Ask Dave, April 13th - Lightroom Key Commands

Ask Dave, April 13th
'Ask Dave' week nine… I get tons of questions each week, I respond as quickly as possible, and this is week number nine of answering them here too. If you have questions you can email me at Learn@DaveShumway.com.

Question:
From John...
What are the Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3 key commands, and what ones do you actually use?

Answer:
Every Lightroom 3 key command is availible online here.

What ones do I use... not as many as I should.
Remember the commands I list here are for Mac OS, if you use a Windows box (you should buy a Mac), or know that; "Command" is "Control" and "Option" is "Alt."
Here they are, in no particular order:

• Convert to grayscale - "V"


• Edit in Photoshop - "Command + E


• Paste settings from previous photo - "Command + Option + V"


• Reset a slider - "Double-click slider name"


• Toggle between Loupe and 1:1 Zoom preview - "Spacebar or Z"


• Undo - "Command + Z"


• Redo - "Command + Shift + Z"


• Convert to grayscale - "V"


• Increase/decrease brush size - "[ / ]"


• Increase/decrease brush feathering - "Shift + ] / Shift + ["


• Remove selected photo(s) from catalog - "Option + Delete"


• Go to next/previous photo in the Filmstrip - "Right Arrow/Left Arrow"


• Set star rating - "1 - 5" (Add "Shift" to go to next photo)


• Remove star rating - "0" (Add "Shift" to go to next photo)


• Assign a red label - "6" (Add "Shift" to go to next photo)


• Assign a yellow label - "7" (Add "Shift" to go to next photo)


• Assign a green label - "8" (Add "Shift" to go to next photo)


• Assign a blue label - "9" (Add "Shift" to go to next photo)


• Add keywords - "Command + K"


• Edit keywords - "Command + Shift + K"


• Check spelling - "Command + ;"

I am sure I use more than I put in this list; but these are the ones I can think of, and use on a regular basis...

Oh I love to hold "Option" while adjusting my sharpening (do it and you will know why).

This post has caused me to order a keyboard cover with all of the LR3 keyboard shortcuts/commands on it. (Thanks B&H)

Topaz Adjust

More tweaking to my most recent Yellowstone trip photos today.

I decided to play with the new sensation that is Topaz Adjust:
http://www.topazlabs.com/adjust/
Save $10 with coupon code “newadjust” good through the 15th of March. (Thanks NSN)

I have nothing to do with Topaz other than purchasing one of their Photoshop plug-ins today and briefly playing with it. I will not claim to know the full potential; but I have played a little bit and see that this is a nice little tool to go along with great shooting and good editing.

If you go through my gallery and see two versions of the same photo you can see Topaz in action.

If you do take a look be sure and let me know what version you like best.

7D Users Rejoice

Adobe now has full raw support for the 7D in both Lightroom and Bridge/PS.

I have updated; but not played yet.

Here is the link:
http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop/cameraraw.html

Camera Picture Profile Settings

Beat to the punch.

Outdoor Photographer, this month, ran an article about Lightroom and using camera picture profile settings. I had this same topic on my list of things to blog about. Well they saved me the time of having to write it out.

This article could of been written by me. It is my story as well, I have been playing with camera picture profile settings for a while and loving them. I have found the Landscape setting most useful (with Standard as my default).

Those of you using Lightroom should take a minute to read the article then play a bit. See what elements of your nature photography benefit from it.

The article is here.

Enjoy