Working on and saving to images on my iPad file folder?

[David Morris]

I have recently upgraded to a M4 iPad pro and I'm thinking about getting Affinity so I can work on image away from my desktop computer.

I would like to plug in a portable SSD drive and work on images on that drive and then save the retouched images back to that drive.

Is this possible with Affinity on my iPad?

I've searched the community data base but haven't found the answer to this question.

 

Thanks

[NotMyFault]

It is possible but not advisable to directly work on pluggable storage devices. Affinity loads only parts of the file into memory, and when access to the file gets lost for any reason, you are unable to save the file, even by „save as“ with a new name, and the file may get corrupted.

You can use cloud storage to import files, and save or save as to write them back. After many issues it become more stable in the last years.

My advise is to never overwrite files in-place if you work is time critical. File corruption is still an issue when saving in shared storage locations.

 

 

[David Morris]

Thanks for the info.

I'm wanting to use the SSD drive as external storage to get images into AP v2, work on them, and then get them back on the external storage.  Then I'll put them back on my desktop for the final refinement when I get back to my studio..

I don't have to work on the images directly on my SSD drive. Again, I'm just wanting to us the external drive as a way to get images on and off the iPad. I'm usually only woking with 1 to 4 images at a time.

I don't want to use iCloud because of the expense.

Do you have a recommendation on how I can accomplish this and what that work flow might be?

I'm wanting to make sure AP v2 will work the way I need it to before I purchase it.

Thanks in advance for your insights.

David M

[NotMyFault]

The apple files app allows to copy or move files between storage locations.

In the App Store you can find other apps which might automate the process.