Using the iPad when traveling or on smaller projects for editing and reviewing is a great thing, but we need the option to get the edited images to a desktop without cloud sync. Slow WiFi in some countries, limited mobile data, and simply too many images make sync via cloud a real pain.
Being able to export an album as a catalog to an SSD on an iPad Pro would be a great help for this. Even being able to export Originals with Edit, as the desktop version of Lightroom allows (non-Classic), would be great. Because Originals Export to an SSD already works, but losing all edits makes this workflow useless.
It is slowly getting there, with direct SD import already working. But the full offline, non-cloud workflow for professionals with the iPad should be considered further.
Also, when using the iPad with a keyboard, the use of shortcuts, selection, and interaction is still very inconsistent.
The filter options are limited too; a great add-on would be to filter images that are not in albums to quickly reduce the amount of images in the main catalog.
Basically, I would like to use the iPad as a temporary Lighroom - a mobile version for project-based pre-edits and selection to then later move to Lightroom Classic with project-based catalogs.
Thanks!
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