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Lightroom Keyboard Shortcuts

September 7, 2018 • Tech Tips

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Photographers spend a lot of time processing their images.  Post processing is a critical step in digital photography, and needs careful thought to take your image to what you envisioned.  But honestly, I would much rather be out walking the streets or hiking trails with my camera in hand rather than sitting behind my computer.  With that in mind, I try to streamline my workflow to be as efficient as possible.  And that means using keyboard shortcuts in Lightroom.

Here are the five I use the most.  There are lots of others, and your workflow may use different shortcuts.  But here is a list to start with, and if you aren’t using these shortcuts, give them a try.

  1. Backslash key \…shows you the before and after of your image as you work on it.
  2.  ‘Y’ key…shows you side by side of before and after your processing
  3.  Shift/tab…eliminates screen panels in lightroom to give you a better viewing area
  4. ‘ L’ key…dims and eliminates the ‘lights’ for image review on a black screen
  5.  ‘O’ key…turns on the mask (and off) when using the adjustment brush.

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