Graphics Programs Reference
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Change what shows in the Toolbar
At the right side of the Toolbar is a button that activates a menu that you can
use to customize the contents of the Toolbar specii c to each module; see Figure
1-29.
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Lightroom Preferences
Many of Lightroom's interface options can also be customized in the Lightroom
Preferences (under the Lightroom menu on Mac and the Edit menu on
Windows.)
Tooltips
Place your cursor over part of the interface
and let it remain for a few seconds (without
moving or clicking) to see a popup
tooltip
telling you what that control does. If there is
a keyboard shortcut for the tool or command, it
will also be shown in the tooltip. See Figure 1-30.
Figure 1-30
Lightroom menus and commands
Lightroom's main menu bar changes from one module to the next. In this
way, Lightroom is like i ve programs in one. To memorize all the commands
available in Lightroom requires using and remembering all the dif erent menus
in each module. However, the main menus and commands persist between
modules.
As you're learning to master Lightroom, frequently look at the menus,
commands and shortcuts available in each module. h is will not only give you
a better grasp of the full functionality available in Lightroom, it will speed your
work as you memorize the locations and shortcuts for specii c commands.
⌘
+/ or Ctrl+/
See a list of
shortcuts for the
current module
COMMANDS AND SHORTCUTS
All the commands available in Lightroom can be found on menus throughout
the program interface. But ot en, using a menu is not the fastest method:
Lightroom is replete with shortcuts; keyboard and otherwise. It's designed to
let you work quickly and smoothly—kind of like “stream-of-consciousness”
editing. Once you get the hang of it, the sot ware steps aside to allow your
photographs and editing work to come to the forefront of the process.
As with Lightroom's menus, each module has its own shortcuts, and some
shortcuts in dif erent modules share the same key.
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