Lightroom Tip: Hiding Panels
Did you know that you can hide specific panels in Lightroom? You probably knew that you can collapse a panel just by clicking the tiny arrow next to the name of the panel. But you can also hide them so they simply don’t show up. For example, personally I don’t use the Split Toning panel, so why even have it show up there anymore? To hide it (or any other panel) right click under the Histogram in the dark gray empty area in the Develop module (just to the left of the word Basic in the Basic panel). The panels that are visible will be checked. To hide one or more just click on it. Here’s a graphic that shows where I clicked and the list that you’ll see.
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It not only works in the Develop module but all of the modules. Cool huh? Well, have a great weekend! I’m on my way out to Adobe Max this weekend so I’ll make sure I give you a report next week if anything cool happens.
Thanks. I was annoyed at having to re-activate a panel after switching to a differt tool.
I used your tip to activate a panel.
Thank you
I did not know this and since I’m a new user, this is something I definitely want to try.
Thanks.
Great tip. I wasn’t aware that you can hide panels.
You could have some “fun” using this tip on a co-workers LR —-What the #$%& happened to my Basic panel?
Matt, awesome tip! I was not aware of this. I to, do not use the split toning so I’m hiding that puppy!
Thanks,
Dennis
Hey Matt – I used your backlight preset on some travel photos and it worked extremely well! Thanks. You should give the ST panel a spin as it helps sauce up those warm highlights even further.
And related to that is the ability (circa LR4?) to selectively remove modules from the top panel in the same manner. Right click on the top panel and deselect what you don’t use.
so did not know… great tip..
Somehow along the way I lost “Basic” completely and could not figure out what happened until you solved it for me. I would have never figured it out.
Thanks,
Dick