5 tips to make Lightroom work more efficient

If you're just dealing with a half picture, it's OK to grind the day slowly. But if you need to deal with a lot of photos (such as photography) in a limited amount of time, it's very necessary to increase efficiency, maybe just a few seconds per picture, but thousands of of them, you can take time to eat. This is why many photographers have long remembered the various shortcuts for PS. The 5 Lightroom tips from photographer Johny Spencer, simple buttons or features, may allow you to use LR faster and more handy!

　A Solo mode alone

When you process photos, of course, you will take turns using the right column multiple functions, but if all open, to scroll up and down, actually quite troublesome. You right-click on one of the items and choose "solo mode", and then only one of them is opened at a time. For example, when you finish basic regulation exposure, turn to detail for sharpness, the basic column will automatically pick up!

Then reduce the scrolling time, you can immediately see the position of each column, speed up the work program.

Two Auto Advance automatic forward

When you are in library module, how do you choose the photos to be processed? Will you use flag? Press P (pick) is to choose, according to X is to give up, we will see the upper left corner of the picture, vertical white flag is to be the picture, Black Flag is not, and then use the lower right corner of the filter (filter) You will be able to export the photos you selected to facilitate further editing.

And this auto advance, is to let you press P or X, automatically jump to the next one, and do not need more room to click More.

The location of the filter is shown in Figure II below:

Three Collections Collection

How do you usually organize or recall Lightroom photos? Through the file folder? In fact, in the collections collection is the most convenient way, you can set up their own definition (such as Samsung, four stars), you can always drag photos in, if you need to deal with a large number of photos, especially a lot of different times , location, People's works, master collections is very helpful!

　(iv) Automatic/manual display of the left column

When you edit a photo, the left column is useless unless you use a preset, but if you hide it and make it bigger, it automatically pops up when you get close to the buoy. Press the right key to select "manual", you can eliminate this small trouble. It's a small problem, but when you're dealing with a lot of photos, you're even more upset.

　(v) Streamlined interface

Lightroom is a powerful and convenient tool, but there are also many function buttons, the need to hide it, in addition to the image of the right click to reduce components, but also to windows–>panel further streamline the interface, so you can focus more on the required tools, efficiency will improve!