On Sat, Mar 10, 2012 at 10:39 AM, Christine Aguila <[email protected]> wrote: > Ok, here's idea: Adobe should do a trimmed down Lightroom app for the iPad, > so you can do processing while traveling. Then when you get home, you would > plug your iPad into your computer, and the processed files would immediately > be imported into your desktop Lightroom Library. Well, it's just an idea. > Cheers, Christine
The major issue for doing sophisticated raw conversion on the iPad is the RAM incorporated in the device (not the storage or processing power). If you look at PhotoRAW or piRAWhna apps and see how long they take to do the job: the major reason is how deftly they have to manage memory to do it. Apple doesn't specify in the tech specs, but sources around the internet say pretty definitively that the original iPad had 256M, the iPad 2 512M, and it is suggested that the new iPad has 1G. Contrast that to a typical laptop or desktop OS running with a MINIMUM of 4G and soaring up to 16G pretty quickly these days. Rendering apps need LOTs of RAM to be efficient when doing things like chroma interpolation and gamma correction. On the other hand, Adobe is now offering "Photoshop Touch" on the iPad. I don't think it handles raw conversion processing or handles very large image sizes, but reviews are good for RGB channel image adjustment work. -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
