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Zoom

There are many ways to zoom.

You can change the size of your photograph in the work area by using the zoom bar in the Navigator panel.

Zoom Bar

Click Fit, Fill, 1:1, and 2:1.

Fit fits the entire photograph into the workspace.

Fill fills the work area with the photograph that may be cropped.

1:1 magnifies the photograph to 100%.

2:1 magnifies the photograph to 200%.

1:1, and larger magnifications, may take a moment to be created.

Open the zoom-bar menu by clicking the up-down-arrow icon at the end of the zoom bar.

Click a magnification to enlarge your photograph.

If you're in Grid view, the view changes to Loupe view.

The magnification you selected from the zoom-bar menu becomes the fourth choice on the zoom bar.

In Grid view you can use the slider in the tool bar to change the size of the thumbnails.

Double click a thumbnail to go to Loupe view with Fit as the magnification.

In Loupe view, add the zoom slider to the tool bar.

Click the white triangle on the left end of the tool bar, and select Zoom.

By default, Lightroom enlarges a photograph from the center of the photograph.

Let's say you photographed Mount Everest, and the mountain is in the center.

No matter where you click on the scene, the mountain will be in the center.

But, what if you want to zoom in on the base camp?

You want the base camp to become the new "center" of the photograph.

Do the following to change the default setting.

1) Go to File > Preferences (Windows) or Lightroom > Preferences (Mac).

2) Click the Interface tab.

3) At the bottom under Tweaks, select Zoom clicked point to center.

Zoom clicked point to center

On Tool Bar?	Yes
Keyboard Shortcuts	Zoom in: Ctrl + = Zoom out: Ctrl + –
Right Click Menu	No
Menu on Top of the Screen	View > Zoom In & Out
On Thumbnail Border?	No
Other & Related Methods	To toggle between Fit & the last magnification used: • Press the spacebar • Press z • Double click on a thumbnail