Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
Lightroom Killer Tips
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Spacebar Loupe Tricks
If you want to see your currently selected
photo zoomed in to Loupe view, just
press the
Spacebar
. Once it's zoomed
in like that, press the Spacebar again,
and it zooms in to whatever magnifica-
tion (zoom factor) you chose last in the
Navigator panel's header (by default, it
zooms to 1:1, but if you click on a different
zoom factor, it will toggle back and forth
between the view you were in first and
the zoom factor you clicked on). Once
zoomed in, you can move around your
image by just clicking-and-dragging on it.
on any panel's header, then choose
Expand All
from the pop-up menu.
and so on). You do this by going under the
Metadata menu, under Color Label Set,
and choosing
Edit
to bring up the Edit
Color Label Set dialog. Now, type in your
new names (right over the old names).
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Jump to a 100% View
Any time you want to quickly see your
image at a 100% full-size view, just press
the letter
Z
on your keyboard.
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Hiding the Render Messages
The numbers to the right of the first four
color labels are the keyboard shortcuts for
applying those labels (Purple doesn't have
a shortcut). When you're done, choose
Save Current Settings as New Preset
,
from the Preset pop-up menu at the top
of the dialog, and give your preset a name.
Now, when you apply a label, onscreen
you'll see “Approved” or “In Proofing” or
whatever you choose (plus, the Set Color
Label submenu [found under the Photo
menu] updates to show your new names).
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Changing Where
Lightroom Zooms
When you click to zoom in on a photo,
Lightroom magnifies the photo, but
if you want the area that you clicked on
to appear centered on the screen, press
Command-,
(comma;
PC: Ctrl-,
) to
bring up Lightroom's Preferences dialog,
then click on the Interface tab, and at the
bottom, turn on the checkbox for Zoom
Clicked Point to Center.
If you chose Minimal or Embedded &
Sidecar in the Render Previews pop-up
menu in the Import window, Lightroom
is only going to render higher-resolution
previews when you look at a larger view,
and while it's rendering these higher-res
previews, it displays a little “Loading”
message. You'll see these messages a lot,
and if they get on your nerves, you can
turn them off by pressing
Command-J
(PC: Ctrl-J)
and, in the View Options dia-
log that appears, click on the Loupe View
tab (up top), then in that section, turn off
the checkbox for Show Message When
Loading or Rendering Photos.
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How to Link Your Panels So
They Close Simultaneously
If you set your side panels to Manual (you
show and hide them by clicking on the
little gray triangles), you can set them up
to where if you close one side, the other
side closes, too (or if you close the top, the
bottom closes, too). To do this, Right-click
on one of those little gray triangles, and
from the pop-up menu that appears,
choose
Sync With Opposite Panel
.
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Give Your Labels Names
You can change the default names Light-
room uses for its Color Label feature from
the standard names of Red, Blue, Green,
etc. (for example, you might want to name
your Green label “Approved,” and your
Yellow label “Awaiting Client Approval,”
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Opening All Panels at Once
If you want every panel expanded in
a particular side panel, just Right-click
