Lightroom Tip and Seminar Contest Winners
Happy Friday everyone. I’m in Portland, Oregon right now getting ready to head up to Seattle. I’ll probably be shooting at Olympic National Park this weekend so if you’ve got any great photo spots, I’d sure appreciate it. Anyway, I figured I’d close up the week with a tip as well as post the winners who got a free ticket to my Kelby Training Lightroom 4 Live seminar later this month.
Okay, first… the tip. This one is for spot removal and making it more efficient in Lightroom. Instead of zooming in and dragging your cursor around looking for spots in your photo, you can help Lightroom search section by section to make sure you don’t miss any areas. First, zoom in to your photo to 100%. Then go to the Navigator panel (top left of Lightroom) and place the square in the top left of your photo (like you see below).
Now…ready for the cool part? Just press your page-down key. Lightroom will automatically move your little zoomed-in square to the next section below so you can check that area for spots. Press it again and it keeps going down. When it hits the bottom of the photo it’ll automatically shoot right up to the top of the next section of your photo and keep going. You gotta give it a try to see it in action but it works great.
Next, the winners for my Lightroom 4 Seminar. Don’t forget that if you didn’t win, you can still go 😉 Here’s the link on the Kelby Training Live website to find out more about the dates and outline for the day.
• Minneapolis: Gregg Jaehning
• Los Angeles: Jerry W.
Ronda Morris, you almost won but you called me Scott (just kidding, that didn’t keep you from winning – I just got a kick out of it) 🙂
• Chicago: Philip Merritt
• Lansing: Rich Wyllis
Another way to get to the top left of your zoomed in image when in grid view is to press: Spacebar, Spacebar, and Home key. The first Spacebar press switches to Loupe view, the second Spacebar press zooms in and the Home key jumps to the top left of the zoomed image. Good for you keyboard types.
You can also use the End key to jump to the bottom right of the zoomed in image.
Thanks for the awesome tip Matt! And great job on The Grid too. I look forward to each new episode as it keeps us in touch with what’s going on with photography.
Zachery is sooo pumped up to get to go to the seminar. Thanks for the ticket.
Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you.
Thanks for the awesome tip Matt!
You can also use the Home and End keys to jump to the top-left and bottom-right of your image.
Alternatively, to get to the top right of your zoomed-in image while in grid view press the Spacebar twice (loupe, zoom) and Home. Good for keyboard type users.
I can not get this to work in Win 7, LR3 and 4, with or without the Alt key.
Matt,
Will you be discussing the status or offering any tips for working around the slow performance issues of Lightroom 4 in any of your seminars?
Rick
Nope.
I cannot get the tip to work on my Mac (Lion, LR4 RC). I tired with and without the option key. What am I doing wrong?
Try the function key with the page down on a Mac.
Great tip, Matt! I’ve been with LR since 1.0, but had never discovered this. There’s always something new.
Hi Matt!
I’m excited that you are bringing the LR4 tour to Lansing, MI. Wondered when registration will be open for it? Or if it will need to be moved from the date you had posted since you are doing the Google+ conference in SF the same week.
Thanks!
Nope, it’s still on Ed. It should be up on the site soon.
Well, the registration went live yesterday for Lansing, and I registered for it. And today I got a call telling me they had to postpone it. Date to be determined. Too bad.
Sorry about that Ed. They had to cancel because of a scheduling conflict. I’ll be sure to let you know when it’s rescheduled.
Thanks.
I see you! I am currently sitting in row 17 on the flight from Seattle to Detroit. There is a man across the aisle who appears to be geotagging photos who looks an awful lot like Matt Kloskowski.
Too funny Steve. Great to meet you! 🙂
Sol duck (spelled wrong I’m sure)waterfalls. Also bring the tour to Seattle! It’s never been here or close to here!
Tip for the tip : no need for naviagation panel, just hit the top arrow key that lies next to page up key, thus you can review your photos in full screen after hitting tab to hide panels.
We loved the Olympic Peninsula when we visited. Two highlights were Neah Bay (zillions of eagles) and from there, Cape Loop Road to 48.38491, -124.71577. Park there and walk the cape trail to “hole in the wall”. At the end of the trail there’s a gazebo with a great view and you’ll be at the north western most point in the continental US.
If you get down to Forks, make sure you see the driftwood by 2nd beach and grab a meal at Klaloch
There are also ruins of a WWII artillery emplacement (created to defend against a Japanese attack on the west coast). There might be some UrbEx opportunities there.
Thanks Steve! Made it to Second Beach (well, kinda).
Come on Matt…where is my ticket…and airfare from Australia 🙂
Good luck with them mate…maybe I WILL get over there one day
The tulip fields are blooming in Skagit Valley N of Seattle.
If you like rocks and the coast, then hit Ruby Beach on the Pacific Ocean side of the Olympic National Forest – if ya gots the time!
Thanks Irene. Ruby looks great!
Come stop on Vashon Island for some very unique nature shots and an incredible classic car grave yard.
Classic car grave yard…that sounds like a great idea to me. I live in Seattle and am always looking for good spots to get some pics. Where on Vashon is the grave yard?
Gorgeous weather expected this weekend in western WA. You do know the OP is huge, right? Do you have time for that? And it’s still mostly snow covered up in the mountains. Assuming you are looking for landscapes, right? So, maybe some beaches? Dungeness Spit could be interesting. Shi Shi beach would be the bomb–but you are talking about a 5 mile hike into there and most likely spending the night if you want to catch the great sunsets and wonderful light at that time of day. Hurricane Ridge road is open in the winter now, but you will need 4WD and tire chains in the vehicle as a backup–and you’d probably want to take snowshoes up there if you really want to shoot anything worth shooting. I think I’d stick to the beaches for this trip. Do Shi Shi (preferably at sunset) and maybe spend some time shooting some of the people and places in Neah Bay on your way in. Or stop at Dungeness for a shorter trip and do that unique land form and maybe the light house there.
Thanks so much for the ideas. I hope to make it back there and hit Shi Shi beach at some point. Looks beautiful.
One of my very favorite places on the Olympic Peninsula is Shi Shi Beach. A mile (or so) boardwalk built by the Makah Tribe leads you to a beautiful bay on the coast with awesome seastacks and tide pools.
http://www.visitolympicpeninsula.org/shishibeach.html
I agree. Gorgeous! Didn’t make it there this time but hopefully next time.
Hopefully this comment actually posts. Haven’t had much luck on that front lately!
So, on a Mac that would be OPTION + Down Arrow? Not at home to try it out.
Actually, I’ve found that on a Mac it’s the fn (function key) in addition to the page down button.