To turn on Auto Sync while in the Develop Module hold down the CMD key on Mac (Ctrl on Windows) and click on the Sync… button in the right panel. To turn it off repeat the process!

That tic-tac-toe overlay grid you see when you activate the Crop tool in the Develop module is based on the Rule of Thirds. If you press the O key you can cycle through other overlays to assist you with image composition. Give it a try!

When using the adjustment brush in the Develop module you can view the mask by pressing the O key. Pressing O again will turn off the mask view.

You can go to Grid View from anywhere in Lightroom® by pressing the G key.

Do you have a Graduated Filter preset that you like but you don’t want to apply it with a Graduated Filter? No problem. Grab your Adjustment Brush. The same presets are available. Now you can paint on that Graduated FIlter preset.

The same keyboard shortcut you use in Photoshop® to change your brush size works in Lightroom® as well. Use the square bracket keys ( [ and ]) to decrease and increase brush size. By adding the Shift key (Shift [ and Shift ]) you can control the amount of feathering on the brush.

If you can’t remember a keyboard shortcut when working in a module, press CMD / and the shortcuts for that module will appear. Click on the dialog to close it.

If you’ve had a chance to play with Adobe Photoshop Lightroom then you’ve no doubt discovered that you can customize the interface with your own identity plate. Lightroom allows you to replace the default logo and name in the upper left corner with your own text or graphic identity plate. That same Identity plate can Continue Reading »