All iPads Photo Culling/Edit Photos in Place

[gnomeisland]

So iPad OS includes support for external drives. Does it actually reveal the file system to individual apps? I ask because I still haven't seen a photography app that will allow me to edit (and specifically cull) photos "in place". Pixelmator Photo comes the closest—although, unfortunately it isn't fast enough to cull and I'm not a fan of the app.

I want to go to an iPad only/first workflow while avoiding Adobe software, but they are missing equivalents out there (fast raw viewer, capture one, etc.).

Any one found something I've overlooked?

 

[AutomaticApple]

So iPad OS includes support for external drives. Does it actually reveal the file system to individual apps?

As far as I'm concerned, no.

 

[sparksd]

As far as I'm concerned, no.

It must provide something - e.g., with the FileBrowser for Business app I can select "USB Drive" in its menu system and access the complete folder and file structure of a hard drive attached by USB-C to my iPad Pro. And Lightroom will soon allow direct import of images from external storage without going through the Photos app.

Edit: To the OP, FileBrowser for Business allows me to view, rename, move, delete, etc. both JPEG and RAW images on external drives. You could even do that with Files.

 

[gnomeisland]

It must provide something - e.g., with the FileBrowser for Business app I can select "USB Drive" in its menu system and access the complete folder and file structure of a hard drive attached by USB-C to my iPad Pro. And Lightroom will soon allow direct import of images from external storage without going through the Photos app.

Edit: To the OP, FileBrowser for Business allows me to view, rename, move, delete, etc. both JPEG and RAW images on external drives. You could even do that with Files.

Thanks, I have FileBrowser (not sure if Business, I use it only for occasional FTP client access) but I want to see more than the thumbnails to cull images. It seems the functionality is there, and allowed, but developers haven't implemented it.

Oddly, I've seen several culling apps that date back to the original iPad but photos had to be side loaded through iTunes or something. It seems developers jumped in but got burned by limited support and slow hardware.

 

[sparksd]

Thanks, I have FileBrowser (not sure if Business, I use it only for occasional FTP client access) but I want to see more than the thumbnails to cull images. It seems the functionality is there, and allowed, but developers haven't implemented it.

Oddly, I've seen several culling apps that date back to the original iPad but photos had to be side loaded through iTunes or something. It seems developers jumped in but got burned by limited support and slow hardware.

Not sure what you mean - even with non-business FileBrowser I can open and view full images, including Canon RAW.