Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/07/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]from photosmith site: Leica RAW At this time, we do not recommend using Photosmith (or the iPad) with Leica DNG raw files unless you shoot RAW+JPG. Apple?s support for Leica?s DNG format is very weak and in most cases will display only a 320?216 thumbnail as it?s largest size. This is because the DNG format that Leica shoots doesn?t contain as much information as other raw formats and in most cases, not enough for the iPad to be able to generate a full screen preview. Since Photosmith relies on Apple?s RAW handling, we are limited by Apple?s support. However, if you shoot RAW+JPG then we combine both files together to extract all the information we need to display a large preview (up to the max size of the JPG you shoot). In all cases, even if you can?t see a large preview, you can still rate, tag, keyword, etc. and when you sync with LR we?ll sync all the files over including the DNGs. ric On Jul 20, 2012, at 7:45 PM, Spencer Cheng wrote: > Hi Nathan, > > What I really want is a lightweight version of either Aperture or > Lightroom for the iPad. Mostly for categorization and picture rating work > and very occasionally, some light editing on a few images for email. It's > much easier to sort 100 images per night rather than 2000 images after 3 > weeks. :) > > I've tried Snapseed, PS Touch and like you, I've deleted some other apps > too. > > The search continues.. > > Regards, > Spencer > > On Jul 20, 2012, at 1:51, Nathan Wajsman wrote: > >> I must have missed the initial inquiry because this is a subject with >> which I have some experience. I have several apps on my iPad, including >> PS Touch, PhotoRaw and Snapseed. I have also tried (and deleted) a couple >> of other apps for photo processing. When apps cost so little, one has the >> luxury of just trying them in this manner. >> >> I have settled on Snapseed for the editing. It has the best combination >> of capabilities and user interface for me. Because I shoot RAW, and >> because Snapseed does not support all RAW formats (in particular, it does >> not support Leica M8), I may need to use PhotoRaw to import the image >> first. >> >> These four photos were processed in this way and uploaded to Smugmug via >> Photosync: >> >> http://www.greatpix.eu/Other/PhotoSync/ >> >> So it can definitely be done, but I would not want to process hundreds of >> photos on an iPad. It is more for occasional use. I will be taking my >> iPad along on a bicycle tour in Denmark next week--a laptop is too heavy >> for that. One of the intended uses is to upload some pictures along the >> way, but it will be just a couple each evening, with serious processing >> to be done on a proper computer when I return. >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information