Getting Places Fast: Three Lightroom Library Quick Tips

Lightroom can really make your life easier, if you know how to ask it to. Here are a few tips for finding things or getting places quickly:

You’re working with a photo or folder in Lightroom, but need to go out and view it in Windows Explorer or Mac Finder. Lightroom can get you there — Right-Click (Ctl-Click on a one button mouse) on the photo or folder, and choose Show in Explorer/Finder. Lightroom will launch an Explorer or Finder window, with the photo or folder selected.
In Lightroom, you finally found the photo you have been looking for, by scrolling through your catalog or doing a filter. But where does this photo live — what folder is it in? Lightroom can get you there. Right-Click on your photo (Ctl-Click on a one button mouse), and choose Go to Folder in Library. Lightroom will jump to that folder in the Folders panel.
If instead of going to the folder, you want to jump to a collection the photo is in, choose Go to Collections, and choose the collection from the list. (There won’t be a list if the photo isn’t in any collections).