Robert Watcher
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Came across a photo organizing and editing application that wasn’t on the radar when I purchased on1 for my MacMini a couple of years ago. Photomator came out early last year, based on the iOS app Pixelmator. It works within the Apple framework only, and in a way provides functionality to iPhotos that was lost when Apple stopped developing Aperture years ago. It is fully integrated into iPhotos, but also in the last couple of months has added a file manager that allows for accessing Files from iCloud, Google Photos, Dropbox, Hard Drives, etc.
My motivation for considering it and purchasing the Lifetime license, is based on my 3 week European adventure to Holland, England and Belgium in April. I will not be taking a laptop and so was hunting around to see what was currently available for full featured editing and inclusion of some of the AI technologies I have in on1 - example subject, sky and background detection. My go to iOS application in Snapseed and I advocate it. I purchased Affinity Photo for iPad and do make use of it primarily when I have layering and composite needs. But both Snapseed and Affinity Photo, do not any facility for working with directories of photos.
In reality, the best option is Lightroom for iPad, but I made the decision a couple of years ago to give up my Adobe subscription. On1 has an App for tablets, but requires a subscription - so I have no idea how it works. For my needs I have taken a gamble on Photomator. Especially since one License allows the application to be used on my macOS desktop, my iPad and my iPhone. It appears to be the closest thing to what I could do in Lightroom. Here are a few screenshots taken running on my iPad. All non-destructive editing that can be modified on different devices and all iOS Sharing and iCloud features
Info here: https://www.pixelmator.com/photomator/
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My motivation for considering it and purchasing the Lifetime license, is based on my 3 week European adventure to Holland, England and Belgium in April. I will not be taking a laptop and so was hunting around to see what was currently available for full featured editing and inclusion of some of the AI technologies I have in on1 - example subject, sky and background detection. My go to iOS application in Snapseed and I advocate it. I purchased Affinity Photo for iPad and do make use of it primarily when I have layering and composite needs. But both Snapseed and Affinity Photo, do not any facility for working with directories of photos.
In reality, the best option is Lightroom for iPad, but I made the decision a couple of years ago to give up my Adobe subscription. On1 has an App for tablets, but requires a subscription - so I have no idea how it works. For my needs I have taken a gamble on Photomator. Especially since one License allows the application to be used on my macOS desktop, my iPad and my iPhone. It appears to be the closest thing to what I could do in Lightroom. Here are a few screenshots taken running on my iPad. All non-destructive editing that can be modified on different devices and all iOS Sharing and iCloud features
Info here: https://www.pixelmator.com/photomator/
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