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welshonemillion
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October 23, 2020
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iPad v iPad Pro for running Photoshop (and Illustrator)

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Hi,

 

If anyone has experience of both platforms, please can you tell me how well Photoshop runs on the iPad Pro v on the regular iPad (recent-ish models).

 

I'd been considering buying an iPad Pro, mainly to learn the Photoshop for iPad interface. And also to learn the Illustrator for iPad interface as well.

 

And sometimes (but probably not all that frequently) also to work on really super big multi layered high resolution Photoshop images where obviously the iPad Pro would seem to be a big advantage.

 

I was pretty convinced my choice should be the iPad Pro - whether this generation or next - but at the moment, while Photoshop for iPad and Illustrator for iPad appear to be very good, they are still evolving as software for compositing.

 

And it occurred to me that maybe all I need right now is the iPad. And then wait a bit and get an iPad Pro in a year or two when Photoshop and Illustrator are perhaps a little more comparable to their desktop equivalents in terms of features.

 

(I have an older, but still pretty powerful MacBook Pro running Adobe CC so I have full software to work with and on a good speed computer.)

 

Any thoughts welcome and thanks for your time.

 

Kind regards,

 

John

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Thomas Dearie
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October 25, 2020

Hi John

My guess is that you'll get comparable and acceptable performance with the iPad AIR, with the proviso that more RAM is always better when working with large image files.

I've run Adobe apps successfully on a much older iPad Pro:

2016 iPad Pro  (A9 processor, 2.1 GHz, 2 cores, 2 gb onboard RAM. )

The current iPad Air  has better specs  than that old iPad Pro —

2020 iPad Air    (A14 processor, 3 GHz, 6 cores, 4 gb onboard RAM)

So I suspect you'll get acceptable performance on those new iPads.

My current iPad Pro is running the
2020 iPad Pro:  A12Z processor, 2.5 GHz, 8 cores, with 6 gb onboard RAM.
The main plus of the iPad Pro 2020 is that it has an extra 2 gb of RAM and supports the 2nd gen Apple pencil. (You can also load it with a TB of storage memory.)

But the Air is cheaper and runs a faster processor. It handily outperforms my old iPad Pro and you can use the Gen 1 pencil with it. For retouching etc., the Gen 1 pencil is completely adequate.

 

With all iPads, given the much smaller RAM allotment, I imagine there will be some compromise as you start to work with very large multilayer documents. But I haven't hit that limitation yet, as I keep my major work on my desktop iMac with 64 GB RAM. With your 32 GB laptop, I'm guessing you'll have the same experience.

 

Hope this helps!

 

Tom

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Thomas Dearie
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October 25, 2020

Actually - I correct myself — the new Air is compatibe with the Gen 2 pencil.

welshonemillion
welshonemillion작성자
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October 25, 2020

Hi Tom,

 

Thanks very much for your time and comments.

 

Your reply arrived just as I was taking a look at the iPad Air and is extremely helpful.

 

My original question was regarding the iPad - do you have any thoughts on this and how well it would work with Photoshop? (It only runs the Apple Pencil Gen 1 and I'm aware of this.)

 

I have a feeling - all things considered - I'm going to go for the current iPad Pro 2020 (Wireless only) with 256GB strorage. And use an iPhone 12 5G as a hotspot if ever I need it to access the internet when outdoors.

 

I might have gone for larger iPad Pro 512GB storage and with wifi+cellular but I think perhaps I'll wait until the Adobe software is a a little more full featured before making this investment.

 

Any further thoughts / comments very welcome and thanks again.

 

Kind regards,

 

John

 

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