In fact, when you export as dng, LR exports the photo as Original, so you loose all of your edits sadly. So far, exporting as DNG has been a very frustrating experience on iPad.
I’d love to know how you go uploading onto sharing platforms I’ve just moved over to editing fully on the iPad pro but I’m having trouble uploading onto shootproof for clients It is taking an extremely long time to load photos is this something to do with maybe my Internet but I’ve never had trouble before on the computer or is it just the iPad
Do you ever make an archival print as an ultimate backup?
I have a question by exporting the pictures to the hard drive do you do that every time you take pictures or what? if you, do the pictures from the past you have taken and still in the card duplicate to the hard drive or does just the new picture you take pass through?
What app would you recommend for liquifying and retouching
Hi Aaron, I was wondering, when you have done all your work on a photo and you want to do a physical print off the iPad what do you do? The reason is that the printing dialog box on the iPad is less than stellar. I look forward to your feedback. Thanks for your help.
Hi Andrew! I don't do printing at home so I don't have use the printing dialog. I use a few online print shops so I am able to upload the photo to their site and have it printed that way. Sorry that is not more helpful!
How is the matte screen protector when needing to zoom in into photos to get a better look at precise details? Does it reduce viewing image quality? Thank you!
I've never noticed any issues. It has been there for so long that I've basically forgotten that it is even there.
Is it possible after the editing on the iPad to export the Image in a DNG Format or raw if I want to work on the photo more using other program like photoshop for example
Hi bro can u help me about ur tripod which one is that where I can find I need that I m looking from long
Can you edit raw files on iPad and Lightroom mobile? Oh, I leaned a lot from your video, thanks !
Hi, could you able to export and save the 5.6k videos (5504 X 2762) on photo album without blended in 4k (3840 X 2160)resolution in iPad Pro M1 ?
As I known iPad Pro did the same to compress my 5.6k video to 4k, I asked many source including GoPro , apple , unable to get right answer
I would love to see your work flow-exporting from lightroom.
Great video! Have you ever had any issues with not all photos copying over using files? I had it happen without error twice while on vacation
Great video, just wondered what settings you use for screen brightness when editing on your iPad? I’ve recently ordered some prints that had been edited on my iPad and was disappointed with how dark they’ve turned out compared with how they look on screen!
I edit with the screen brightness at 100%. Printing has so many elements that it may not be the iPad brightness but could be playing a role as well.
@@imaaronross You dont have the issue with that the screen auto dims down when it gets hot?
Really struggling with the 2021 ipad pro 12.9. Transferring JPEG and Raw images directly into the ipad connected to a portable hard drive. Pics transfer no problem but when editing in photoshop express when you tap the Sharpness tool at the end of the process the picture doesn’t zoom in as normal so it’s pretty obvious the JPEGS and RAW files aren’t uploading properly. 50% of the time it works where it takes hours for the full resolution to appear but the other 50% of the time the files just aren’t being transferred fully into the ipad. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Regards,
John
That is great, where does the ipad save the photos you import? in an album in iphoto?
You can choose if you want them in your photos or in a folder in files.
@@imaaronross After editing in lightroom how can i Transfer the Image to Apple Foto? Thx great Video! Many thanks
Great video, thank you ! Do you know if theres any way to theter live a camera to the ipad , i have a sony a7rIII and would like to buy and ipad pro for thetering during shootings.
There isn't a way to do that in Lightroom but there might be other apps that allow it. I'm guessing they are camera brand specific so you'll need to look for something that supports the Sony Alpha cameras.
I’ve been working with Lightroom Classic for years and I’m thinking about moving to CC, so I was curious to watch this video. Unfortunately it didn’t answer the questions I came for. I have 12-14 years of photos in my Lightroom Classic catalog, pretty organized and edited. I wonder how I will accomplish that in CC. This video doesn’t speak at all about how to manage files (other than the very basic importing). Where do you keep your photo archive? Is it on that old laptop? But then they are all unedited, right? Do you use the CC cloud? I think I have too many files to keep them there, so in that case, I need to segment my storage. Maybe just keeping the picks in Lightroom. Also, I’m wondering what you do with your pictures after you’ve edited them. I keep mine in Lightroom, all in one place, but it seems to me like you have files here and there. Where do you keep your picks?
This is definitely a different approach. I don't keep a catalog of my edits anymore. I keep my original raws and the final edited jpgs but I delete the edits out of Lightroom once I'm done. It is not something everyone is comfortable with but I realized that I've gone back to previous edits less than 5 times in the 7 years I've been making photos.
I have the same issue. But just starting with this new workflow. I hope there might be a way to select what you sync ?
Which foil you use on the display?
Hello, sorry for my english, but can you help me please. I'm looking to buy an ipad pro 11, is the 8gb ram enough?
I work on lightroom and use 7-8 masks, like dodge&burn, radial filter, background, soft skin and other
Hi, Im a photojournalist and beside editing the photos, one of the things I need to do is put IPTC data, is it possible with lightroom app? If no do you know a app that can do that easily? Thanks
You can add keywords, title, and caption within LR on the iPad. It’s clunky and not great if you have many images. I really wish Adobe would beef this up to make it more powerful.
Hey, why not use a screen recording program/app?
Hey Aaron, thanks for the video. One question. In the method that you use, where exactly are the images store when you import directly into Lightroom? I’m hoping on the local device (iPad) not the creative cloud.. Thanks!
Yes, I’ve turned cloud sync off so they are stored with Lightroom in the iPad.
@@imaaronross Okay, cus that was really my only gripe with Lightroom on the iPad. I hated saving images to the cloud. No I have to figure out how to turn the cloud sync off. ;) Thanks!
Help me out here. Why are some people so adverse to having their files stored in the cloud? I personally like it since I use two iPads and Lightroom Classic and Lightroom CC on my desktop. Perhaps there is something I am not aware of?
@@rvenneman why would I want to save thousands of images to the cloud and pay for extra cloud storage when I have adequate hard drive space to save them.
@@rvenneman also, syncing images across multiple devices isn’t a concern for me.
Hi Aaron, how do you deal with filling the Adobe cloud storage? My understanding is that if you import into lightroom on the ipad, it auto uploads to the Adobe cloud? I feel like that will fill up pretty quick with a couple of trips/sessions.
I have the exact same question. I m worried about my adobe cloud space if I import my raw files. futhermore, I cannot live without my pixieset plugin
I found in the questions below that if u turn off the sync, the photos won’t be uploaded to the cloud
Hi Aaron. It´s an interesting workflow, I have not doubt. But, I`d like to make a pair of questions. When you finish your photo, what do you do with the original raw files? And on the other hand, when importing the original raw directly into lightroom, you will be short of the capacity of the adobe cloud. What capacity do you have contracted?. Tks very much Good Job
Since I back up the original raw files to my local hard drives and back up to the cloud on Dropbox, I delete them out of Lightroom. As for the adobe cloud, I don't use it. I don't sync anything from the iPad to the cloud so I am not limited by the low storage limits.
I understand, but forgive me for insisting. You say that once you have the original raw on your local drives and in dropbox, you delete them from lightroom. When you do that double back up, do you do it with all the raw files, or only with the ones you choose to work with in lightroom ?. Currently, when I get home, I empty my card in lightroom classic on the Mac, I synchronize it with the adobe cloud, and later I work the photos on the Ipad. This makes the files I work on on the ipad, the smart thumbnails that lightroom creates, and in this way I do not consume much space in the cloud. but if I'm honest, I'm looking for a system that allows me to work only on the iPad, since after the years, I have realized that in lightroom classic I save a lot of raw files, just in case I ever work on them again, but the truth is that this situation rarely occurs. In short, I seek to minimize the system and the files that I save. That is the reason I have looked at your workflow
Hi Aaron, thanks for the video, I like that you're not paying a monthly fee for an ecosystem like Lightroom. Can you tell me how you are managing your photos on your laptop? For example, how do you manage finding your 5 star photos over say a decade? Do you use a program like ACDSee which is a one time cost?
If he is using LR mobile to its full capacity which looks like he is then he will most definitely be paying their horrible monthly fee.
@@mjfalcon007 yes that's why i'm not using LR mobile other than the free storage portion. I have a Drobo 5C which i use with my MBPro but its getting old so i'm looking at the iPad only option but the long term storage is what i can't figure out yet.
@@jfbruceco as much as I love the workflow on the iPad I just cannot see it becoming my primary work station simply due to file management and app limitations. I switched from LR to Capture One for my desktop as sadly there is no mobile version yet. I also use Photo Mechanic for my culling as it is faster than anything else on the market. The iPad is getting better and is still an amazing tool but sadly I don’t think it is ready to replace a desktop or laptop at this point in time.
@@mjfalcon007 yes i think you're right. I've thought about getting rid of lightroom but i do like the facial recognition for family members. I haven't found something that works as good yet. I'd love to ditch the subscription. I think fit management will only get more important as time goes on.
Apple seem to make it so difficult to connect. You have to use an external device for your sd card etc. instead of being able to insert or connect things directly. Yes, I get it. So you have to buy more expensive things then have to carry them with you so as to do things on the go.
Is there even a tablet with sd slots on the market?
Hey, do you find the 8GB ram to be enough?
On the Anker, and you didn't cover this in the video on the Anker, can you use both the SD card slot and the micro SD card slot simultaneously? I have a unit that looks just like the Anker but mine has more ports on it and I cannot use both slots simultaneously, I had 2 micro SD cards I wanted connected at the same time and it would only see the first one plugged in, it wouldn't recognize the micro SD card in the SD adapter unless I unplugged the micro SD and then plugged in the SD.
Yes, each port works even when other things are plugged in. There are times when I have an sd card, micro and, and external ssd all plugged in at the same time.
I am considering getting an iPad to edit photos on, can you select specific areas of the image to adjust just that specific area?
Yes, you can now. Check out this video on masking that I create recently. czcams.com/video/w5R4mmYS8qY/video.html
After you export the photos what do you do with the light room copy? Do you delete it?
Correct. I don't keep the edits in Lightroom. Once I've exported, I have the original raw and final edit and feel like I can recreate pretty close if I ever need to go back and edit again.
How about using the iPad as a monitor or for tethered shooting? Sometimes it would be nice to have that bigger screen while on location. The apps that come from the camera makers aren’t very fast (that I have seen).
Anyone have a good system for this?
I have not been able to find a way to tether with the iPad. I hope Adobe or the camera manufactures come out with this soon.
You can tether to iPad from Hasselblad X1D using Phocus software-either using cable or wirelessly.
Hey Aaron!
Two questions: first, do you leave your finished edited shots in creative cloud? If so, how much storage do you pay for? If not, how do you get them out?
Two, do your photos go blurry whenever you’re adjusting a slider? I’ve noticed my photos go temporarily blurry while making adjustments and then it “snaps” back to sharp when done. I’ve found this detrimental, particularly when trying to control highlights and contrast.
I'm also curious about the backup files after edited.
How big is your tv?
Hey just curious how do you format your hard drive for this cause mine says read only it sucks
I believe I had to plug it in to my old 2012 macbook pro to format it. I don't think I've ever formatted a hard drive from my iPad.
Super helpful, but what do you then do with the originals? Do you keep all of them or eventually just keep the edited versions you exported out of Lightroom?
All of my originals are kept. The workflow has been updated a little since last year but I know have a NAS that syncs to Dropbox. So all originals are stored locally on the NAS with redundancy and duplicated in the cloud. Updated workflow video coming soon!
How do upload all of my photos to the Lightroom cloud so that my iPad does not run out of storage! I have done couple of shoots now and my iPad is almost full! Please help
I have always run into that issue with the Lightroom Cloud so I do not use it anymore. I offload my photos to Dropbox and my local storage to clear up the space on my iPad.
Do you use any screen protectors?
Yes, I found a matte screen protector on Amazon that has been on there for 3 years.
For years I used Laptop and Desktop to do all my editings. Just wondering why would you switch to iPad Pro instead? What is benifits of it?
Accurate masking, burning and dodging with apple pencil 2? Maybe. iPad works best as supplement for mac products like for annotations and maybe some creativity like using procreate like making art with real photos
Portability! If I’m travelling I do all the work on the iPad as described here. When I get home everything gets transferred to Lightroom Classic for further work, in particular printing.
Just wondering, for your ssd drive backup, are those images viewable if you plug that same drive into a PC, or are they still locked into the iOS ecosystem?
I have the same setup including SSD model. The images are viewable on other deceives such as a PCs or anything that recognises JPEG’s/TIFF/RAW files etc. I initially thought that once I’d used the SSD on iPad iOS that it would become formatted for Apple devices only and that I’d be locked in, but that wasn’t the case.
Depends on the file system on your drive. iPad reads Mac and windows drives
Do you not have colour grading in your lightroom?
I do but happened to not use it for this photo. I have a full video on using the color grading panel on the iPad. czcams.com/video/Tkc2G7wYmqw/video.html
@@imaaronross nice one. I use the iPad a lot. It's my primary (I don't own my own MacBook yet. Currently use the one from work) I'll check out the link later. Thanks for sharing.
Is this 11 inch or 12.9 inch?
Are there any iOS or Android apps, that allow selecting by rating the photos directly on the SD-card, without having to copy them to the tablet?
I am looking for the same thing. I often start culling on my DSLR by assigning star ratings on the camera. I would like to use those camera-inserted star ratings to determine which photos I import off the SD card. There are many ways to view the images right on the SD card from the iPad, but unless you use an EXIF app and look at the EXIF on each SD card image, I have not found a way to easily see the star ratings on the SD card images. Some of the wildlife and game camera systems , like Moultrie, make simple SD card reader dongles that allow you to quickly review the images on an SD card, but I don;t believe they show star ratings, since the SD cards are coming right out of an automated wild game camera.
Can I make and edit time lapse videos?
I am not an expert in this area but I believe there are ways to do it. In theory, you could edit all of the images in Lightroom and then import them into LumaFusion with a 1 photo per frame and export as a video from there. A bit of a workaround but technically possible.
thank you 🙏
Do you turn off truetone?
Yes...when I remember. There have definitely been times when I’ve finished an edit, post it to social, and then see it on a different device and realize the temperature is way off. But for the most part, yes.
@@imaaronross thanks!!
are you using 256G or 512G ipad?
I am using the 256 version. I would probably go with a slightly bigger version today if I were buying now.
man not sure i can do all that with 2000+ wedding pics :/
Are all of your Instagram photos edit on your iPad?
Yes, I do all of my editing on the iPad and then airdrop them back to my phone for posting since the Instagram app on the iPad is trash.
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