P: Use iPad as an external input device on LrC

[Dăuceanu]

Salut!

I am a Apple enviroment user. I would like to use my Ipad insted of a loupedeck (external device). The Ipad is already synced with my macbook. I need all the controls available on Ipad.  I know it is more of a business decision because it will trash a few loupedeck devices but it would be very usefull for a lot of users.  I am 100% sure that if you dont do it , it will probably come on the market as an app. 

Have a great day!

Dan

[GoldingD]

see:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/lightroom-classic-discussions/lightroom-classic-and-apple-sidecar/td-...

https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/use-your-ipad-as-a-second-display-mchlf3c6f7ae/mac#:~:text=....

[johnrellis]

Some additional information:

Over the years, there have been at least a couple plugins and Ipad apps for using an Ipad as a LR controller. They never seem to have caught on. LRPAD is a very old one, not sure it works any more. Another is Control Room for Lightroom, which has a single review from earlier this year.

This thread describes using a widely used IOS app Touch OSC as a virtual MIDI controller, connected to LR by the very widely used free plugin MIDI2LR, which many people use to connect physical MIDI controllers to LR:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Lightroom/comments/vz5z3e/lpt_you_can_use_an_ipad_or_any_other_touch_device...

This may take a little more effort to set up initially but sounds like the most stable and flexible in the long term.