Originally Posted by
Manfred M
I have tried Photoshop and Lightroom on my iPad, but that was some time ago. I have the Apple Pencil 2nd Generation with it.
I found that I can do some very rough edits with it, but for the for really serious work it was not particularly useful. The functionality at the time I tested it was a subset of what I normally use on my desktop or laptop and the functionality I like using was not fully implemented. The iPad is not a colour managed device, so I do not trust the results and would have to export everything to either my desktop or laptop (both are Adobe RGB compliant and have been calibrated and profiled). When I travel for more than a few days, the Wacom tablet comes with me.
I had been using a Wacom Pro tablet until about 9 months ago when I converted to a Huion Display tablet. The pens used for both the Wacom and Huion devices are much more comfortable to work with and have a bit of resistance when drawing; something the Apple Pencil sorely lacks.
When I travel (which is when I need the portability), I find that internet connectivity tends to range from bad to horrible, so that limits what I can do on an iPad that really needs to be connected to the web (and Adobe's online storage). With my laptop (which has 4 TB of solid state storage, I have no such restrictions).
Right now, these device products are not good enough, but as I hope to be traveling internationally again in early 2023, I will be trying the iPad again.
I have used the iPad for tethering and frankly find I turn to the laptop virtually all the time (the keyboard is useful). I have not used an Android device for this type of work in years, mostly because the phone screen is so small.