Sometimes it's handy to be able to see two or more folders of photos together in Lightroom when you are in Grid View (G) in the Library Module. This is simply a matter of using the Folders panel to select more than one folder. If the folders are all next to each other, click on the [...]
Believe it or not, sometimes I actually enjoy reading the names of the Adobe Lightroom folks as I wait for Lightroom to start, because I know some of these folks and appreciate what they do. After a couple times, though, I’m ready for something new, so I now display photos: It is relatively easy to change [...]
Have you ever wondered how to turn off (or on) the information that displays over your photos when you are in Loupe view (single-photo view) in Lightroom's Library and Develop modules? The secret is to type the keyboard shortcut "I", for "Information". If no information is showing, typing "I" once displays one set of information about [...]
In Lightroom, the strip of photos along the bottom of the screen in each module is called the filmstrip. Here are a few tips for working with it: The filmstrip shows whatever photos you have selected in the Library module — a folder, a collection, or a catalog selection. You can navigate through your photos in [...]
About once a week I get an email from a Lightroom user who has lost a panel ... most panels can go missing, but in my experience people seem to lose their Catalog panel in the Library module more than any other. To recover your missing panel, right-click (Ctl-click on a Mac) on the name [...]
This article is for Lightroom Classic, Lightroom 6 and earlier versions. It does not apply to the cloud-based Lightroom. Have you ever had something unexpected happen to you in Lightroom, multiple times, but not taken the time to focus on it and understand what was going on? I am amazed sometimes at what I can [...]
Did you know that you can reset any individual sliders in the Develop module by double-clicking on the slider name (for example, Exposure)? I knew this tip, but I just recently learned another tip for resetting groups of sliders in the Basic Panel, from David Julian: When you hold down the Alt/Opt key, the word Tone [...]
Sometimes the sliders move too fast in Lightroom, so it can be hard to get the precise value you want. Here are a few handy tips: Holding the Shift-key down as you slide a slider will slow it down. Below are other ways to get more precision. First, click on the number: Then: You can type [...]
When you click in a photo in the Book Module, a Zoom slider appears, which shows you how far, in percent, you are zoomed in on the photo, and allows you to zoom in more or less. This slider is for enlarging the photo in the cell on your Book page, not for zooming in [...]
When designing a book in Lightroom, I move between multi-page, spread and page view a lot. There are icons in the toolbar to select these: However, knowing some handy shortcuts speeds up my work a lot. Ctl/Cmd E: Multi-Page View Ctl/Cmd R: Spread View Ctl/Cmd [...]
Here's a question I got this week: "I have many duplicates of photos on my hard drive and in Lightroom. If I click on All Photographs (or some subset) and sort by capture date, I can see the duplicates side by side, but I can't figure out how to easily see which folder each of the [...]
Hi everyone, I am hard at work on the Lightroom 4 version of my Lightroom Fundamentals and Beyond DVD, with plans to then do another on Lightroom's Output Modules, so I apologize that I have not had time to post any in-depth tutorials recently. Here's a quick tip to tide you over for at least a [...]