tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2361251099864607419.post2688007414105014584..comments2024-03-18T01:15:17.741-07:00Comments on Better Family Photos: My Choice Of A Tablet360 Rumorshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01173469932778454315noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2361251099864607419.post-67849568476136485622014-01-12T11:49:43.939-08:002014-01-12T11:49:43.939-08:00Hi Xiaoli,
Thanks for the comment, let me tell yo...Hi Xiaoli,<br /><br />Thanks for the comment, let me tell you one thing first before discussing photo apps, I almost never use the tablet for photo editing, unless it is something not serious, and I am publishing a fun photo on facebook for example. This is due to the lack of control and judgement of the picture quality at 100% and I don't trust the resizing/sharpening algorithms of any photo app on a tablet.<br /><br />That said, I use Snapseed and Aviary for very casual photo editing on Android, mainly to process a picture taken by the phone's camera before posting to facebook. As for viewing, I like QuickPic because it is small, fast, can show pictures at 100% and also show the EXIF data laid out on top of the pictures. I also tested an app called PhotoMate on the Nexus for processing RAW files, but it was slow and I didn't trust its sliders, things like this tell you a lot about how Lightroom/ACR has developed.<br /><br />As for the iPad, things are different, I like the stock photo viewer, as for editing. I use Snapseed and PhotoForge 2, but any serious editing is done on my PC. The most brilliant app on the iPad is PhotoSmith, you can consider it as the viewing module in Lightroom. When I am away from my PC, i import the RAW files directly from my SD card using the camera connection kit to the iPad, then I open PhotoSmith and select the photos I want to import (they are not copied again, it links to their original place in the iPad), now you can view the photos at 100%, flag them, rate them, tag them, add keywords (which are synced with your Lightroom catalog keywords), apply filters, add them to collections, etc... Just like Lightroom, and when I am back home, i simply sync PhotoSmith with Lightroom over WiFi (there is a. Lightroom plugin that has to be installed), and like magic, all my selected photos, tags, flags, collections, keywords gets synced to Lightroom, impressive, eh?<br /><br />This is very useful to select the good pictures on location or long vacations, and only sync them to lightroom when you get back. And I also use it as a backup in case I lose my memory card.<br /><br />Finally, regarding my workflow, since I am a control freak, I import my photos to lightroom, they get renamed using a certain preset and copied to certain folders depending on the camera I shot with. Then I reject all the bad photos and immediately delete them forever (I am ruthless that way, I can come up with 10 good photos out of a hundred ones), next I apply my edits, and export manually to a certain folder on my desktop at a 2500px size and certain sharpening (Photos posted here are exported @ 800px, and a signature is applied), then I manually rename the folder depending on a scheme I am using, and I move this folder into a master folder where I keep all my exported photos under certain names (so there's a master folder, with a second level of folders representing the album names, no further levels). Then this master folder is synced to my iPad via iTunes automatically.<br /><br />I don't trust web services for real photo hosting due to privacy issues, and because I am an old control freak. I have to have redundant hard copies under my direct control.<br /><br />I hope that answers your question. ;-)mshafikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09178862453786826299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2361251099864607419.post-55890679582621279502014-01-11T08:03:51.567-08:002014-01-11T08:03:51.567-08:00Hi Mohammad,
This is a very interesting and infor...Hi Mohammad,<br /><br />This is a very interesting and informative post. I am curious what app do you use to view photos on iPad, also what is your workflow to bring your photos into iPad. I am currently living in Android's eco system and I found it lacks good photo viewing apps.<br /><br />Here I would like to share my workflow to bring photos from Lightroom into tablet/phone: <br />1. label photos to export (could be keyword, colors, star rating etc.)<br />2. use a Lightroom plugin Collection Publish to publish photos in certain size (2560px in the long size for me) onto a folder managed by Dropbox.<br />3. Dropbox sync the photos and push them onto all the devices automatically<br /><br />It is a bit complicated to setup, but once it is setup it is pretty convenient.<br /><br />XiaoliXiaoli Zhanghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02121610359039216124noreply@blogger.com