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Shortcuts
- Command/Ctrl + / (backslash) reveals shortcuts for each module.
Modules
- Cmd +Opt/Ctrl + Alt + l, 2-5 selects the modules (Llbrary, Develop etc.).
- "G and "L work across modules to return you to the Llbrary.
- "D moves to the Develop Module.
Panels (F5)
- Opt/Alt -cllck the trlangle on the panel header to toggle Solo Mode (slngle panel).
- Shlft -cllck a panel header to dlsplay addltlonal panels whlle ln Solo Mode.
- Cmd/Ctrl + cllck the dlsclosure trlangle ln Solo Mode to show/hldes all panels.
- P7 toggles the left panel, P8 toggles the rlght panel. P6 toggles the lmstrlp.
- Control (Mac), rlght mouse (wln) -cllck the small trlangle (outer edge of the panel mldway down the screen) to change panel
hlde/show optlons.
Interface
- "P cycles full screen mode.
- "P cycles full screen mode (allowlng for more screen real estate, roll-over to dlsplay menus).
- "Tab hldes slde panels, "Shlft + Tab hldes all panels (lncludlng the module and lmstrlp), and Cmd/Ctrl + Shlft + P hldes all
panels and enters Pull Screen Mode.
- "T toggles the vlslblllty of the Tool bar.
- "L cycles llghts dlmmed (dlms lnterface).
Import
- Select a source on the left by navlgatlng through connected drlves or use the arrow to select from common locatlons.
- Double cllck to doc folders.
- Double cllck lmage ln Thumbnall vlew to dlsplay ln Loupe (or use the lcons below the thumbnalls).
- Templates for le namlng now lnclude a "shoot name.
- Plle slze lndlcator of lmport (at lower left).
- A volume can be eected or un-mounted from your system after lmport.
- Save lmport settlngs as presets - then choose presets ln compact mode, and even make mlnor changes wlthout havlng to go
to the expanded vlew.
- |mport vla Tethered Capture ln elther Llbrary or Develop. Make adustments to rst shot, then use "Apply Prevlous to apply to
subsequent lmages.
- Control (Mac), rlght mouse (wln) -cllck a folder ln the Llbrary to "|mport lnto thls Polder.
- Tab toggles between compact and Lxpanded vlew
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Folders
- Plat vs folder vlew "Llbrary > Show Photos ln Subfolders or cllck the + lcon on the Polders panel to choose"Peveal |tems ln
Subfolder.
- Control (Mac), rlght mouse (wln) -cllck Polder panel header to dlsplay Dlsk Space/Photo Count/Status.
- Color-coded Dlsk |cons ln Polder header (Green free space, red drlve almost full, Gray drlve ls on-llne).
- Cllck the "+ lcon on the Polder header to choose to Dlsplay Polder/Path/8oth.
- Control (Mac), rlght mouse (wln) -cllck a folder to "Add Parent Polder.
- Control (Mac), rlght mouse (wln) -cllck the top most folder and select Promote Subfolder to remove the parent folder & pro-
mote the chlld folder(s).
- Cmd/Ctrl or Shlft -cllck (same as your operatlng system) to dlsplay multlple folder's contents.
- Control (Mac), rlght mouse (wln) -cllck a folder to "Create a Subfolder
- Control (Mac), rlght mouse (wln) -cllck a folder to synchronlze (lmport) any addltlonal lmages ln that folder.
Viewing Images
- Grld (G), Loupe (L) (or double cllck to move from Grld to Loupe and vlce versa) .
- "| cycles between 2 dlnerent lnformatlon overlays ln Loupe vlew (content controlled ln vlew > vlew Optlons).
- Set preferred zoom preference ln Navlgator .
- Spacebar and/or Cmd/Ctrl toggles between the preferred Plt/Plll and l:l / custom zoom.
- Cmd/Ctrl + "+ or "- (plus or mlnus) toggles through Plt/Plll,l:l and the custom Zoom settlng.
- Cmd/Ctrl + | and ] rotates 90 Cw or CCw.
- |n Compare vlew (C), the down arrow swaps Select and Candldate, up arrow promotes Select to Candldate.
- |n Survey vlew (N) "/ (backslash) removes the actlve lmage from the selectlon.
- Photo > Stacklng has an optlon to "Auto Stack by Capture Tlme.
Selecting and Navigating Images
- The Up, Down, Left and Plght arrow keys navlgate the Grld vlew.
- Cllck -drag the lmage thumbnall to move between folders, add to collectlons etc. (not the outer gray "sllde mount area).
- Select multlple lmages uslng operatlng System's modler keys.
- / (Porward slash) deselects the actlve photo
- Cmd/Ctrl + A selects all, Cmd/Ctrl + D deselects all.
- Cmd/Ctrl + Shlft + D selects only actlve photo - or cllck outslde of the lmage thumbnall (ln the gray area) to deselect multlple
selected lmages whlle slmultaneously selectlng the one cllcked upon.
- The back/forward lcons and Pecent Sources/Pavorltes llsts at the top of the Pllmstrlp strlp are helpful for navlgatlon.
- when multlple les are selected ln the Llbrary module, maklng changes to les ln the Grld vlew wlll change all selected, lf
vlewlng Loupe vlew, then only the "most selected lmage wlll be changed.
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Setting Flags, Labels and Ratings
- "X applles reect, U unnags, and P or "~ nags. Cmd/Ctrl up/down arrow lncreases/decreases nag status.
- Use the numerlc keys l-5 to apply star ratlngs, 6-9 apply color labels (6-9), "|" and "] lncrease/decrease star ratlngs.
- Holdlng the Shlft or turnlng on the Caps Locks auto advances to the next lmage after labellng, nagglng or ratlng.
Renaming Files
- Create a template and be conslstent whenever posslble.
Filtering
- "\ (backslash) toggles the vlslblllty of the lter bar whlle ln Grld vlew (Loupe vlew automatlcally hldes the Pllter bar).
- Cllck the lock lcon (at the rlght of the lter bar) to lock the lter on when movlng from one folder/collectlon to another.
- Pllters can be saved as presets.
Removing vs Deleting Files
- Tapplng the Delete key dlsplays the optlon to delete or remove the photo.
- Cmd/Ctrl + Delete to delete reected photos.
- Opt/Alt + Delete to remove photo from catalog.
Custom Sort Orders
- Custom Sort orders depend on folder hlerarchy. |f a folder contalns subfolders a custom sort order ls not posslble unless the
optlon to "|nclude |tems from Subfolders) ls dlsabled. Custom Sort orders are not avallable for Smart Collectlons.
Collections
- Control (Mac), rlght mouse (wln) -cllck a regular collectlon to "Set as Target Collectlon. Then, uslng the shortcut "8 wlll add
selected lmages(s) lnto the targeted collectlon lnstead of the default Oulck Collectlon.
- Opt/Alt -cllck the plus lcon wlthln the New Smart Collectlon dlalog for addltlonal optlons.
- Use collectlons to check for keywords, "best of certaln date range, etc.
- Cllck the + lcon and choose to sort Collectlons by Name or by Klnd.
- Control (Mac), Plght mouse (wln) -cllck the collectlon set to create a collectlon dlrectly wlthln that set.
- Control (Mac), Plght mouse (wln) -cllck a regular collectlon to export the collectlon as a catalog.
- Control (Mac), Plght mouse (wln) -cllck a smart collectlon to lmport and export smart collectlon settlngs.
Publish Collections
- Publlsh Collectlons are not llmlted to onllne servlces llke Pllckr, but can be created on any drlve to keep track of lmages
handed on to cllents for example.
- Publlshed Collectlons wlll automatlcally keep track of any changes made to an lmage slnce lt was last publlshed.
- Publlshed Collectlons were bullt wlth same the extenslblllty as our Lxport Plug-lns. Check here to see what's developed:
http://www.adobe.com/cfuslon/exchange/
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Quick Develop
- Opt/Alt toggles the Clarlty sllder to Sharpenlng and vlbrance/Saturatlon.
Keywords
- "Auto Complete keyword suggestlons are controlled though Catalog Settlngs > Metadata.
- "Suggested Keywords are based on exlstlng keywords as well as capture tlme proxlmlty.
- Opt/Alt + l-9 applles keywords from a set.
- Laslly lmport / export keyword llsts uslng Metadata > |mport.
- Cmd/Ctrl + rlght arrow moves to the next lmage whlle keeplng the keyword eld hlghllghted (thls also works for captlonlng).
Metadata
- Create Presets for metadata whenever posslble and apply at any tlme uslng the Preset menu ln the Metadata panel.
- A blank metadata eld wlth a "check wlll overwrlte (ellmlnate) exlstlng data ln that eld.
- Metadata > Ldlt Capture Tlme can shlft or change the tlme stamp on an lmage(s).
- Opt/Alt -cllck the GPS Map Locatlon arrow to go to ahoo (lnstead of the default - Google).
- Addlng a "Descrlptlon ln Photoshop's Plle |nfo ls the same as addlng a "Captlon ln Llghtroom.
The Tool Bar
- Customlze the Tool 8ar optlons by cllcklng on the downward faclng trlangle and select the deslred optlons from the llst.
- "T toggles the vlslblllty of the Tool bar.
- Cmd Opt/Ctrl Alt + K lnvokes the Palnter tool (used to "spray-on lnformatlon). Opt/Alt -cllck to remove the lnformatlon.
Lscape releases the tool.
- Cllck the
a
/z (sort dlrectlon) lcon to sort ascendlng/ descendlng or vlce versa.
The Develop Module (D) Interface
- Control (Mac), Plght mouse (wln) -cllck the gray background and change to Llght Gray (to avold underexposlng).
- Opt/Alt double-cllck to move from Grld vlew to the Develop module (and vlce-versa).
- Choose lmages from Collectlons or from the Pecent and Pavorltes llsts at the top left of the Pllmstrlp.
- Cllck the toggle swltch at the top of any panel to temporarlly hlde the panel's enects (except the 8aslc panel).
- "/ 8ackslash toggles 8efore/After of all panel changes.
- Double cllck the name of a sllder to reset lt to the default values.
- Opt/Alt changes a group of sllders name (such as Presence ln the 8aslc Panel) to "Peset Presence ln order to qulckly reset the
group of sllders wlth a slngle cllck.
- Page up and down navlgates an lmage screen by screen (helpful when uslng the Spot Pemoval Tool (O)).
- Cmd/Ctrl + ' (apostrophe) creates a vlrtual copy.
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History and Before and After View
- Pollover the "X ln Hlstory panel header and cllck "Clear All to manually clear hlstory.
- " toggles 8efore and After vlew. Shlft + spllts screen.
- Drag and drop states from Hlstory panel to the 8efore prevlew to compare dlnerent states ln tlme.
- Control (Mac), rlght mouse (wln) -cllck on a snapshot to "Copy Snapshot Settlngs to 8efore prevlew ln before/after vlew.
Histogram
- Drag dlrectly ln the hlstogram to change values.
- "1 toggles on/on shadow/hlghllght cllpplng prevlew.
Cropping (R)
- Aspect Patlo (depends on how you drag). "X nlps the crop horlzontal to vertlcal.
- Create and save addltlonal aspect ratlo preset (these can then be applled ln Oulck Develop).
- Peturn/Lnter wlll apply the crop. Lscape removes crop, or resets lt to start of edltlng sesslon of current lmage.
- Cmd+ Opt /Ctrl + Alt + drag wlth the Crop tool swaps to Angle tool and dlsplays an angled Grld Overlay
- "O cycles Crop overlay optlons, Shlft + O cycles crop overlay orlentatlon.
Basic Tab
- Cmd/Ctrl + U applles Auto Tone (whlch can help set black and whlte polnts and lncrease dynamlc range for nat lmages).
- Cmd/Ctrl + Shlft +U selects Auto whlte 8alance.
- whlte 8alance values wlll dlner for raw and 1PLG les (temperature vs xed , numerlc values).
- "w toggles the whlte 8alance Selector tool (very useful to dlsmlss the tool lf you don't use the auto-dlsmlss feature).
- Use the Tool bar to hlde/show the Loupe and Auto Dlsmlss features for the whlte 8alance tool.
- Opt/Alt -drag Lxposure and 8lacks sllders to prevlew cllpped values ln an lmage.
- wlth the whlte 8alance Selector tool (w) chosen, use the Tool bar to hlde/show the Loupe and Auto Dlsmlss features.
- Clarlty ls welghted to lncreases/decreases mldtone contrast more than the contrast sllder.
- Use vlbrance to add saturatlon whlle avoldlng most shlfts ln skln-tone.
Tone Curve
- Cllck -drag up/down on a lmage wlth Targeted Adustment Tool (small clrcle ln upper rlght of panel) to lncrease/decrease
value. Lscape puts the tool back.
- Cllcklng the Polnt Curve lcon ln the lower rlght of the Tone Cure Panel enables the placement of multlple targeted polnts on
the curve.
HSL/Color/Grayscale (V) Adjustments
- The HSL and Color Panels contaln the same features but are slmply dlsplayed dlnerently.
- Cllck-drag up/down wlth the Targeted Adustment Tool (small clrcle, upper left of panel) to shlft the color range adustment.
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Split Toning
- Opt/Alt -drag the Hue sllder to vlew the colors at l00% saturatlon. Then release the key and dlal ln the amount of color.
- Opt/Alt -drag 8alance sllder to prevlew the color tonlng's saturatlon at l00%.
Detail
- Cllck the exclamatlon polnt lcon to vlew lmages at l00% to see the enects of sharpenlng/nolse reductlon accurately.
- Use the Detall sllder to suppress sharpenlng ln landscape lmages, use the Masklng sllder for portralts.
- Opt/Alt -drag Detall and Masklng sllder to dlsplay a 8/w prevlew of the mask.
- Nolse Peductlon - Detall and Contrast sllders are useful for very nolsy lmages. Hlgher values preserve more detalls/lmage
contrast but may produce nolsler/blotchy results. Lower values produce cleaner results but may also remove some lmage
detalls/have less contrast.
Lens Correction
- Opt/Alt -drag Ped/Cyan or 8lue/ellow Chromatlc Aberratlon sllders to dlsplay slngle color shlft correctlon.
- Use the free Adobe Lens Prole Creator Tool to create lens proles for less common lens/camera comblnatlons. http://labs.
adobe.com/ .
Eects
- vlgnettlng: Hlghllght Prlorlty - Lnables hlghllght recovery but can lead to color shlfts ln darkened areas of a photo. Sultable
for photos wlth brlght lmage areas such as cllpped specular hlghllghts (more llke a tradltlonal exposure burn). Color Prlorlty -
Mlnlmlzes color shlfts ln darkened areas of a photo but cannot perform hlghllght recovery.
Graduated Filter (M)
- Opt/Alt + ' (apostrophe) changes the dlrectlon of the Graduated Pllter.
- Opt/Alt -drag the Graduated Pllter to scale from center.
- Shlft -drag constralns Graduated Pllter to a stralght llne.
- "H Hlde/Show Plns.
Adjustment Brush (K)
- Shlft -drag constralns brush to a stralght llne.
- Scrubblng (dragglng left or rlght) on the pln lncreases/decreases all attrlbutes applled.
- "O Show/Hlde Mask Overlay, Shlft + O cycles Mask Overlay colors.
- Opt/Alt toggles Adustment 8rush and Lraser tool.
- Plow sets speed of adustment made wlth a stroke, denslty caps amount of change.
- "A toggles Auto Mask on/on.
- "/ (forward slash) toggles between brush A and 8.
- After chooslng the settlng for a brush, save lt as a preset lf you mlght use lt agaln.
- "H Hlde/Show Plns.
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Synchronize Setting
- Toggle the Auto Sync swltch to apply changes to all selected lmages.
- Create presets to be applled to other lmages/shoots.
- Any Develop preset can also be applled on lmport.
- Cmd+ Opt /Ctrl + Alt + Shlft + M wlll Match Total Lxposures (Now avallable ln Llbrary as well as Develop)
Export
- Use "Orlglnal when exportlng lmages that need to remaln ln thelr orlglnal formats.
- Set an |mage's longest dlmenslon when mlxed aspect ratlos.
- Save Presets whenever posslble.
- To Lxport les from Llghtroom and automatlcally run droplets (8atch Actlons) ln Photoshop, place the droplet ln the Lxport
Actlons folder and choose Post Processlng > After Lxport > (name of droplet).

Edit in Photoshop
- Create Presets for commonly exported le types, blt depth etc. (Preferences > Lxternal Ldltlng).
- Use Photo > Ldlt |n to hand on les to Photoshop as Smart Obect, Panorama, HDP and/or Multl-Layered Documents.
- Control (Mac), Plght mouse (wln) -cllck on lmage to qulckly select export presets.
Consistent to All Output Modules
- Laslly select flles to work wlth uslng the Content Selector (All Pllmstrlp Photos, Selected Photos or Plagged Photos) ln the
Tool bar.
- Peorder by dragglng lmages ln the Pllmstrlp.
- Sharpenlng wlll automatlcally be adusted for lncrease/decrease ln slze (for the Prlnt and web modules).
Slideshow
- Add text breaks ln the Captlon metadata eld (ln the Llbrary) to create multl-llne captlons.
- Adding a Description in Photoshops File Info is the same as adding a Caption in Lightroom.
- Cmd/Ctrl + Peturn/Lnter enters slldeshow mode.
Print
- Use the Prlnt to 1PLG optlon to enter Custom Plle Dlmenslons and remove marglns.
- when uslng the Plcture Package Layout Lnglne - Opt/Alt drag to make a dupllcate cell.
- Cmd/Ctrl -drag an lmage to reposltlon wlthln cell lf the aspect ratlo of the cell doesn't match the lmage.
- Saved templates lnclude Page Setup and Prlnter speclc settlngs allowlng the Prlnt One feature to slmply prlnt wlth the
saved template settlngs.
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Saving Metadata to les
- Cmd/Ctrl + S pushes data from LP's database lnto lndlvldual DNG, 1PLG, PSD, and T|PP les (or XMP sldecar les for proprl-
etary raw les).
- To automatlcally wrlte changes lnto les (or lnto XMP sldecar les) choose Catalog Settlngs > Metadata > Automatlcally wrlte
Changes lnto XMP.
Dual Monitors
- wlth screen can be the prlmary or secondary screen when uslng two monltors.
- Dlsplaylng selected lmages ln Survey mode on one monltor as changes are belng made ln the develop module on another
monltor ls an excellent way to achleve a conslstent look between lmages.
- Normal, Llve and Locked modes on the secondary monltor glve many dlnerent dlsplay optlons for showlng cllents lmages on
a secondary computer.
- To move between vlews on a secondary monltor (Grld, Loupe, Compare and Survey), use the vlew mode shortcut key (G, L, C,
N )+ Shlft.
Presets
- Llghtroom's presets can be found/copled/deleted here:
Mac (user)/Llbrary/Appllcatlon Support/Adobe/Llghtroom
wln (user)/ Appllcatlon Data/Adobe/Llghtroom
- To move presets between machlnes, Control (Mac) / rlght mouse (wln) -cllck on any preset and choose Show ln Plnder
(Lxplorer - wln) to automatlcally nd the presets folder. Then, copy and paste (uslng the operatlng system) the preset les to
the same locatlon on the other machlne.
- Control (Mac) / rlght mouse -cllck on any preset and choose "Update wlth Current Settlngs lf you've modled a preset and
want to overrlde the orlglnal.
Additional Areas of Interest:
Quick Develop Increments
The large and small arrow buttons ln Oulck Develop (ln the Llbrary module) make the followlng changes:
Lxposure l/3 stop, l stop Pecovery 5, 20 Plll Llght 5, l5
8lacks l, l0 8 & C 5, 20 vlbrance 5, 20
Backing Up Catalogs
To create a backup of the catalog, select Plle > Catalog Settlngs > General and select how often Llghtroom should create a backup
of your catalog. Pemember, thls ls only creatlng a backup of the Llghtroom catalog (not your lmages). The backup mlght use a
llttle dlsk space, but lt's well worth the lnvestment ust ln case somethlng happens to the prlmary catalog. ou can also change
the locatlon of the 8ackup when prompted to backup (to another drlve for example) - a great ldea ust ln case you loose a drlve!
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Storing Your Presets and Templates with a Catalog
Thls optlon ls partlcularly useful lf you need to constantly move your catalog and lmages from one computer to another. Por
example, ln an educatlonal photo lab envlronment, a student mlght move from one machlne to another at every class. Chooslng
Preferences > Presets > Store Presets wlth Catalog allows any user-created settlng such as metadata templates, develop presets etc.
to be stored wlth (ln the same folder as) the assoclated catalog lnstead of ln the default locatlon. Por those that share computers,
the advantage ls that you won't have to see all of the other photographer's catalog presets (llke metadata templates). However, lf
you are worklng on your own computer, | would suggest that you do NOT change thls optlon (lnstead, save the presets that you
make to the default locatlon) so that your presets wlll be accesslble lf you declde to create multlple catalogs.
Advanced Collections
Another great use for collectlons provlde a way for you to manage tasks ln your worknow. Por example you can create a Smart
Collectlon that wlll search for and dlsplay all lmages that don't have keywords or copyrlght applled (so that you know what you
stlll have to do). Or you can create one that dlsplays all of the 2 star lmages taken wlthln the past 30 days that haven't had adust-
ments (treatments) applled.
Synchronizing Folders
Occaslonally you may download one card lnto a folder and start lmportlng the les lnto Llghtroom whlle you contlnue shootlng
addltlonal lmages for the same ob. |f you then copy addltlonal les to the same orlglnal folder and want to make Llghtroom
aware of them, you can choose to lmport the folder agaln, (Llghtroom wlll not lmport the orlglnal les agaln) or target the folder
ln the Llbrary module and slmply select Llbrary > Synchronlze Polder.
How Lightroom Works with Metadata from Other Applications
Llghtroom can understand changes made ln 8rldge and Camera Paw (the addltlon of metadata such as copyrlght or changes
made to color or tone). However by default, lf you open a le ln 8rldge and make changes to the metadata, Llghtroom wlll NOT
automatlcally update the metadata. Llghtroom wlll warn you that the le has changed outslde of the appllcatlon (by dlsplaylng
an lcon ln the Grld vlew). ou can then choose whether or not you want to use the updated metadata from 8rldge/Camera Paw
or use the lnformatlon ln Llghtroom's database (cllck the lcon to choose, or select Metadata > Pead Metadata from Plle to replace).
Addltlonal software appllcatlons that follow the XMP standard should also be able to read/wrlte Llghtroom and Photoshop's
metadata.
Re-linking Files and Folders
|f les and/or Polders have been moved (behlnd Llghtroom's back!), Llghtroom wlll loose the llnk to the le and dlsplay a "I next
to the mlsslng lmage ln the Grld vlew or next to folder ln the Polder panel. Cllcklng on the "I lcon wlll allow you to re-llnk any
les (Llghtroom wlll prompt you to nd the les that you moved). ou can also re-llnk folders that have been moved or renamed
by Control (Mac) / rlght mouse -cllcklng on the folder name ln the Polders panel and choose Update Polder Locatlon. Choose
Llbrary > Show Mlsslng Photos too qulckly see all mlsslng photos.