Hi! I'm two weeks into my iOS only experiment.

I have a Mac mini M1 but have turned it off (actually, it's starting to have the odd problem, not serious, just annoying) and am using either my iPad Air 6 13" or my iPad mini 7 as my computer device.

By-and-large, I'm enjoying the experiment. However, I have two questions that I would like some help with.

Firstly, on my Mac I have a very good image editor called Acorn. I use this app almost exclusively for resizing images for wallpaper or for inline inclusion in documents I am preparing. It would be nice if the iPad app could produce drop shadows for images. I also use it for image file type conversion (.webp to .jpg for example). I am looking for something similar for the iPad. I don't need high-end image editors, just something simple and easy to use. I have an app called CropSize which, as it's name implies, resizes image files - it does this very well but that's all it does.

I have a recommendation from another forum forHushPhotos - it certainly looks quite good. Others have suggestedAffinity Pro 2, it’s just too complicated for my modest needs.

Secondly, is there a way to directly copy formatted text and paste it as plain text (with straightened quotes)? I have written a Shortcut that can do this; but I'm looking for something simpler (an easier workflow).

Thanks in advance,
Peter

you can use Apple‘s Shortcuts for that. This Shortcut will resize the selected images and save them as jpeg:



This will allow to convert any image format support by iPadOS (if you just need the conversion, remove the resizing). The Shortcut will be available via the »Share«-menu for selected images in e.g. Apple Files (or FileBrowser, FE Explorer, etc.).

For a drop shadow one could use an overlay image via:

Or you just import the image into e.g. Apple‘s Pages, add the drop shadow there, and drag&drop/copy&paste/export from there.