Can you edit pictures on an IPad

It's been a few days since you posted your question, with no replies, so let me give it a shot:

A definite 'Maybe.'

First, off, I'm not a pro. I'm a long time photo enthusiast/hobbyist/artist going back to early 70's with a 35mm and a darkroom, and a home computer/PC geek since the very early 80's. Now I'm retired, so I have lots of time (and a little money) to explore (especially free apps), try things, and 'play around'.

An iPad is absolutely lot of fun, easy to use, and GREAT for viewing images, making and viewing slide shows, one-on-one hands-on presentations, carrying it around as a portable portfolio of your best stuff, using it as a photo-frame when not otherwise in use, and (with 3G, especially) for business-side things such as credit-card processing at an art fair, and yes, to some extent, editing, but editing is not the strong suit.

I've just learned about the iPad's inability to delete images synched from a computer. (I hadn't tried to move or delete synched images yet.) You must delete the images from the computer, then re-synch the iPad to remove the images from the iPad. Here is a link to one recent discussion: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2761412?tstart=0

Will this iPad be used primarily in-studio use or for some remote-location proofing?

What is the 'final' destination of edited images?

Are we talking about high-school seniors posting a few 'theme' photo-shoot images to Facebook or sophisticated print media and Fortune 1000 clients?

A few considerations:

1) What resolution are the images? Most iPad and iPhone apps are designed to work with current in-device cameras: 2 megapixels in the iPad2, 5MP in the iPhone 4, and 8MP in the iPhone 4S, and jpg originals, not RAW format. If you're editing 24 megapixel SLR images, you probably want a lot more computing 'horsepower'.

2) How sophisticated are the editing needs? Simple color/contrast enhancement, maybe a quick sepia or black and white effect, or sophisticated pixel-by-pixel retouching, masking, and editing with layers.?

3) How patient will the person editing be to:

A) Sift through literally 3000+ (as of 10/28/2011) photo and movie apps, paid and free (and more are being added and updated daily)

B) Discover which apps provide which effects, and

C) Easily recall which apps from among a score or so they finally select to provide certain effects.

4) How willing is the editor going to be to apply multiple apps needed to achieve the desired final results on each image, if necessary?

5) Is it cost-efficient and time-efficient (not to mention, is it good for one's mental health) to manipulate each image, individually, every time, instead of applying presets or 'batch processing' a large number of images.

I'm using primarily free photo Apps. They're designed for casual, fun, quick results. None of the ones I use offer the ability to Define your own 'preset' modifications and Save those mods as a set, or to process a group of photos as a batch. Each image has to be edited individually every time.

Editing and printing a dozen or so 4x6 family snapshots and an occasional 8x10 or 8.5 x 11 is no big deal. I do it all the time. But using an iPad to individually edit, retouch, and print 250 wedding photos for a client?

How will the edited images be printed? What device(s), how large, and how many?

What other computer and editing tools are readily available?

This is a related topic I commented on, and might provide useful links and additional insight:

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3359283?answerId=16281620022#16281620022

Finally, here is 'Victory Uncaged', an image where I used an iPad app (Adobe PS Express-free) for one part of the total manipulation:

Image was edited in 3 steps, with iPhoto (enhanced highlights) and Pixelmator (outlined face, arm, and torch and zoomed the rest of the image) on my Mac, and then PS Express on the iPad (changed image to monochrome, then added rainbow colors)

This is the unedited original. I was trying to minimize the prominence of the bank name and background, and minimize the 'caged' look of the bronze statue. and the yellow Caution tape (The Miss Victory statue was being renovated and reinstalled on Monument Circle in Indianapolis.)

Both original and edited image were exported from iPhoto at Medium size and High resolution settings.

I am medium level photobug, I reserve photographer to pros.

I always import photos from my cameras to my iPad while on vacation. If your wife uses photoshop and/or aperature for photo editing I would say the ipad will not be that impressive. That doesn't mean it isn't fun to do some image manipulation for sending pics while on vacation or at a birthday party. There are some really good photo editing apps, some of the best are free. You can do levels, sharpening and straighten that occasional crooked horizon. It beats looking at a 3 inch camera screen to review photos at the end of a day or shoot. There are some great apps for uploading pics to picasa or other photo sharing sites. I am not into over post processing personally.I do like your photo kostby. Get her the iPad camera kit. It's a must have for shooters. The touch interface is cool. Jpeg shooters will probably like the iPad's photo capability raw shooters may want more.

Some of my goto apps.

photoforge

photopad

photogene

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