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Here I go, being skeptical about getting work done on iPads again… …but is there any “pro” software like this that is succeeding on iPad that isn’t part of a l

Here I go, being skeptical about getting work done on iPads again… …but is there any “pro” software like this that is succeeding on iPad that isn’t part of a larger cloud/subscription service? I believe Office gets some actual use on iPad, and Adobe sure keeps trying, but is there really any notable pro apps that are succeeding on their lonesome?

Cu3PO42 5y ago
Procreate is very successful. By all accounts I've heard from personal friends, it's a wonderful tool for drawing and illustrations. It's a one time purchase for an extremely fair price (around 10 USD/EUR). I bought it years ago just to play around and still receive updates.
bayindirh 5y ago
Photography, video creation & editing is really good on iOS. I can take my camera, a card reader and iPad Pro and have a complete darkroom with a calibrated screen with minimum weight. Even my iPhone X can post-process files from my 24MP mirrorless camera and create really high quality images. iPad Pro is a multimedia powerhouse both for creation and post-processing. Development is hard, because it needs unfettered access, due to nature of the beast.
- cfn 5y ago
  What apps do you use for photography?
  - bayindirh 5y ago
    For quick'n'dirty stuff: - VSCO - Priime - RNI films For more advanced post processing: - Polarr - Dark Room - CameraBag Mobile If I don't have my camera with me, I use Halide for taking photos. For timing, occasional astro and other stuff I use Helios and Photo Pills. On the desktop side I use CameraBag Pro and Darktable mainly. I occasionally use Luminar. I started photography with analog in the 90s, so I really dig the atmosphere different emulsions or curves add to the photography and, I use these tools to create the feeling I want to create with my images.
smoldesu 5y ago
If there is, I have yet to find it. My creative professional work is mostly in the world of audio/music, so my iPad gets about zero mileage from me on a day-to-day basis. Writing code on it is a practice in patience and frustration, and document markup is always more trouble than it's worth with touch controls. Really, all the iPad does well is consume content. That's why content creators love it so much, and everyone else is either indifferent or ignores them.

Cu3PO42 5y ago

Procreate is very successful. By all accounts I've heard from personal friends, it's a wonderful tool for drawing and illustrations. It's a one time purchase for an extremely fair price (around 10 USD/EUR). I bought it years ago just to play around and still receive updates.

bayindirh 5y ago

Photography, video creation & editing is really good on iOS. I can take my camera, a card reader and iPad Pro and have a complete darkroom with a calibrated screen with minimum weight. Even my iPhone X can post-process files from my 24MP mirrorless camera and create really high quality images. iPad Pro is a multimedia powerhouse both for creation and post-processing. Development is hard, because it needs unfettered access, due to nature of the beast.

cfn 5y ago
What apps do you use for photography?
- bayindirh 5y ago
  For quick'n'dirty stuff: - VSCO - Priime - RNI films For more advanced post processing: - Polarr - Dark Room - CameraBag Mobile If I don't have my camera with me, I use Halide for taking photos. For timing, occasional astro and other stuff I use Helios and Photo Pills. On the desktop side I use CameraBag Pro and Darktable mainly. I occasionally use Luminar. I started photography with analog in the 90s, so I really dig the atmosphere different emulsions or curves add to the photography and, I use these tools to create the feeling I want to create with my images.

smoldesu 5y ago

If there is, I have yet to find it. My creative professional work is mostly in the world of audio/music, so my iPad gets about zero mileage from me on a day-to-day basis. Writing code on it is a practice in patience and frustration, and document markup is always more trouble than it's worth with touch controls. Really, all the iPad does well is consume content. That's why content creators love it so much, and everyone else is either indifferent or ignores them.