As you are working on a photo up close, it can sometimes be useful to see a second copy of the photo zoomed out so that you have a better perspective on your work. For example, while brightening the whites of eyes or teeth in portraits, it is hard to know if you are brightening too [...]
In my tutorial on jpeg quality, I displayed two photos side by side and zoomed in on them together to compare them up close. A reader asked me how I did this — thanks to this reader for giving me the idea for Friday’s Lightroom Quick Tip. In the Library module, select your two photos (click [...]
I love Survey View for viewing and comparing several images side-by-side. In the Library Module, select multiple images, then click on the Survey View icon in the toolbar or type the shortcut N. In Survey View, your mouse is not the zoom tool, so it is not quite as easy to zoom in on [...]
Sometimes your mouse is a zoom tool, sometimes it isn't. Sometimes you have easy acess to your navigator panel, sometimes you don't. You can always, however, use "Ctl/CmdCtl/Cmd +" and "Ctl/Cmd -" for zooming in and out. These work in every view (Grid, Loupe, Compare, Survey) in the Library module and in every mode in the [...]
If you plan to print your image, I recommend that you do all of your clean up work zoomed into 1:1. You should also review all of your local adjustments at this zoom ratio to make sure that your edges aren't obvious. Here's an easy way to move through your image while you are [...]
