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Lightroom for mobile for iOS 2.1 brings iPad Pro support and Point Curve

Published Dec 16, 2015 | Lars Rehm

Adobe has today launched version 2.1 of Lightroom for mobile for Apple iOS devices. The update comes with a number of new features, some of which take advantage of new hardware in the Apple iPad Pro and the new iPhone models 6s and 6s Plus.

The app has been optimized for the iPad Pro's desktop-level processing power and supports iOS 9's multitasking capability. In split screen mode you can edit an image while using another app at the same time. The Slide Over function allows for quick interaction between apps.

On the latest iPhone generation Lightroom now supports the 3D touch feature. It lets you open the camera directly from the home screen via a hard tap and preview images while viewing a collection. Additionally, the Tone Curve tool now comes with a Point Curve mode that gives you full control over your curve and lets you edit color channels separately. Previously this has only been possible in the Lightroom desktop application.

A new Split Toning tool allows you to to add a different tint or tone to both the highlights and shadows of your images and another new feature lets you preview and capture photos through your device camera with a preset applied. When you capture the shot the original unedited image is saved alongside the version that has the preset applied. In addition, there are also the usual performance improvements and bug fixes. You can download the new version of Lightroom for mobile for iPad or iPhone from the Apple App Store now.

Source: Adobe

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GratefulOwl

Is there a way to import raw format images into Lightroom mobile app for iPad Pro? Will a future update change this?

8 months agopermalink

Francis Sawyer

What is the point of this? Thanks to Apple, there's no way to get the pictures ONTO the device in the first place! I suppose you can use cameras' Wi-Fi connectivity and applications to get them into your library, but that doesn't include raw pictures, does it?

And then there's a massive rigamarole of getting images OFF the device onto your computer.

Apple's fear and ignorance on this issue cripples so many applications and renders them essentially moot. How is this any different?

9 months agopermalink

darngooddesign

Apple has sold an SD card reader for years and third party readers for CF, USB, SD, and Micro SD have been available for years. I suspect you know nothing about iPads but just wanted to complain.

9 months ago*permalink

h2k

" I suspect you know nothing about iPads but just wanted to complain."
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Felt so too.

While getting files onto an iOS device is a bit of a task, it's perfectly possible, also without buying hardware or using iTunes.

4 months agopermalink

JakeB

Took me FOREVER to figure out how to do what should be the simple step of copying my images BACK to camera roll on my iPad Air 2 after editing in Lightroom Mobile.

For those who need help, here it is:

"So in Lightroom Mobile I hit Share, selected 15 images (that looks like the maximum), touched the tick symbol top right and then hit Save Images when that option came up (took a few seconds). Then the photos appear on my iPad Camera Roll. After hitting Select, I ticked them in my Camera Roll and hit Add To, Add To Album (picking the album I wanted) and job done, they're in the album."

9 months agopermalink

LoganInTX

But you are getting scaled down resolution in your Camera Roll. Typically it takes the longer side of the photo down to 2048 pixels.

9 months agopermalink

dbo

It is still useless without RAW support. And the reasons, Adobe is explaining why they don't support are rubbish - processing power and disc space.

Honestly. I am no commercial professional, so time for the workflow would usually be no topic.
Serious exposures and modifcations I am still doing on my mac.
But my vacation shots are supposed to come quickly to my cloud system (not iCloud btw), so all I want is to insert my SD card into the iPad-connector, import the raws, process the images for the online folders, and then delete anything I don't want there from the iPad. Serious or more intense works are being done on the desktop anyway.
It would be convenient to store store my pre-selection in the LR catalogue, and simplify the import on the desktop at a later stage.

The powers of the iPad pro 128GB are enough to work for these purposes, but I need to go 3rd party unfortunately.

Photogene4 is providing what I need, and works very well on the iPad.

Shame on Adobe for mobile apps.

9 months ago*permalink

Francis Sawyer

It's just "raw." It's not an acronym.

9 months agopermalink

Don Diafragma

Its all nice that iPad Pro, but why can't I just run the FULL version of Lightroom AND Photohsop, just like you can on the Microsoft Surface Pro?

There seem to be nothing 'Pro' about that iPad except for its name. I think it was a big mistake by Apple to not let it run OS X.

9 months ago*permalink

Eric Calabros

Why a "pro" must be obligated to use 20th century system to get his/her job done? With increasing number of touch/pen friendly advanced softwares, I see no reason for going back to mouse!

9 months agopermalink

Don Diafragma

Eric, You mean using Mac OS X as that is the only OS that can't make use of touch screens. ;)

As a Mac user myself, I can only see that Apple is getting behind on its major OS when it comes down to userinterfaces and as for iOS, the closed environment and lack of getting direct access to the file system by default is also a major drawback. Apples focus is on its iCloud. No or slow internet will also mean that no work can be done.

9 months ago*permalink

Marcster

Support for RAW? I would like to be able to capture in RAW and insert the SD card right in.

Why not make the iPad Pro with a i7 processor and run OSX?

I have been using macs for over 30 years and recently this is one of the first times I'm tempted to buy the Surface Pro 4. It can do everything the desktop can do. RAW files import from the SD card and full LR editing.

9 months agopermalink

Francis Sawyer

What does "RAW" stand for?

9 months agopermalink

Marcster

The RAW file is the unmodified, uncompressed image file from a camera, as opposed to JPG which is compressed which causes loss of some of the information of the image such as dynamic range. The RAW it self does not stand for anything. Its similar to the food analogy of meat before its cooked. Its the image before being processed. In reality there is a bit of loss with RAW but its much less loss then JPG.

9 months agopermalink

photoaddict

It won't happen because i7 generates too much heat and consumes too much power. iPad pro uses A9 which is extremely efficient and doesn't generate much heat.

Surface pro 4 is an alternative but it's sure an ugly tablet. The stylus is also tacky. And it runs Windows which I hate.

If you want a Mac, You can get MacBook or MacBook Pro - both have Retina display.

9 months agopermalink

Marcster

Great points!! I am a Mac person and have been so since the Apple IIe. I hate Windows as well. I just wish Apple could make the iPadPro run the regular OS X so we could use lightroom and use RAW files. But I do agree with you.

9 months agopermalink

melgross

Two things. One is that you can save full sized images to CC, and open them in your Desktop software.

Two is that moving files around, such as photo files in Adobe apps is easy, just allow saves to CC. Then, all of your pics will be there, ready to open in any Adobe software that can open that image.

You can also save files to an external WiFi drive, and with the app that you can download from the App Store for that drive, you can arrange the files, and move them elsewhere.

Folks, this is all easy information to find. You just need to be motivated enough to look for it.

9 months agopermalink

Francis Sawyer

Those are all lame, cumbersome workarounds to a problem that shouldn't exist. And they require Internet connectivity. Yet the device is sitting right next to your computer. It's pathetic.

Not to mention the need to continually RENT Adobe software to use this time-consuming and circuitous workaround. NO, thanks.

9 months agopermalink

LoganInTX

I just want to be able to export full size originals after I've imported them on my iPad Pro and edited them in LR Mobile. Is that coming soon???

9 months agopermalink

Francis Sawyer

Ask Apple. They're the ones who prevent developers from accessing the (lame-ass) Lightning port so you can perform proper I/O.

9 months agopermalink

LoganInTX

I'm not trying to export them out of the lightning port. Just save them to the camera roll from LR Mobile.

9 months agopermalink

electrophoto

Now the only things needed for the ipad:
Apps with REAL access to the file-system...
A Lighting - to Full USB-3 host adapter... so you can attach that external hard drive, full speed... and then access all the photos,...
And full trackpad / mouse support.

I mean honestly, what's the point without that.
Currently you would need to transfer all photos from a card onto the ipad's limited storage using PHOTOS App... which is horrible for managing large numbers of photos.
then EXPORT from PHOTOS into Lightroom, etc..., then re-export into Photos (or upload to the cloud) or Re-export to a WIFI-iOS Enabled Storage...
And adding doing this with large raw files...

honestly, as a photographer I'd seriously consider an iPad PRO - IF it would do that simple basic "trick" (real file system access).
I mean my Macbook can do that, every Windows PC can, every Android device can... just iOS is really limited.... and it's just a Software thing, that is what makes it especially sad imo.

9 months ago*permalink

G1Houston

I think the iPad pro running iOS9.2 already supports USB3 via a lighting adapter.

9 months agopermalink

electrophoto

G1Houston,

this only refers to the ability to connect to accessories like the card reader at HIGHER SPEEDS (currently all iPads offer speeds similar to USB2 from what I understand).
This alone doesn't really do anything in the way I mentioned.
It's NOT a Hardware Issue - any ipad /iDevice would (hardware wiese) perfectly be capable of offering real file system access, let apps browse external drives, etc... it's a SOFTWARE RESTRICTION apple imposes hard on all iDevices... Every app gets its own, walled off, storage allocation and no access to any other apps data... done for "security" reasons.
In my opinion though, done to essentially hamper the device so they don't compete with a macbook air for example.
Many people would probably find that the computing power of an iPad would be absolutely sufficient, especially with Office available etc...
But not offering mouse support, not offering real file access, limits those devices to more basic tasks.
which is a total shame in my opinion.

9 months agopermalink

electrophoto

To give you a practical example...
I can use an Android PHONE or Tablet and a OTG USB Adapter to actually make backups from SD Cards onto a large Flash drive (or even SOME harddrives (power consumption often exceeds some OTG USB connections... you can work around that though, but still))....
Easy: Plug the adapter in, plug a small USB, plug card reader in, plug Flash Drive in... open you favourite File-explorer app and Copy the files... just as you would on your mac or windows computer...

But iOS will NOT let you do any of that easily.
(Ok you can get the Kingston MobileLite - I have one)...
This enables you to Copy and transfer files between stuff... but it's again closed into it's own "storage" - meaning if I want to open a file, say in Lighroom mobile I will have to COPY (transfer) the image from the kingston (or attached external, SD, etc.) into Lightroom's App-Storage (on the iPad)... then when I'm done editing, I have to export it back to the Mobilite.

9 months agopermalink

electrophoto

Also the kingston (and other similar solutions) can't display RAW files, not even previews of RAW files (embedded JPEG previews)... making it really hard to see what is what...
Also tranferring stuff onto the ipad's storage to Edit & view things will eat up those GB pretty quickly...
then it's time to DELETE again from the iPad...

Why not allow "Lightroom" (or any other App) real access, directly to an USB attached drive...
it would make the thing SO much more versatile.
But I guess it's, as mentioned a marketing move by Apple to protect sales on the lower grade Macbook / Macbook air hardware.

For example, in my home Office Setting, browsing the web, writing e-mails, etc.. basic work, an iPad, iPad Pro would be perfectly sufficient ... but the inability to work properly with storage - well, it breaks that potential.

9 months agopermalink

tonywong

I agree with your assessment of what the issues are with iOS devices (not) being up to the task, but I don't think it is Apple protecting sales on Mac products. Given the lack of price differential between an iPad Pro and MacBook (Air), I think Apple doesn't care where the money is being made.
I think the problem with the lack of professional level software support and walled garden and isolated apps approach comes from being a phone based OS in concept and design. iOS can never compete with MacOS for professional level tools because the file system is designed not to be transparent and plugins and files are not easily accessible to different apps, regardless of whether you add kb/mouse support.
I am going to move to Surface Book once it gets stable and ditch my MacBooks and iPads. Apple has no use or support for 'Protographers,' as evidenced by the brain dead launch of Photos.app and death of iPhoto/Aperture.

9 months agopermalink

electrophoto

Tony
I partially agree with you here.
Yes iOS WAS primarily a Phone-OS but has evolved to different devices... and the iPad Pro claims "Desktop Grade" Computing Power (whatever that's exactly supposed to mean, I leave that to apple's marketing).

I don't think that a Tablet like any iPad SHOULD be a desktop / macbook replacement for EVERYTHING - but for basic tasks such as office work, Internet Browsing and maybe light photo editing it could be excellent, if it wouldn't be limited by the OS.
KB/Mouse, USB Device Support & File System Access...
All of which are 100% Software based aspects.
But what I see is that many could be tempted by an iPad Air - when that would work ... chepaer than any macbook.

Without those features, I find all Apple's Demos of "Creative Professionals" using the iPad Pro a bit moot, a tad long in the tooth. because unless your workflow is entirely CLOUD Focused (which is nonsensical if you work with large files and / or not in teams) - the ipad is just not ready

9 months agopermalink

electrophoto

Surface Book - agreed, strong contender and on my list of interest too.

Apple themselves have some support for Photographers and as I have never used iPhoto or Aperture I was not too heart broken over the introduction of photos.app.
I've given "Photos" a try... it's "OK" but VERY limited and cumbersome for anything more complex...
Aperture was much more powerful, I agree...
I used to be a LR user and later switched to C1Pro.
Both run on Mac & Win...

What I believe though is that the Macbook Pro as a Notebook is an excellent device (well I have one ;), so yes, I'm utterly biased)....
hardware is nice & solid... performance is steady...
Screen is quite good too.
it's my main workstation - at the office hooked to a bigger screen though...

And I personally prefer OS X over Windows 10.
I have one Windows 10 machine - and it's good... no argues here.
but I just prefer the way I interact with OS X - but it's not a big thing.
If the surface book proves to be great, well ;)

9 months agopermalink

tonywong

I have played with the Surface Book hardware and it is superior in many ways to a MacBook. Windows 10 is a bit of a mess however.
I am getting tired of being hemmed in and herded by Apple's walled garden approach. Although they do have some hardware that is the best in many categories (5k iMac with 10-bit screen for ex), the software has left me hanging.
I have lots of Apple hardware, and I was able to sync my Dad's iPhoto collection, present it through his television on AppleTV and do any sophisticated edits through Aperture, all on a single library.
I could import my photos from my Aperture library and merge it into his iPhoto library.
So now that iPhoto and Aperture are EOL I thought I could just keep using them...until AppleTV software update took away the ability to browse photo libraries directly, I am forced to use their web based iCloud Photos to stream things, a brain dead mechanism that is limiting and *not* what I want to do...

9 months agopermalink

tonywong

Since I now have no reason to stay within Apple's ecosystem, I have no need or reason to use Apple's iPad to display photos or sync to it automatically. Apple ruthlessly prunes their software for the lowest common denominator nowadays, and pros who they don't think are worth pursuing are left out in the cold.

At this point I believe I can replace my iPad and MacBook Pro 13R with a single Surface Book and present photos in C1/LR/DxO or whichever program I decide...I've lost the ability to sync with a simple photo archive with my 75yo dad (and present on his TV easily) but Apple has already blasted that away with their policies.

9 months agopermalink


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