LR3: Shortcuts For Comparing Photos
Adobe has done a great job with Lightroom 3 by keeping the same keys as Lightroom 2. Amost all of the shortcut keys, the 235 of them, from Lightroom 2 work in Lightroom 3. If that's not enough for you, John Beadworth wrote a plugin to add your own shortcut keys. Of all of these shortcut keys, I use a couple of dozens, like P R… Please note than some of these shortcuts use positions that the fingers, at least mine, were not built for.
Comparing photos in the Library module
| LR2 Windows | LR2 OS-X | LR3 Windows | LR3 OS-X | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Switch to Loupe view | E or Enter | E or Return | E or Enter | E or Return |
| Switch to Grid view | G or Esc | G or Esc | G or Esc | G or Esc |
| Switch to Compare view | C | C | C | C |
| Switch to Survey view | N | N | N | N |
| Switch from Grid to Loupe view | Spacebar or Z | Spacebar or Z | Spacebar or E | Spacebar or E |
| Swap select and candidate photos in Compare view | Down Arrow | Down Arrow | Down Arrow | Down Arrow |
| Make next photos select and candidate in Compare view | Up Arrow | Up Arrow | Up Arrow | Up Arrow |
| Toggle between Loupe and Zoom | Spacebar or Z | Spacebar or Z | Spacebar or Z | Spacebar or Z |
| Zoom in / zoom out in Loupe view | Ctrl + = / Ctrl + - | Command + = / Command + - | Ctrl + = / Ctrl + - | Command + = / Command + - |
| Scroll up/down zoomed photo in Loupe view (also works in Develop and Web modules) | Page Up / Page Down on full-size keyboard | Page Up / Page Down on full-size keyboard | Page Up / Page Down on full-size keyboard | Page Up / Page Down on full-size keyboard |
| Play impromptu slide show | Ctrl + Enter | Command + Return | Ctrl + Enter | Command + Return |
| Rotate photo right (clockwise) | Ctrl + ] | Command + ] | Ctrl + ] | Command + ] |
| Rotate photo left (counterclockwise) | Ctrl + [ | Command + [ | Ctrl + [ | Command + [ |
| Increase/decrease Grid thumbnail size | + / - | + / - | = / - | = / - |
| Scroll up/down Grid thumbnails | Page Up / Page Down on full-size keyboard | Page Up / Page Down on full-size keyboard | Page Up / Page Down on full-size keyboard | Page Up / Page Down on full-size keyboard |
| Toggle cell extras | Ctrl + Shift + H | Command + Shift + H | Ctrl + Shift + H | Command + Shift + H |
| Show/hide badges | Ctrl + Alt + Shift + H | Command + Option + Shift + H | Ctrl + Alt + Shift + H | Command + Option + Shift + H |
| Cycle Grid views | J | J | J | J |
| Open Library view options | Ctrl + J | Command + J | Ctrl + J | Command + J |
| Select multiple discrete photos | Ctrl-click | Command-click | Ctrl-click | Command-click |
| Select multiple contiguous photos | Shift-click | Shift-click | Shift-click | Shift-click |
| Select all photos | Ctrl + A | Command + A | Ctrl + A | Command + A |
| Deselect all photos | Ctrl + D | Command + D | Ctrl + D | Command + D |
| Select only active photo | Ctrl + Shift + D | Command + Shift + D | Ctrl + Shift + D | Command + Shift + D |
| Deselect active photo | / | / | / | / |
| Add previous/next photo to selection | Shift + Left/Right Arrow | Shift + Left/Right Arrow | Shift + Left/Right Arrow | Shift + Left/Right Arrow |
| Select flagged photos | Ctrl + Alt + A | Command + Option + A | Ctrl + Alt + A | Command + Option + A |
| Deselect unflagged photos | Ctrl + Alt + Shift + D | Command + Option + Shift + D | Ctrl + Alt + Shift + D | Command + Option + Shift + D |
| Group into stack | Ctrl + G | Command + G | Ctrl + G | Command + G |
| Unstack | Ctrl + Shift + G | Command + Shift + G | Ctrl + Shift + G | Command + Shift + G |
| Toggle stack | S | S | S | S |
| Move to top of stack | Shift + S | Shift + S | Shift + S | Shift + S |
| Move up in stack | Shift + [ | Shift + [ | Shift + [ | Shift + [ |
| Move down in stack | Shift + ] | Shift + ] | Shift + ] | Shift + ] |