Editing on a tablet?

[McAndy]

Hello,

I'll get to the point: are tablets and their associated apps capable photo editors yet?

The reason I ask is that my laptop is getting on a bit. The only reason I boot it up is to use Photoshop and batch watermark/auto-adjust photos (typical set size 200-500), perhaps three times a year. I'm not keen on buying another laptop, but a tablet could also be useful in other ways. I'm am a mere amateur, for reference, but I will also undertake cloning to remove background distractions when required. If tablets are now suitable, what would you recommend, hardware- and app-wise, please?

Thanks,

Andy

[singlecoil]

Try searching for 'Lightroom on a tablet' on YouTube. Lots of results (some of which refer to Wacom tablets rather than the sort you mean).

[McAndy]

Thank you.

[towser]

I've had acceptable results using Snapseed on iPad.

Easy to use ( for this novice ) and seems fairly flexible.

https://www.stuff.tv/app-reviews/snapseed/review

[sgrimshaw]

towser said:

I've had acceptable results using Snapseed on iPad.

FWIW ... same app is also available for Android

[McAndy]

Does that allow for cloning and batch watermarking?

[HorneyMX5]

I recently dumped my MacBook and gone iPad Pro. So far so good. Using Lightroom and Photoshop. There's a few foibles you have to work around but generally pretty happy. You just kind of need an app per function rather than having one app that does it all like on a laptop.

I'm hopeful adobe really push the mobile apps in the future. I understand the iPad versions use the full Lightroom engine but with features stripped out.

[sgrimshaw]

McAndy said:

Does that allow for cloning and batch watermarking?

It has a "healing" tool, which can be used for removing unwanted bits.

I am not aware that it can do watermarking ... batch or otherwise.

It's definitely worth a look, and at the price (£0.00) there's nothing to really complain about.

[McAndy]

sgrimshaw said:

It's definitely worth a look, and at the price (£0.00) there's nothing to really complain about.

A good point well made!