Hi,
in Photomator on macOS, I can easily go back and forth between photos with the arrow keys, allowing me to quickly select the best of multiple shots. On iOS and iPadOS, there is a transition in between, which makes it really hard to compare photos in detail. While I would love to have my complete workflow on iPad, this is one of the few things which force me to use my Mac instead.
It would be awesome if this could be improved by using the transition by default, and add an option to skip the transition altogether. Another idea would be to show 2 selected photos side-by-side.
Thanks for the great Apps!
Kenan
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2024-07-06 10:55:51
2024-07-26 21:20:39
Very good suggestion but even on macOS comparing shots is way too limited at the moment in the following ways:
1. You cannot select any number of shots on the filmstrip to cycle through them. You can only cycle through the shots exactly in the order that they appear on the filmstrip and in no other way, which is obviously very limiting.
2. No specific photo comparison mode whatsoever that would facilitate comparing very similar shots, something like split comparison, which only works to view adjustments applied to a single photo. The same mechanism should/could be used when comparing two different images.
3. You cannot compare two photos at 100% zoom ratio, not by cycling in between any two photos (1) nor by viewing them side by side (2). Even comparing photos that are next to each other on the filmstrip is also very limiting since every time you select the other photo you are forced out of the 100% zoom view and back into the fit in window view, which is extremely annoying and unproductive.
For all these reasons it is nearly impossible gauge which shots are sharper and better focused, something every photographer does on a daily basis. At the moment the only workaround i've found is to open the photos up separately in Pixelmator Pro where you can cycle through the photos however you want. Still even in Pixelmator you cannot synchronise your zoom level or position changes in between different opened images like you can in Photoshop, but that's already a Pixelmator's limitation.
1. You cannot select any number of shots on the filmstrip to cycle through them. You can only cycle through the shots exactly in the order that they appear on the filmstrip and in no other way, which is obviously very limiting.
2. No specific photo comparison mode whatsoever that would facilitate comparing very similar shots, something like split comparison, which only works to view adjustments applied to a single photo. The same mechanism should/could be used when comparing two different images.
3. You cannot compare two photos at 100% zoom ratio, not by cycling in between any two photos (1) nor by viewing them side by side (2). Even comparing photos that are next to each other on the filmstrip is also very limiting since every time you select the other photo you are forced out of the 100% zoom view and back into the fit in window view, which is extremely annoying and unproductive.
For all these reasons it is nearly impossible gauge which shots are sharper and better focused, something every photographer does on a daily basis. At the moment the only workaround i've found is to open the photos up separately in Pixelmator Pro where you can cycle through the photos however you want. Still even in Pixelmator you cannot synchronise your zoom level or position changes in between different opened images like you can in Photoshop, but that's already a Pixelmator's limitation.
2024-07-28 11:28:22
Thanks for the addition, very good points - especially No. 3!