(2) Pair it with a keyboard and you’ve got shortcutsĬertainly the main draw of using a tablet is the ability to work right on the screen itself, but for those of us used to working primarily on a computer you’ll be glad to know that you can apply those same skills when using the Lightroom app paired with a keyboard.

Adobe really did design the interface with the iPad in mind. With the larger display comes the larger device, sure, but also a much more powerful tool for editing. Having a portable, powerful device with a much more usefully large display gives you more screen real estate for seeing what you are doing, for displaying larger editing controls, for having an (optional) filmstrip along the bottom, and such a better editing experience all around. You could almost say this goes without saying, but it really is the whole point.

That said, many of these same benefits apply to using an Android based tablet, but I don’t own one to test with to confirm. I’m just focused on the cool benefits of using Lightroom on this device in general, no matter which iPad you own. I’m still using a first generation iPad Pro, so I can’t speak to the benefits of the power boost that comes with the latest generation of iPads. Scott has an article from last week sharing 5 great reasons to start using Lightroom mobile, and I wanted to build on that with a focus on using Lightroom on an iPad.

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