Every photographer is waiting for this. A way for us to edit and manage our professional photos in our mobile devices. Adobe has released their “Adobe Lightroom for the iPad” called Adobe Carousel which will be released as a free iPad, iPhone and Mac apps for free with a syncing/storage service fee with a monthly and annual subscription. 1 Features: Get access to all your images on all your devices Same photo-processing technology as Photoshop Lightroom Easy browsing and viewing of all your photo Easily share all your photos to your family and friends Everything is on the cloud–no need to worry about your device storage space My initial thoughts about Adobe Carousel 2 Advantages You can easily browse your photos on the ground by importing them to your device using the app so you can easily show your photos in a larger screen. Managing your photos and being able to choose the right photos for your project. Edit images on the fly. If you’re familiar and a user of Adobe Lightroom this is a no-brainer. The online storage is unlimited. Disadvantages As of version 1 release the app cannot edit Camera RAW images but this is coming according to their press release. This is subscription base. The app is free but there is no way to use other online services such as Amazon S3, Dropbox, iCloud, etc. This has a potential to be big for photo hobbyist and professional photographers. Now if only Apple will release their version of Apple Aperture for the iPad that works with the upcoming iCloud. I’d be happy camper. 3 This is according to John Nack’s blog post ↩ Adobe Carousel is not out yet ↩ I use Apple Aperture as my main photo editor ↩

Every photographer is waiting for this. A way for us to edit and manage our professional photos in our mobile devices. Adobe has released their “Adobe Lightroom for the iPad” called Adobe Carousel which will be released as a free iPad, iPhone and Mac apps for free with a syncing/storage service fee with a monthly and annual subscription. 1

Features:

  1. Get access to all your images on all your devices

  2. Same photo-processing technology as Photoshop Lightroom

  3. Easy browsing and viewing of all your photo

  4. Easily share all your photos to your family and friends

  5. Everything is on the cloud–no need to worry about your device storage space

My initial thoughts about Adobe Carousel 2

Advantages

  1. You can easily browse your photos on the ground by importing them to your device using the app so you can easily show your photos in a larger screen.

  2. Managing your photos and being able to choose the right photos for your project.

  3. Edit images on the fly.

  4. If you’re familiar and a user of Adobe Lightroom this is a no-brainer.

  5. The online storage is unlimited.

Disadvantages

  1. As of version 1 release the app cannot edit Camera RAW images but this is coming according to their press release.

  2. This is subscription base. The app is free but there is no way to use other online services such as Amazon S3, Dropbox, iCloud, etc.

This has a potential to be big for photo hobbyist and professional photographers. Now if only Apple will release their version of Apple Aperture for the iPad that works with the upcoming iCloud. I’d be happy camper. 3

  1. This is according to John Nack’s blog post ↩

  2. Adobe Carousel is not out yet ↩

  3. I use Apple Aperture as my main photo editor ↩