P: Full version app for Apple iPad Pro

While I can understand that Photoshop would have to be  considerably limited to run on the iPad Pro, I still hope they're working in the back room to deliver an app that has as many features as possible to port to iOS. Certainly, one inclusive app to me would be a whole lot better than the multiplicity of little apps they currently offer. After all, they've been pretty big on mobile computing, so this should be a natural extension for Adobe now that the iPad Pro is pretty powerful in its own right, and likely to keep getting more-so with each upgrade.

My experience with Affinity Photo thus far is quite limited, and I have to upgrade my iPad before I can use their app for the iPad Pro,  but I do see they have enhanced, both in small ways and big, many of the features PS offers, and they are willing to be as much like PS to make the jump comfortable for us as they can possibly legally get away with.

I don't think they yet compete with PS for those of us who do a lot of compositing, website design, video production, illustration, photo art, etc. One undeniable strength of PS is being part of a big suite of interconnected apps, though I hope that doesn't have them resting on their laurels. Nor, having used Affinity several times, do I think their raw developer is as good as CR/LR. They also don't appear to have a very stable and strong platform for 3rd party developers to plug into. But for photographers, they're certainly including what they need and  want rather rapidly.

If Adobe doesn't become innovative here, and quickly, we can see from the boom in very reasonable competition for the image editing market, anyway, that they're going to have a difficult time remaining part of that competition. That's why my fingers are crossed they've been working on this behind closed doors. I would love the integration of such an app with the rest of the Creative Cloud applications.

We really need to stop making excuses for Adobe folks: https://affinity.serif.com/en-us/phot...

Been a designer for 10 years and can honestly say Affinity's allowed me to break away from my Mac for about 90% of my photoshop work. And this is brand new, so I really can't wait to see what it turns into within the next two years.

> opening RAW photos with Affinity Photo from th photo app will be implemented in a future update.>

That's good to hear. Even LR Mobile can work with the Photos app. Not letting us directly transfer from our cameras would be a major drawback indeed. Thanks for the update.

Well, so far I can say that Affinity Photo is a great app. It istill is somewhat buggy, but you get extensive editing tools, it is a lot like PhotoShop and Lightroom in one. It only has one MAJOR FLAW for me: you can only open RAW photos from cloud storage and NOT from the photo app on the iPad. Major let down! 😞 This means that if I import photos via the SD to lightning adapter, I canot edit the RAW photos in Affinity Photo, but it'll open the embedded JPEG. So I still have to use 4g or WiFi and/or a laptop to share the RAW photos in the cloud and then I can use them in Affinity. But if they'll fix this in an update, Adobe is in serious trouble on the iPad (Pro) IMHO and I might end my subscription...

Edit: opening RAW photos with Affinity Photo from th photo app will be implemented in a future update.

I haven't pulled the trigger on an iPad Pro upgrade just yet. The first one I thought maybe they were taking baby steps to offering a tablet to compete with the Surface Pro. Now, I am more willing to upgrade by seeing Affinity Photo is going there, but I'd definitely upgrade for PS or ON1 Photo Raw. If Adobe drags its heels, On1 is enough like PS, I don't find it's much of a learning curve, and being able to do real editing on an iPad Pro makes the device worth the upgrade.

Do let us know after you've worked with Affinity Photo for a bit if it actually lives up to our anticipations, or if you find significant limitations. Whatever works, or more importantly, doesn't work on the iPad will quite likely reflect what we can also hope for from Adobe.

The one concern I have about Adobe even offering us a better iPad editing app than they have,  is Adobe has been offering mobile apps for free and may think they won't get their money back on development if they charge a reasonable price—that we'll be expecting them to offer it free through subscription. I can understand that offering the full app on an iPad costs a lot for them to develop, and simply folding it into our subscription might not make financial sense to them. But a reasonable price for something as specialized as a serious editor, and a direct connection to the desktop version if we need to make more specialized edits would be acceptable to a lot of folk. However, if both Affinity and On1 Photo Raw get there first and get established, the market for iPad Pro, which I doubt is huge, becomes considerably smaller.

Yep. Just bought it and gonna play with Affinity Photo. It also does 32bit HDR and panorama stitching , stacking and focus stacking on iPad it says! Wow! Looks like somebody is willing to fill the gap we see and experience.

I certainly hope Adobe steps up his game and comes with Photoshop CC and Lightroom CC for iOS.

If Affinity Photo can bring out a full functioning app for the iPad, I'm sure Adobe can stuff a lot of PS into one. Since they're pretty big on mobile apps, I hope they don't sit on the sidelines while everyone else gets established. It wouldn't surprise me at all if On1 wasn't already thinking about it, too. LR Mobile is a great idea, but it doesn't really go far enough.

Of course, Adobe may well be working on it and not ready to share.  So everybody be sure to vote.  '-}

I think Photoshop is the only one that really needs it, the Illustrator app works fine, but I usually finish things in Photoshop, and thats where the frustration comes in

Jon, I imagine I was the first to reply to your Statement about the iPad Pro. You really kicked up a storm..Great work..From the replies there are a lot of disappointed  iPadPro users..Good work, now all we need is to have Apple to Do something, so that we can use full versions of PS. .Dick Betchley

Now that Apple has announced the updated iPad Pro line, it seems like a great time for a full-featured version of Photoshop on these professional tablets. During the WWDC keynote today, it was mentioned that the new Pros can compete with current-gen i7's for photo/graphic work. Aside from the different CPU architecture, is there any real reason for Adobe to avoid bringing the full suite of features over to iOS (at least the iPad Pro)? Once iOS 11 hits we'll even have a file manager to move files around the device/network/cloud just as easily as on desktop.

Anyone willing to shell out $649/$799+ for an iPad Pro is obviously looking for a high-end tablet that can (at least partially) replace the laptop when they're out and about. The screens are awesome, they're more portable than even laptops, and the touchscreen consolidates a graphics tablet and computer into one piece of equipment. Considering the raw computing power stuffed into these iPads, and the number of paying CC subscribers that would love to be able to do heavier graphics work from these tablets, it seems like an easy choice to make.

While I'd love to see the full Creative Cloud suite come to iPad Pro, it's probably unreasonable to rebuild everything for the different architecture. It seems to me like Photoshop could be a good way to test the waters here, and if it gets good feedback, maybe consider Illustrator and some other apps in the future.