Look in the upper-right corner of Lightroom, and make sure you're in
the Library module.
There's a tool bar below the work area.
No Tool Bar?
If the tool bar isn't there, press t.
Four Views
There are four icons for views on the left end of the tool bar.
We've looked at the first two, the Grid and Loupe views.
The third icon is for the Compare view.
Compare view allows you to pick out a photograph, and then to compare
it to others.
Click on a photograph.
Click on the Compare view icon.
The selected photograph appears on the left side.
Click the arrows in the tool bar to change the candidate photograph.
Press the Make Select button in the tool bar to turn the
candidate photograph into the Select photograph.
Compare View with Tool Bar
Survey View
Survey view allows you to view several photographs at the same
time.
Press g to go to Grid view.
Press and hold Ctrl, and click on some of your photographs.
Next, click the Survey view icon.
The photographs you selected will appear in the work area.
To delete one of them from the Survey view, click the X in the
lower-right corner or press /.
Survey View with Tool Bar
Shortcuts for the Four Views
Here are the shortcuts for the four views.
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g
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Grid View
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e
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Loupe View
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c
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Compare View
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n
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Survey
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Tools in the Tool Bars
The tools in the tool bar change depending on the
view.
We'll look at the tools when you're in the Grid and Loupe
views.
Grid View Tool Bar
Grid View Tool Bar
Press g on your keyboard to go to Grid view in the Library module.
Painter
Painter Tool
In Grid view, you can use the Painter (spray can icon), to "paint"
various attributes, such as a star rating, onto the thumbnails.
Click the Painter icon.
The Painter menu is to the right.
The painter menu has the attributes, the "paint," that you're going
to "spray" on the thumbnails.
Select Rating, if it's not selected already.
The rating stars appear to the right of the attribute menu.
There's probably one star, followed by four dots.
Click on the first three positions to turn on three stars.
Next, click and drag the paint-can cursor on some of the thumbnails
in the work area.
As you do so, their ratings change to three stars.
Then, click Done in the tool bar.
Sorting
The A/Z icon changes the order of the sort from A to Z to Z to A.
To change the attribute used for sorting, look for Sort.
The attribute after Sort is the sort menu.
Click the default attribute, probably Capture Time, to open the sort
menu.
Choose a different attribute to use for sorting, such as Pick
(Flag).
Thumbnail Size
Move the slider to change the size of the thumbnails.
Next, we'll look at the tools when you're in the Library module,
using the Loupe view.
Other Tools
Click the white triangle at the right end of the tool bar to show
the other tools that you would like to use.
Loupe View Tool Bar
Press e on your keyboard to go to Loupe view in the Library module.
The tools here were discussed above.
Go to:
• Flags.
• Star Ratings.
• Rotate.
Other Tools
Click the white triangle at the right end of the tool bar to show
the other tools that you would like to use.
Loupe View Tool Bar
Next, we'll start to explore beyond the work area.
