Lightroom Tip - Thumbnail Icon Tricks


Thumbnails in Lightroom will show one of three different icons in the bottom right hand corner. The icon shown depends on what has been done to the image.


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Lightroom Thumbnail showing Icons in bottom right corner

Icons are added whenever you do any of the following:


  • Change image using the Develop Module

  • Crop the image

  • Add Keywords

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All very interesting you say, but there is more!

Click the Develop Icon - the Develop Module will open with your image selected and you can fine tune the edit.
Click the Keyword Icon - the Library Module will open with the image selected and the Keyword highlighted in the Keyword editor.
Click the Crop Icon - the Develop Module with the image shown and the last crop edit is displayed.

Note the icons are always shown in the Filmstrip panel and clicking on them from there works as well. This means that you can click an icon no matter which Module you are working in.

Hope you find this useful.

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