Shortcut Keys For The Develop Module in Lightroom 2.x
Adobe has gone nuts! In Lightroom there is a key combination for everything. There is even a key combination for taking the dog out and another one for feeding the cat but only if you have the left panel enabled with... in the develop module...
As far as I have figured out there are 235 key combinations in Lightroom! And these Lightroom key combinations do different things depending on the context.
| Task | Windows | Mac |
|---|---|---|
| Convert to grayscale | V | V |
| Auto tone | Ctrl + U | Command + U |
| Auto white balance | Ctrl + Shift + U | Command + Shift + U |
| Edit in Photoshop | Ctrl + E | Command + E |
| Copy/paste Develop settings | Ctrl + Shift + C / Ctrl + Shift + V | Command + Shift + C / Command + Shift + V |
| Paste settings from previous photo | Ctrl + Alt + V | Command + Option + V |
| Copy After settings to Before | Ctrl + Alt + Shift + Left Arrow | Command + Option + Shift + Left Arrow |
| Copy Before settings to After | Ctrl + Alt + Shift + Right Arrow | Command + Option + Shift + Right Arrow |
| Swap Before and After settings | Ctrl + Alt + Shift + Up Arrow | Command + Option + Shift + Up Arrow |
| Increase/decrease selected slider in increments of 1 | Up Arrow / Down Arrow | Up Arrow / Down Arrow |
| Increase/decrease selected slider in increments of 10 | Shift + Up Arrow / Shift + Down Arrow | Shift + Up Arrow / Shift + Down Arrow |
| Reset a slider | Double-click slider name | Double-click slider name |
| Reset a group of sliders | Alt-click group name | Option-click group name |
| Reset all settings | Ctrl + Shift + R | Command + Shift + R |
| Sync settings | Ctrl + Shift + S | Command + Shift + S |
| Sync settings bypassing Synchronize Settings dialog box | Ctrl + Alt + S | Command + Option + S |
| Toggle Auto Sync | Ctrl-click Sync button | Command-click Sync button |
| Select White Balance tool (from any module) | W | W |
| Select the Crop tool (from any module) | R | R |
| Constrain aspect ratio when Crop tool is selected | A | A |
| Crop to same aspect ratio as previous crop | S | S |
| Crop from center of photo | Alt-drag | Option-drag |
| Cycle Crop grid overlay | O | O |
| Reset crop | Ctrl + Alt + R | Command + Option + R |
| Select the Spot Removal tool | N | N |
| Select the Adjustment Brush tool (from any module) | K | K |
| Select the Graduated Filter tool | M | M |
| Increase/decrease brush size | ] / [ | ] / [ |
| Increase/decrease brush feathering | Shift + ] / Shift + [ | Shift + ] / Shift + [ |
| Switch between local adjustment brush A and B | / | / |
| Temporarily switch from brush A or B to Eraser | Alt-drag | Option-drag |
| Paint a horizontal or vertical line | Shift-drag | Shift-drag |
| Increase/decrease Amount | Drag adjustment pin right/left | Drag adjustment pin right/left |
| Show/hide local adjustment pin | H | H |
| Show/hide local adjustment mask overlay | O | O |
| Cycle local adjustment mask overlay colors | Shift + O | Shift + O |
| Select Targeted Adjustment tool to apply a Tone Curve adjustment | Ctrl + Alt + Shift + T | Command + Option + Shift + T |
| Select Targeted Adjustment tool to apply a Hue adjustment | Ctrl + Alt + Shift + H | Command + Option + Shift + H |
| Select Targeted Adjustment tool to apply a Saturation adjustment | Ctrl + Alt + Shift + S | Command + Option + Shift + S |
| Select Targeted Adjustment tool to apply a Luminance adjustment | Ctrl + Alt + Shift + L | Command + Option + Shift + L |
| Select Targeted Adjustment tool to apply a Grayscale Mix adjustment | Ctrl + Alt + Shift + G | Command + Option + Shift + G |
| Deselect Targeted Adjustment tool | Ctrl + Alt + Shift + N | Command + Option + Shift + N |
| Show clipping | J | J |
| Rotate photo right (clockwise) | Ctrl + ] | Command + ] |
| Rotate photo left (counterclockwise) | Ctrl + [ | Command + [ |
| Toggle between Loupe and 1:1 Zoom preview | Spacebar or Z | Spacebar or Z |
| Zoom in / zoom out | Ctrl + = / Ctrl + - | Command + = / Command + - |
| Play impromptu slide show | Ctrl + Enter | Command + Return |
| View Before and After left/right | Y | Y |
| View Before and After top/bottom | Alt + Y | Option + Y |
| View Before and After in a split screen | Shift + Y | Shift + Y |
| View Before only | \ | \ |
| Cycle info overlay | I | I |
| Show/hide info overlay | Ctrl + I | Command + I |
| Create a new snapshot | Ctrl + N | Command + N |
| Create a new preset | Ctrl + Shift + N | Command + Shift + N |
| Create a new preset folder | Ctrl + Alt + N | Command + Option + N |
I think that I have all the 235 Lightroom key combinations that work in Lightroom 2.x. The list is by functionality:
- Keys For The Develop Module
- Keys For Collections
- Keys For Comparing Photos
- Keys For Metadata & Keywords
- Keys For Panels
- Keys For Print Module
- Keys For Processing Photos
- Keys For Rating Photos
- Keys For Secondary Windows
- Keys For Slideshow Module
- Keys For Switching Modules
- Keys For Viewing
- Keys For Web Module
- Keys For Help