Photoshop User - USA (2021-02)

NAVIGATE THROUGH YOUR PHOTO

WITH THE NAVIGATOR PANEL

In Lightroom Classic, the Navigator panel also provides

some handy ways to quickly change the view of the

image you’re viewing, or move to different parts of the

photo if you’re already in a zoomed-in view.

Fit, Fill, 100%, and Other Zoom Options: Above the image

view in the Navigator are menu options for changing the

view. Fit will fit the entire image on screen, and Fill will

fill the available viewing area with the image (click on

the up and down arrows to the right of either Fit or Fill

to select the other option). Click on 100% to zoom in to

a 100% view. Clicking 100% again will switch back to the

view of the thumbnail grid. The percentage drop-down

menu (double arrows) at the far right of the Navigator

panel offers a variety of different zoom views. In 9.x

and earlier versions of Lightroom Classic, these were

listed as zoom ratios, such as 1:1, 1:3, 3:1, etc. Adobe

changing these to percentages rather than ratios is a

nice improvement: I think that percentages are easier

for most people to understand.

The beginning of a new year is a good time for viewing the possible paths ahead, as well as looking back

to take in the view of where you’ve come. This month we’ll take a look at some simple but useful ways

to change the view of the images with which you work in Lightroom Classic.

CHANGE THE SIZE OF THE

THUMBNAIL GRID

In the Library module in Lightroom Classic, you can

quickly change the size of the thumbnail grid by holding

the Control key and tapping the + (plus) key to zoom in

to larger thumbnails or the – (minus) key to zoom out to

smaller thumbnails.

There’s also the Thumbnail slider at the lower right

on the Toolbar just below the grid, which does the

same thing. If you don’t see this option in your version

of Lightroom Classic, click the small triangle on the far

right side of the Toolbar and make sure that Thumbnail

Size is checked. This menu controls what options are

visible in the Toolbar.

If the Toolbar seems to be missing, press T or choose

View>Show Toolbar. Since the T key functions as a hide

or show toggle for this feature, it’s easy to accidentally

hide it and not realize it’s gone until you need it!

CHANGE THE IMAGE ZOOM

To switch from the Grid view of the thumbnails to a larger

view of the selected image, tap E (for Loupe view) in

Lightroom Classic, or D (for Detail) in the cloud-based

Lightroom (in Lightroom Classic, D will take you to the

Develop module). Once in that view, you can press

Command- – (PC: Ctrl- –) to zoom out or Command-+

(PC: Ctrl-+) to zoom in on the photo. This works the

same in Lightroom Classic or Lightroom.

Change the Default Zoom to a Specific Percentage: When

you have Fit/Fill or a specific percentage active (the text

will be white) in the Navigator, that becomes your default

zoom view. So, when you’re viewing the thumbnails and

SEÁN DUGGAN

LIGHTROOM TIPS & TRICKS

PHOTOSHOP USER

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