Could you do it? The iPad comes with a variety of absolutely fantastic features, it has a beautiful screen, and the tablet-editing experience can be very natural and enjoyable. However, there are still a lot of limitations as compared to a traditional computer. Could you use it exclusively for photo and video work for six months? This great video discusses a creative's experience in doing so.
Coming to you from aows, this interesting video discusses the experience of using nothing but the iPad for photo and video work for six months. I have raved about the iPad in the past; I'm a huge fan of using it for my photo work, and I still use my 2017 iPad Pro for a ton of my work — it hasn't slowed down at all. Personally, it has the best screen I think I have ever seen, and I love editing on a tablet, as I find the process of drawing directly on photos very natural. Beyond that, it is highly portable, even more so than a small laptop, and it has fantastic battery life. I have actually come to prefer mine over my laptop for the majority of my work. Check out the video above for the full rundown.
Yes. I have been fully mobile for two years. Not going back to tradition computers.
So you admit to creating a new account to troll and harass others again?
Sorry?
I still feel iOS is too restricted but to be fair I haven't used it in a couple years. Personally would much rather buy a Surface Pro but editing with a portable touch screen regardless of device is a huge step up to working at a desktop with a Wacom tablet.
Disappointing that this test inevitably uses the usual Adobe products. They might be very mature mobile products but for people who don’t want to take out a subscription, this video is mostly useless. Of course, whether an iPad will replace a desktop also depends on the level the features people need from apps. For example, Darkroom is a pretty competent photo editor although it lacks a number of more advanced features so only really useful for those who do minimal editing. Apparently selective editing coming to Darkroom but likely not any time soon.
He used Luma Fusion for video editing. That's not Adobe.
But I see your point. However, IME, Lightroom is the best option for a fully comprehensive photo management and editor on the iPad. Like you say, it's a very mature product. The chap in the video probably uses it for this reason.
Without the possibility to calibrate the display with i1D3 and DisplayCAL, it will be no true option for a serious photographer or videographer. Before you tell me it is factory calibrated: it doesn't matter, it will drift.