LocalHero1953 Posted September 13, 2014 Share #1 Posted September 13, 2014 Advertisement (gone after registration) Has anyone tried LR on the new Surface Pro 3? I've been thinking about a MacBook Air for travel, and I've used LR without real problems on my wife's MBA 13". But I'd much rather have a Windows machine than iOS (I don't want to start the usual fight - it's just that I am used to the Windows ecosystem). If you've tried it, please say which model of the Surface Pro 3 you used (or the Surface Pro 2, if you think that works)? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted September 13, 2014 Posted September 13, 2014 Hi LocalHero1953, Take a look here Surface Pro 3 and Lightroom anyone?. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
jaapv Posted September 14, 2014 Share #2 Posted September 14, 2014 https://forums.adobe.com/message/6272942 In other words: no, it won't work. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff S Posted September 14, 2014 Share #3 Posted September 14, 2014 https://forums.adobe.com/message/6272942 In other words: no, it won't work. Your link suggests that LR will run fine on the Surface Pro tablets, which use the full Windows 8, not RT as in the earlier tablets. I don't use these, but that's how I read it. Jeff 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LocalHero1953 Posted September 14, 2014 Author Share #4 Posted September 14, 2014 Since posting above, I have found plenty of reports that LR, and PS as well, work fully on the Surface Pro 3, and indeed that MS demonstrated PS on the Pro 3 at its launch. But, I agree, it's not going to work on the RT ( which has been discontinued). Edit: too many 2LAs here! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GabrielIndalecio Posted September 14, 2014 Share #5 Posted September 14, 2014 I'm typing this answers using a Surface Pro 3 with Intel I5 8G and Adobe Lightroom V5.6 as I have a subscription of Adobe Cloud. LR works fine with Surface Pro 3, even you can connect a 4K Monitor to the Surface Pro for high resolution. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff S Posted September 14, 2014 Share #6 Posted September 14, 2014 In other words: no, it won't work. So that is indeed wrong, as suspected. Jeff Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted September 14, 2014 Share #7 Posted September 14, 2014 Advertisement (gone after registration) I stand corrected. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LocalHero1953 Posted January 4, 2015 Author Share #8 Posted January 4, 2015 Update: I first tried my wife's Macbook Air for LR/PS use while travelling. It worked well, but (a) it was my wife's and she wanted it and ( I'm a windows person at heart, and can't get used to the Apple straightjacket. So I've got myself a Surface Pro 3 (i7 512Gb version) and can report that both LR and PS work well. PS seems optimised to work with finger touch gestures (pinch to zoom out etc) and larger tool and menu buttons. It may be possible to do much work without a keyboard. LR doesn't seem to have the same optimisation, and still needs a keyboard, but still works well. Neither makes best use of the stylus: you can use it as a mouse with just a left button, but right click doesn't seem to be recognised, and you need the keyboard eg to use the SHFT or CTRL keys for selecting images. I hope LR 6 will make better use of the touch and stylus possibilities. Meanwhile, the Surface Pro 3 is an excellent tool for editing on the move (and on your lap while watching TV etc). I have imported images direct from my SD card without problem, though as it only has a micro SD card slot you need a USB3 SD card reader. I have not yet investigated screen calibration options (if any). Annoyingly. while Adobe provides a neat system to sync your presets etc for PS via the cloud, it has not done so for LR, so you have to copy preset folders manually from one machine to another. I have the Adobe CC photographers' subscription, so loading up with second copies via the Adobe CC interface was simple. I was never happy with the LR app for the ipad: clever but not a real alternative, and it's good to be using a grown-up version on a tablet only just bigger than the ipad - my ipad has now been donated to another member of the family. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mltx Posted January 5, 2015 Share #9 Posted January 5, 2015 I have a Surface Pro 2 and LR works fine on it, but I have never used SP2+LR for photo processing. The problem is the screen color on SP2 --- you can never correct it to the right color (compared with Apple). It is not the fault of Intel graphic board, because if I connect an Apple 27' LED Cinema, the color is perfect on that. I do not know whether SP3' screen improves the color or not. Anyway, if you want to use it on travel, which is not convenient to connect an external monitor, take the color issue into consideration. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LocalHero1953 Posted January 5, 2015 Author Share #10 Posted January 5, 2015 It sounds like the Surface Pro 3 is a step up (see this thread on Lula Problem calibrating MS Surface Pro 3), and can be calibrated, even if it doesn't approach a good separate monitor (I use a Dell U2713). I have the same calibration tool used in that thread so will see how it works. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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