P: Lightroom app for tablets (iPad, iOS, Android)

The link above to Carousel is broken now - didn't use to be I don't think, but is now...

Here it is: http://9to5mac.com/2011/09/07/adobe-u...

...and it has a huge downside ... it's an annual pay ... I wouldn't do that ...

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It doesn't have everything people here are asking for on the iPad (tethered capture, in particular) . But it claims to use the "Lightroom engine" for image processing, it lets you do some editing, and it seamlessly syncs with other Apple devices and computers.

Hopefully, it's much improved from Adobe's past attempt to sync with the cloud (Photoshop.com, Elements), which was buggy and mediocre.

Can you tell me if there are any plans to create something like a lite version of Lightroom for the iPad? I would like to be able to perform a tethered capture to my iPad instead of having to use my laptop since my iPad is much lighter and more portable. You could include some of the more common settings / tools that are used during capture like White Balance adjustments, histogram, etc... Thank you

The sync process from Photosmith do cuurently only go from PS to LR but they are developping th reverse and so soon we should be able for instance to import on Ipad juts a collection or subset and work on on the metadata. Note that PS sync plug-in already sync keywords and send teh whole set of LR to Ipad

From what I have read about Photosmith the photos are imported (using the camera connection kit on the iPad) into Photosmith before being transfered over to Lightroom. There doesnt seem to be a way of going the other way. i.e. import into Lr and then transfer them over to Ps. And no I dont want to export what I have already in Lr to a memory card etc...

What you want is available ... though not from Adobe ... check out Photosmith

http://blog.photosmithapp.com/

I would love a version of Lr for the iPad, so I can rate, keyword etc while on the go.

This is how I would see this working for me

* in Lightroom, I add images to a collection
* that collection is then synced with my iPad (image previews and metadata only)
* work on that collection on the iPad (flag, tag etc etc)
* the changes are synced back when the iPad is next connected

This all needs to be as seemless as possible, not done with workarounds, hacks etc

Lightroom would be improved greatly with this app....

1st off I would love to say I love Lightroom 3. But I was reading on line about this program called Capture One 6 Pro. In that program you are able to view images on your iPad when you have your camera tethered to the program. You can also apply settings and they will stay that way when you view them. Also it gives a high rez preview to see if your in focus or not. Now I know you Photoshop has some new apps out and I love them. But if you made a lightroom app that let you view photos when tethering or in just the gallery as well. Maybe some tools when in develop mode. And maybe it could play slideshows for you so your laptop is free for other things. But if you had that one app this application would rock so much more.