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If you want a very quick look to see if an image works in black and white just select the image and press the 'V' key. You can quickly switch back and forth and between color and grayscale.

It works in both the Develop and Library Module. It also works in the Grid mode of the Library Module. There is a menu option in the develop module but its quicker to use the single 'V' key.

Where this really becomes very useful is when you select a set of images in the Library Module and can instantly see which will work well in grayscale. Select images and then press 'V'

Try it and see for yourself.

Let me know if this tip helps you.

Note: Thanks again to Steve Mcgonnell who highlighted the grayscale switch via an email to the Image-Space.

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I shoot RAW as I want to ensure I can always return to the original untouched version of an image.
This is good practice but there are some good reasons why you may want to shoot both a JPEG and RAW for each image. I set the camera to generate a large (100%) JPEG of the same image.

Why? Because often the JPEG is good enough and I can avoid a lot of post processing.

Imported RAW files alone can lack contrast, and I find it helpful to see a JPEG. This jpeg is the same as the preview that I saw on the back of the camera.
It is very difficult to exactly duplicate the cameras jpeg settings on an imported RAW file. So having the JPEG allows you to match it if you need to.

So what's the Tip?

The default setting in Lightroom is to ignore additional JPEGs which are stored in the same folder as the RAW files. So you will have to import manually unless you select the preference option to

'Treat JPEG files next to raw files as separate photos'.

This approach can use up a lot of space on your storage card but that's the tradeoff for less post processing.

Let me know if this tip helps you.


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Lightroom has a very useful 'Before/After' function which allows you to switch back and forward in the Develop Module between the original, and edited image, using the '\' key.

The default behavior of 'Before/After' is to switch between the current state and the un-edited image.
What you may not know is that you can choose which individual Lightroom history state you want to switch between!

There are many other Before/After ' views available from the Toolbar, including top-bottom, left-right splits plus the same views but with a split-screen.

So how do you select intermediate states?

If you right-click on any of the History states you will see a menu and you can select 'Copy History Step Settings to Before'. as shown below. This allows you to switch back and forth between an intermediate editing state.

This is particularly useful when you are working on black and white image conversions. If you use the default you will switch back and forward between a colour and a black and white image.

You can set the Before/After point to switch between the Convert to Grayscale state and your current edit. Much more useful. Especially for black and white work.

Let me know if this tip helps you.

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The crop tool in Lightroom has some interesting overlays which are worth exploring. These overlays can be used to crop and position image elements in the frame to aid composition.

As well as the usual grid there are a number of other overlays which can be cycled through.

Type 'R' from anywhere in Lightroom and you will be taken to the Develop Module and placed into the Grid mode.

Now cycle through the available overlays using the 'O' key.

The available overlays are:

Lightroom Available Crop Overlays

Lightroom will remember your last overlay selection.
Let me know if this tip helps you.

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I have added a new short article on "Accurate White Balance in Lightroom using a Gray Card".

If you have ever wanted to ensure that you get the correct white balance for your lighting conditions then try a gray card. This short article describes an easy way to use a Gray Card and then how to process the results with ease in Lightroom.

Link to the full "Accurate White Balance in Lightroom using a Gray Card".

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I was working in the Library Module the other day and I could not remember how to change the size of the thumbnails in the Grid view. Cycling through the views by pressing the 'J' key switches between three fixed thumbnail views but does not let you make other alterations to thumbnail size.

I knew it could be done, but how?

The answer was to press the 'T' key.

Pressing 'T' in any of Lightrooms' modules will bring up a module specific toolbar. Above is the toolbar for the the Library Module.

Lightroom remembers if the tool bar is on or off for each module so it is easy to turn it off and forget all about it.
Note that the little downward facing triangle at the end of the toolbar allows you to turn on and off the individual tools for each toolbar.

Let me know if this tip helps you.

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