MIND BLOWN 😲 Mobile Phone Photography + LIGHTROOM MOBILE and PHOTOSHOP on the iPad
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- Опубліковано 23 лип 2024
- #lightroom #photoshop #iphone #mobile #ipad
Taking photographs and editing on a mobile device is incredibly exciting and such a fantastic workflow. In this video I show you the whole process from capture the long exposurephotographs with my iPhone, to then editing in Lightroom Mobile and Photoshop on the iPad and ending up with a FANTASTIC print.
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00:00 - Introduction
00:48 - File Quality
01:45 - The Kit
02:18 - Taking the Photographs
02:47 - Long Exposure Settings
03:09 - Using a Timer
03:27 - The Mobile Workflow
04:19 - Lightroom Mobile on the iPad
05:12 - Create and Apply a Preset
06:34 - Opening in Photoshop on the iPad
07:00 - iPad Workaround
07:57 - Blending Images in Photoshop
08:29 - Adding a Black Layer Mask
09:35 - Keyboard Shortcuts
10:34 - Lightroom for Finishing Touches
11:52 - Wrap Up
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Great video, very informative . Expect more videos like this. Thank you ❤
Thanks for watching
Great video as always! Your enthusiasm and energy/excitement about the opportunities for mobile photography and workflow really shine through in this video - just as they did when I met you briefly in real life! 😀
I can see I now need to get serious about the mobile apps! Wowsers - I'm astounded at how all the features have made their way there. I totally understand your enthusiasm for the mobile workflow.
So much fun and so much more being added to make this an even better workflow 👍
Enjoyed that Glyn. Happy New Year mate.
Cheers Steve … Happy New Year to you sand yours
Brilliant Video Glyn , photography is photography no matter the camera used.
100% with you there Dave
Glyn, yet another amazing video. Since catching your presentations on Virtual Lightroom, you have become my #01 for UA-camr for photography, your presentation style is infectious. As a iPhone, iPad user along with Lightroom and Photoshop, I cannot wait to try expanding my use of this kit.
So kind of you to say that Kevin and VERY much appreciated. Thank you!
Really loving your tutorials, brilliantly put together and easy to follow! Many thanks :-)
Thanks so much
Super video, comme d'habitude!
Thank you so much Stephanie 😃
Cards be gone ...!! And..and I thought smartphones only had a poor man's JPG ! ,but they actually have RAW !! After your video I lay in bed dazed and confused (no , not from the booze ) and thought this changes everything !! No longer messing about with cards and stuff, but when you go out and when you come back they are waiting for you backed up and all ! .No more bags and sore shoulders and the workflow is incredible ! A new dawn , a new day indeed ! Thank , thank you !!
100% .. Exciting times ahead!
Tanks Glyn. Outstanding as usual.
Thanks so much Michael
Great video and detailed instructions, Thank you! Happy New year!
Thank you so much Richard ... Happy New Year to you and yours
As always I appreciate you sharing your skills. It’s just fun for me to see something I haven’t tried before. Thanks Glyn!
Hey you’re welcome … cheers Tom
nice set up and execution Glyn, thanks for creating and sharing your enthusiasm
Very kind ... thank you Shawnie
superb!
Wow, amazing, thank you.
Thank you Debbie
Another excellent video Glyn, thank you, wishing you a very good 2023 😎
Cheers Paul … Happy New Year to you
Brilliant!
Thanks Martin
Wonderful wonderful video. I haven't been this excited watching a photography video 😀
That’s fantastic to hear Abhijit … thank you
Your videos are marvelous! As in fun, professional, exciting and educational. Perfect pitch. Cheers!
That means a lot JD … thank you
Very well explained. I have taught this kind of workflow for my local camera club, in workshops I run on Lightroom and associated subjects. You've done it so well I don't think I'll need to bother in future!
Exclt 👏👏👏
Thank you
LOVE your enthusiasm mate - get my juices flowing too !!
Cheers mate 😃
Great walk through! 🙌🙌 just got my 14 pro and can’t wait to try some of these workflows
Exciting times ahead for mobile 😀
So many useful tips. Left an abo, at once!
Another great video Glyn. Thank you for taking the time to produce such good videos to help us improve our photography skills. Hope you have a great 2023.
Thank you John and thank you too for watching. Very best to you and yours for 2023 👍
@@glyndewis another great video and a demonstration yet again that quality is accessible through totally different means in this modern age. I must admit I have all the equipment you have and all the same software installed but yet I never take advantage of this situation when I should. Do you use an Apple Pencil Glyn???
Hi Mark. Yeah I use an Apple Pencil … makes such a difference 👍
What's the best camera in the world? The one you have with you....and that's normally your phone. Brilliant video, Glyn! Happy new year 2023.
Thanks so much Serge
Great Job Kevin. You've got a new subscriber from France. Merci ;-)
Great video. I love using my IPhone 14 PRO max !! I also would like to see more videos of editing with Photoshop on the IPad !! Thanks for sharing …
Cheers … will be done 👍🏻
Great explanation. Greatly appreciated.
Thank you
@@glyndewis Could you spare a minute to explain something to me? Exposure control when I take a photo with my iPhone 14 pro: Do I reduce the exposure in the camera app or can Lr just do it all anyway (if a scene has very bright areas)?
amazing video, very high details and quality production, underrated channel
Thank you so much
Thank you. I’ve never come to grips with LR or PS Mobile for lack of an easy to find, step by step tutorial series on how to use them, let alone how to coordinate them with the desktop version. Maybe this will prod me awake.
Hope this has helped in that Michael
I recently tried the long exposure feature in LR mobile after seeing one of your earlier videos. Totally amazing!!!
Great stuff Glyn. I must play with Photoshop on my IPad. The blending option really appeals. I use both HDR and Long Exposure options in Lightroom Mobile. I feel justified now in switching predominately to my IPhone 13 when out and about. Best wishes Ray
Go for it Ray … you’ll love it. I’m seriously impressed with the quality and the workflow.
Fantastic video as usual. Looking forward to meeting you at PhotoHubs next month.
Thanks Shaun and yeah .. see you there 👍
That export is a neat trick!
One tip, I find it easier, though counter intuitive, to leave the mask on the added layer white, brush OUT with black the areas I want to keep, THEN invert the mask. It’s easier to see what I’m doing.
Cheers Larry
I really appreciate this. I have an Phone 14 Pro plus LR installed on it yet rarely dive into the power of that app. I shall endeavour to do more with it in 2023!
Nice one … enjoy 👍
Thanks for these insights Glyn - I'd forgotten about LR being able to sync across all my devices, and have just been using iPhone built in app. I shall change tout suite!
Nice one … glad it helped
Really awesome! I have the IPhone 13 pro max and also have the SmallRig kit. In addition I purchased the SmallRig 52mm filter holder, only to realise that it is a magnetic holder. So now I have to attach my NISI variable ND with prestic. Not the best solution but hey. One thing I will go and try is to use Lightroom mobile as my photography app. I see so many people buying expensive smart phones because of their ability to take beautiful photos. The sad part they use it as a point and shoot camera. If they only know what the phone can do combines with the most appropriate shooting and editing app. Thank you for sharing! I will now go out and try it out myself. Looking forward to your next video!
Amazing video 😇
You have just opened a new door toward my perception of editing/👍
This was what lacking from me often as switching the pc to edit many times dragged me for unknown reasons 😔
I was just thinking to try to do some tab editing as the cell phone screen is very small and not fitting the bill. I would be pivoting to your way of editing by getting a tab 🤗 thanks a ton 🙏
Great to know that this has helped in some way. Thanks for watching.
Good stuff as usual! A cameo appearance at 1.58! There is some good video footage though! 🎬🎥
Top camera work there mate 😃
@@glyndewis it comes with experience! 😊
Great video, your enthusiasm is contagious!. I love using my Samsung tablet for editing.. only can't do the photoshop bit. Seems I can do everything thing else though which is great.
So will you be seeing your "big" camera equipment anytime soon?🤔
Cheers Mike.
As for my BIG camera yeah for now when doing portraits, but as for the futute ... interesting times ahead for sure 😃
Thanks for the video and confirming I’m not nuts. This Fall I went to Canada for Fall Color and ONLY took my iPhone 14 and iPad. Didn’t regret it! Traveled light. Hiking was a joy and got everything I hoped for.
Definitely not nuts Charles; this is going to be the norm sooner than later IMO and that I find VERY exciting. I’m planning a road trip around North Wales and intend to do the same … only taking my iPhone, iPad and Tripod 👍
I absolutely love editing on my iPad. It means I can sit in a coffee shop and edit my photos and when I get home they’re sat waiting for me. It really is the future and makes photography lots more fun
Totally with you there … it really has brought so much more fun and enjoyment into it all
@@glyndewis a funny little thing, but what really made all the difference was purchasing the Apple Pencil it felt more interactive and natural working with the photos
Totally agree with you there Gary … love using the pencil
Like a kid waiting for Santa - ha! you are enjoying yourself aren't you? I like the Small Rig universal holder - hadn't seen that before.
I sure am 😃
Absolutely superb mate, amazing workflow, love how it all synchs together. Excellent presentation once again, thanks for sharing. 😎😎😎
Having never used Photoshop on an I-pad, I presume all the functions carried out on the keyboard can be done by tapping the appropriate tool? Have to ask, as I know my students will! If it OK with you buddy, I'll share this video with them. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Yeah totally mate … in a lot of ways it’s like using the desktop version when it comes to the tools and keyboard shortcuts
You have made me more excited about using my phone, especially when travelling. Less lens etc. now thinking about upgrading my iPad. Which do you recommend without braking the bank? Great video BTW. You just get better and better. Thanks
Thank you so much Laura. Re the iPad, the Pro certainly isn't cheap so maybe look at the iPad Air (?)
Just a thought… instead of creating a preset, you could copy the edits from the first image and paste the edits onto the other images. Tap on the 3 dots in the top right of the edit screen. There’s a Copy Settings menu. It works the same as the presets, but it’s just temporary. Tap each of the other images and then Paste settings. Another thought :) You can use old wired earbuds as a shutter remote. I have the iPhone 12 Pro Max and use earbuds that have the lightning plug. Works like a charm - and also handy for selfies.
Thanks Carol. I'm collecting presets that I make at themoment so this was added in. ASlso was tempted (and did) buy an Apple Watch which works great as a remote trigger ... loveit beciase I don't need to remember to bring it or plug anything in.
Fantastic video Glyn, just what I was looking for! A couple of questions… do you shoot in RAW, do you keep these images on your phone (they do take up quite a bit of space) or do you delete them, and also which iPad are you currently using? I may need to upgrade my iPad as I’ve had it for a number of years. Thanks so much!!
Hi Thelma … thanks for watching the video.
To answer your questions, yeah I shoot in Raw. Once I have edited an image I tend to then remove the files I don’t want / need from the phone. I tend to keep them in case in case I end up doing a tutorial, but if that wasn’t the case I’d just delete them. As for my iPad I have the new M2 iPad Pro 12.9” with 1TB of storage. I also have an extremely small and portable 2TB SSD hard drive that I use with it.
Thanks for your speedy reply Glyn, I’m looking forward to experimenting with this. Your attention to detail and professionalism is top tier in my book. Happy New Year!
Great photo and great tutorial as always. In the video you tell that the library in LR Mobile/CC syncs automatically with your LR Classic. How do you do that? TIA best regards Morten
Nice video again Glyn👍
Can you auto align on the iPad app? Just had a new iPad for Christmas, great little thing. Although it may make my purchase of a new iMac difficult 🤣🤣
Great question Chris and the answer I have discovered is no. I put a feature request into Adobe for this to be added, so fingers cross 🤞
Try the SPECTRE app. 9 second exposure hand held… does the LR camera give the 48mpx? Thanks
Thank you for showing the potential which lies in our phones! Some things I wonder about. Do you need a ND filter for long exposures on an iPhone? Do you shoot in Apple Raw? Do you shoot und 12 MP or 48 MP?
Hi There. To answer your questions, I always shoot in Raw and have never felt the need to use ND filters with the phone; there is always so much information / detail I can bring out in Lightroom Mobile it’s not necessary
Great tutorial, Is there a work around with Photoshop mobile to use with out a keyboard on iPad ? Seems like the shortcut menu shows the shortcuts by using a keyboard only
+5!
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Thank you
Happy New Year
I've been using Halide and Even Longer on my 14 Pro Max. Halide is excellent.
Thanks Chris … I’ll take a look at that
@@glyndewis You’re welcome. Great to see some positivity in the industry again. Looking forward to seeing some more.
You won’t believe this …. I’m going to get this a try
Beautiful image and I learned a lot. I do have a question about your iPad, which one do you use and why? Thanks so much!
Thank you Sandy.
Re the iPad I have the M2 iPad Pro 12.9"
It's a real workhorse for me ... so much I can do with it. Tethering, writing, a 2nd display when doing LIVE broadcasts / presentations, watch films etc when away. I can also plug in external Hard Drive, Ethernet and more with a hub I have for it. It's so many things in 1.
@@glyndewis Thank you, that's a real workhorse. I have the regular iPad, but when I need a new one I will consider it. I will save your reply so I don't forget. Really appreciate your help.
A brilliant video with lots of useful ideas and tips, many thanks for that. One question, though: when you export the four pictures from Lightroom, they get converted to JPEGs, right? Is there any chance to leave everything as DNG?
Sure thing. If you choose the Export As option you can then choose what format to export the file as and where to export it 👍
@@glyndewis Great and thanks for your answer. Have a great New Year‘s Eve and all the best for 2023!
Amazing. Do you have a video that talks about the cost of the kit, both on the move and in the office, that you used in this video. It would be great to know how much it would cost to set up like you have.
Glyn, the Samsung S23 Ultra will be announced on 1st February and have a 200 megapixel sensor.
WOW! That sounds incredible! Exciting times ahead in the mobile world that’s for sure
@@glyndewis I think Sony missed the boat using 61mp again on the A7r V
Glyn, this video and the Bridge of Wales video absolutely blew my mind! I've long been like you were, thinking pics on my iPhone were limited to just snaps. But, with the 14 Pro Max, a new iPad Air, and the Lr and Ps apps on board, I am really rethinking this. Of course, my Canon Mirrorless kit will still be my wedding kit, but for most everything else I shoot, I can see the iPhone giving my kit a decent run for the money. One question: I do not have a keyboard for my iPad Air; How much trouble is it to do things like invert the mask, and is there a good resource you know of that will show me the ins and outs in more depth? Thanks for all you do!
Hi Kevin ... YOu'd be fine without a keyboard; the inverty mask and such are all do-able from within a menu in Photoshop on the iPad. I'm looking to do some more Photoshop and Lightroom on the iPad tutorials so will keep you posted.
Hi Glyn. Do you use an ND filter with your iPhone 14 Pro Max? If so, please could you share a link? Thanks!
Hi Nick. For taking photographs I don’t … no need … but thinking of getting one for the videoing I do with it. I’ll get a link posted asap.
nice tuto. I love this workflow but my main concern with LRC and LR mobile is the easiest way to clean my mobilephone. I created a dedicated folder in LRC to receive images from iphone. My iphone is full and i want to clean it. Because iphone and LRC are synchronized, i don't know how to delet images from iphone without deleting them from my hard disk. So i created another folder in LRC, stop synchro, move all images from synchronized folder to this new folder, delete all images from DCIM folder in iphone and restart synchro in LRC. Is it the correct way ?
hy, great video, i also enjoy Lightroom ecosystem. Please tell me what ipad do you use?
Hi Lucian ... Sure thing ... I'm using the M2 iPad Pro 12.9"
@@glyndewis tk's, did you try editing and render 4k videos on it? how is the experience?
My pixel 6 pro takes decent shots, but nothing that I'd say is mind blowing in quality. I can't crop any shot really without it looking low Res / over processed by the phone. When I zoom in 100% it looks crap. It is however better image quality than it used to be and smartphones have become certainly more relevant in the photography space since their inception, but I can't personally agree with you whole heartedly since doing my own comparisons.
At age 74, I am not sure how much I will get "into" using my iPhone (13 Pro) or iPad, but at least I have some ideas thanks to this video. Thanks!
Thank you Martin
I really wanted to embrace using iPad for photography but found (back when the first iPad Pro came out) and still find it to be too tedious and limiting. I still use LR on iPad, but IMHO Adobe needs to work on better "workflow". For example, on a recent family trip overseas, I found it incredibly frustrating when I loaded a few dozen shots from my Canon onto the iPad and later, when I went to edit them so I could export and share, I found that most of the shots had been replaced with "Smart" previews as the original files had been uploaded to the cloud. So while I could still work on the edits, I would either have to re-import with the wifi off to prevent upload to the cloud, or just wait till I got home to export files at the original resolution once the cloud files had synced to my desktop. Also, the inability to stitch panos or HDR merge, lack of the calibration panel and, as you showed here, the tedious method of loading several composite frames into Photoshop are all further reasons why I just don't even bother most of the time.
I guess as this is still in its infancy we need to give Adobe time to implement more and more. The Smart Previews I find works well .. quick and also minimum space taken up but as for the other functions such as pano, HDR, importing images … it’ll come in time just as they did originally in PS but this will happen sooner than later. Have you submitted feature requests into Adobe via the apps? If you take a look at what’s new and what’s coming, the list of functionality gets more and more.
Is it possible to take a 48mp dng thru Lightroom yet?? I read a few weeks back this wasn’t an option yet, the max was 12mp! I now take a raw image with the standard camera and import it in Lightroom!
I’ll check on that
Does this work on my first gen. 2004 Motorola Razr flip phone?
Now if you hadn’t said first gen I might not have twigged so quick 🤣
I once had an opportunity to ask a world renowned adventure photographer, ‘what’s the best camera I can buy for £500?’ The answer, without hesitation, came back as ‘an iPhone’.
Love that 😃
The sneers I used to get when using my phone camera in a group of photographers laden with heavy equipment are diminishing. Still use DSLR but must say phone photography is where my interest lies.
Totally with you there Bev … exciting times ahead for sure
I remember the 'good old days' when EVERY photographer said this would NEVER happen. They can't be found now.
Yeah and not that long ago too huh 😃
I think it’s because technology and ease of use has improved past the point where we are creating substandard quality images with unsuitable equipment and it’s now more about capture of moments immediately. Can you imagine trying to take Glyn’s quality of pictures with an iPhone 3G
Well to be fair this was a well lit scene. Try doing something like this with your phones sensor it wouldn’t look very great. Granted the times are coming where a mirrorless/dslr may not be needed but even with software bokeh etc it’s not perfect and your phone can’t optionally zoom 200mm etc. I think there will always be a need for mirrorless/dslr cameras but a phone can take your everyday shots and you can print a few too with nice quality.
Ok so we are now going to see incremental improvents with each new phone generation so that we will have a reason to purchase the "new" and better phone. Phones will take better photos on ver 14 then 15, then 16 then 17 and on and on! However, it won't end there for serious photographers! Along with newest phone, we will also need to get the newest camera.
Long exposure option is no longer in the Lightroom Mobile App. Do you know where is hidden?
it's been removed. Mught be aded back but who knows? Explain this in latest video about Lr and LrC 👍🏻
While smartphone cameras have come a very long way, there's no way they give you the creative flexibility of even your old D200. And they won't, until the come up with a way of providing an adjustable aperture for your smartphone lens.
There’s already the option for adjustable aperture and as for the not giving the creative flexibility … I disagree
@@glyndewis Not a true aperture and not the range of a traditional lens. Plus, f8 on a tiny sensor means higher ISO and noise. There is no way you can do all the things on a smartphone that you can with a decent camera. Not even close.
Sadly, the focal lenght between 35-50mm is rarely coverd by phones.
It’s just a matter of time
Glyn... not Kevin, sorry.🙃
Samsung made Android based cameras that were really good, all the advantages of a phone but with a much better form factor. Too bad no other manufacturers took up where Samsung left off.
I guess it’s all personal preference. I had a Samsung in the past but returned to iPhone as I prefer it 🤷♂️
So, smartphones and photography becomes a hobby. And how profetionals make money to live now?
It's called 'embracing technology' , not being a dinosaur and just enjoying the process of taking photographs without snobbery or elitism over the kit used ... that's all 😉