UKH

Hi,
I'm looking for an app to use on my iPad for editing images taken on my iPhone or iPad. Snapseed is one I've heard of - does anyone have any experience of this or any other recommendations? I'm a Lightroom user for all images taken with my DSLR, but would like something (simpler) to handle the iphone images which I'd like to start taking more of, since it's a camera I have with me most of the time (unlike my DSLR...)

In reply to Stone_donkey:

I think Snapseed is the answer. It isn't quite light room but it is really powerful crucially allowing local editing. Its not an organiser like lightroom but it is a good editor.

When you open snapseed it takes you through how to use each feature as you try them

In reply to Stone_donkey:

Lightroom on android is pretty good these days as is VSCO. Better have a top end phone if you want to play with RAW in Lightroom though.

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In reply to Dauphin:

Yup, I don't even know if my iPhone takes RAW - I'll just be handling jpegs so don't anticipate I need the power of LR. I haven't decided whether I'm going to try and combine pics I take with the iPhone with my SLR images, all nicely catalogued in LR. I suspect not - I think all the iPhone/iPad images will just live in iCloud with whatever local editing on the same device is required beforehand. Out of interest if I have a Windows PC LR license do I need to pay again for LR on iOS (if they have such a product?), or is that free just for CC users (which i'm not)

In reply to Stone_donkey:
Mobile version or LR is fine with JPEG on an iPad Mini 2, its a free App but can be linked to LR desktop for money, i haven't bothered.

In reply to Stone_donkey:

VSCO Cam...

Added bonus is a nice platform to publish content (pics or blogs).

I use it to "quickly" round up photos or blogs. Proper editing will be done on a proper comp with Lightroom.


But VSCO Cam is more than enough for "on the run" photoediting.

Eg. I hacked this, whilst flying home on the plane.
http://vsco.co/hematula/journal/easter-in-catalonia

And in fact, I used pics from the 2 cameras we had with us (plus from the phone). Not that hard with SD-reader for the iPad.

In reply to Stone_donkey:

It does do RAW now - but not through the Apple Camera App. Thought you had to be a CC subscriber to get all that 'extra (?)' benefit of LR on the mobile platform, but you better check.

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In reply to Dauphin:


Nope, still only editing the embedded JPEG...

https://helpx.adobe.com/mobile-apps/help/lightroom-mobile-faq.html

which is odd, considering the VSCOCam and a few other apps actually edit RAW photos (provided you can get 'em to your iOS platform... like FileBrowser and WD My Passport Wireless).

In reply to HeMa:
I meant you can get the iphone 6 to shoot RAW DNG.

I'm using Manual Camera on Android 6.1. LR recognizes the app folder and let me edit these DNG files. The new version of LR on Android has a camera as a part of the app which also shoots DNG. Its a dog compared to Manual Camera so I never use it.

>How can I tell if my Android device supports capturing in the DNG raw file format?
>Beginning with version 2.0, Lightroom for mobile supports DNG raw image capture on devices running Android >versions 5.0 (Lollipop) and later. However, this capability is available only on those devices that support >capturing DNG raw images. Support for DNG capture is enabled/set solely by the device manufacturers.

>To check if your device supports DNG capture:

>First ensure that your device is running Android 5.0 (Lollipop) or later and that you have Lightroom for mobile >2.0 installed.

>Open the Lightroom in-app camera and check for the file format badge at the bottom-right of the viewfinder, >which defaults to JPEG.
>If available, you can tap on the file format badge to switch between the JPEG and Raw options, which captures >the images in DNG raw format.
>If you do not see the badge, you may wish to contact your device£s manufacturer to request that they add >support for DNG raw capture.


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In reply to Stone_donkey:

Snapseed and Photogene2 both work well on iOS

In reply to Stone_donkey:

Another vouch for snapseed, brill app.