I get a fair number of emails from frantic users who have lost some critical part of the Lightroom interface. In this video I show you how to find missing panels, tools, and more. Watch the video to learn not only how to find what you have lost, but also how to hide what you don’t need.
For best quality, after hitting Play, click on the sprocket wheel in the bottom right of the video and choose 720/HD or the highest setting available.
For those of you who need to just get to what you are looking for, below is what I cover and where you can find it in the video:
Find your missing Lightroom:
- module (0:30)
- panel (0:50) – the Basic panel is most common – white balance, exposure, etc
- panel strip / filmstrip (1:30)
- toolbar (1:52)
- library filter bar (2:15)
- tool in toolbar (2:43)
- hidden settings in panel (3:06)
- grid view photo information (3:42)
- loupe view photo information (4:18)
- program close/minimize/maximize buttons (4:55)
- program menu bar (4:55)
- Lightroom 4 & 5 Basic panel tone controls (highlights, shadows, whites, blacks) (5:43)
- tone curve sliders or point curve (6:49)
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Excellent tutorial. I’m always learning something from you!
I don´t find in the inferior panel how to check for seing those minor dusts, in black and white: Can you help me to turn that button on? Thanks.
My regards
Maria Sacadura
Always appreciate. How do I eliminate the “SignUp” and “Submit” texts that remain on the window .. I am signed up.
Keep ’em flyin’
ed
I need help asap :-( My Lightroom 3, develop module has NOTHING showing in the develop mode. I can’t find any tools to edit. ANy ideas? Thank you.
Hi Bev,
I’m sorry I didn’t get to this sooner. I’m hoping you have already figured it out, but if you mean that the entire module is blank, I don’t know the answer — I would suggest posting on lightroomforums.net for troubleshooting assistance.
may I say…….Thank you!
Thank you, this was so helpful!
Hi – thanks for the tutorial. I have Lightroom 5 and suddenly am missing the “Basic” tone section in my Develop module. I saw in the tutorial that you simply right clicked on “tone” and selected “basic” and it reappeared, however, for some reason it’s not working for me. It’s simply not clickable, and I just keep opening and collapsing the area but I am only in “tone curve” or, further down the panel, “split toning.”
Please help! Am turning around a job right now and need to adjust exposure, shadows, etc.!
Much thanks,
Deborah
Got it! Found where to check “basic” when I clicked on the “help” section at the top and entered “tone.”
THANK YOU! Video was very helpful but that was my same problem! That worked. I am so excited :)
THANK YOU!!!! Exactly what I needed help with!!
I am missing my basic WB selections of Daylight, shade, etc… Only have As Shot, Auto and Custom.
Also missing several selections of Lens Profiles: Model and Profile. Where did they go?
They are only available for raw files, Geri, not JPEGs.
Thank you Laura,
I figured that out after posting my question… I had sent my camera in for warranty work and they changed my settings from RAW to JPEG:-/
However, I did find a wonderful workaround with white balance presets here: http://lightroomkillertips.com/?p=402 by Matt Kloskowski :)
Thank you! Excellent tutorial.
Help! I cannot see the Lightroom Templates in the Print module. Please help. Thanks.