Library Tips

Lightroom Beta 2 Tip - Selective Correction | Activate Tool Overlay

Lightroom beta 2.0 has an excellent Selective Correction brush tool. This allows very precise corrections to made.

I recently had a problem using this tool in that I could not see the effect of the edits or where they had been made. My mistake. I found that I had accidently turned off the Tool Overlay!
So turn the Tool Overlay back on via the View menu.

Lightroom Tools Overlay Menu

You can select Auto Show, Always Show, or as I had Never Show. I find Auto Show to be the most useful as the edit points will be hidden when the cursor is moved away from the image area.

Lightroom Pin Selection Points

Now you can see the pin makers which show where your edits have taken place. If you now hover you cursor over one of the edit pins the area that has been affected by the correction brush will be shown outlined in white. See below.

Lightroom Affected Area of Edit

Finally, to remove an edit, position your cursor over the pin mark and press the delete key. The edit will be removed along with a nice animated effect.
I hope this help you.

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Lightroom Tip - Use the Full Quick Develop Tools

When you are working in the Library Module using quick develop, make sure you toggle the little black triangles on the right hand side of the Quick Develop box.
The default mode only shows you Tone Control, Exposure, Clarity and Vibrance. See the first box below.

Lightroon Quick Develop Default

Click the little black triangle, next to the Tone Control item, and the rest of the settings will appear for you to be able to quickly modify an image whilst staying in the Library Module.

Lightroon Quick Develop full

Try clicking the other triangles and options will appear for additional white balance and preset settings.

This is a somewhat obvious Tip but I had forgotten that I could access these adjustments from the Library Module.
Let me know if this tip helps you.

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