Sharpening when zoomed in more than 100% gives you a distorted perspective on the image and often results in over-sharpening the image. When making these adjustments, you should set the image at 100% and no more. I see this mistake often when using the detail panel for sharpening or noise reduction. Zooming in more than 100% when making slider adjustments to your image isn’t always helpful. If you already have the brush tool selected, hold down SPACE and click the image to zoom in. This can help you be more precise when brushing on certain effects. When you need to get more detailed when using the brush tool, you can zoom in as much as you want and then adjust the size of the brush accordingly. Here are some helpful tips for using the zoom function to help your editing. But it’s nice to know its there if you need it. I’ve been using lightroom for years now and I don’t think I ever needed that much control over the zoom factor. Custom Zoom Amount (12 intervals between 6% and 1600%).The navigator panel in the upper left corner of the Library and Develop modules gives you some extra function to fine tune your zooming.Īt the top of the Navigator panel, you can select three preset zoom amounts, two of which can be modified. Pan While Zoomed = Hold SPACE then click Image and drag to move.Set Zoom Area = Hold CTL/CMD then click and drag outline around the area you want.Quick Zoom (when the magnifying glass is not visible) = Hold SPACE and Click Image.Quick Zoom (when the magnifying glass is visible) = Click Image.So here are the shortcuts you need to know to be a zoom ninja. Like anything in Lightroom, keyboard shortcuts are the fastest way to make things happen. The standard Cmd-C (Ctrl-C) to copy and Cmd-V (Ctrl-V) to paste work just fine but they only work on one image at a time. There are three ways you can use and adjust the zoom function in Lightroom. Although its not obvious there are keyboard shortcuts for Copy and Paste Settings. But fine-tuning the zoom will let you focus on the areas of the image that you need to work on. You can activate the zoom function with a simple click as I mentioned above. View Previous Keyboard shortcuts are a great way to speed things up, and to unlock hidden features, when you are working inside of Adobe Photoshop Lightroom. But there’s a lot more ways to do it and adjust the zoom settings, so let’s dive in…
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