Operation Manual

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Viewing photos
Last updated 11/30/2015
When you select multiple photos, the first photo you select is the primary selection (active photo), indicated by the
brighter highlighted frame.
After selecting photos, add them to the Quick Collection to easily prepare them for printing, presenting in a slide
show, assembling into a web gallery, or exporting.
Compare photos in the Library module
Lightroom lets you view large previews of one or more photos for tasks like picking out the best photo in a series. You
can view side-by-side previews of two photos in the Compare view, or view tiled previews of two or more photos in the
Survey view.
In the Compare view, one photo is the select (active) and the other is the candidate. Using controls in the toolbar, you
can swap the select and candidate photos, zoom in and out of one or both views simultaneously, and specify when you’re
done comparing.
In the Survey view, the selected (active) photo has a white border. You can designate the active photo by clicking it in
the image display area. All photos have a Deselect Photo icon
in the lower-right corner for removing the photos
from the Survey view. (On Mac OS, move the pointer over the photo to see the icon.)
Both views provide access to rating stars, color labels, and Pick or Rejected flags for each photo. Both views also let you
deselect photos to narrow down the images under consideration. See
Flag, label, and rate photos .
You can always switch between the Compare and Survey views while comparing photos. You can also display Compare
and Survey views in a second window on a second monitor. See
Displaying the Library on a second monitor .
Compare photos in the Compare view
1 In the Grid view or the Filmstrip, select two photos and then do one of the following:
• Click the Compare View icon in the toolbar.
• Choose View > Compare.
Note: If you select only one photo and then switch to Compare view, Lightroom uses the currently selected photo and
either the last previously selected photo or an adjacent photo in the Grid view or the Filmstrip.
2 Do any of the following to adjust the photo previews:
• To zoom in or out of both photos simultaneously, make sure the Link Focus icon is displayed in the toolbar
and then drag the Zoom slider.
• To zoom in or out of one photo, select the photo, make sure the Unlink Focus icon is displayed in the toolbar,
and then drag the Zoom slider.
Note: Clicking the toolbar icon toggles between Link Focus and Unlink Focus.
• To synchronize the scaling of the candidate and the select photos, click Sync in the toolbar.
3 Set the rating stars, color labels, or Pick or Rejected flags for the photos.
4 Do any of the following to specify different selected and candidate photos:
• Click Swap in the toolbar to reverse the selected and candidate photos.
• Click the Select Next Photo icon in the toolbar (or press the Right Arrow key) to compare subsequent photos
with the first selection. Select Previous Photo to compare previous photos with the first selection. Press the Up
arrow to replace the selected photo with the current selection and replace the candidate selection with the next
image.
• Click the Deselect Photo icon in the lower-right corner below the photo.