Where are my Lightroom users at?! 
I’m a huge fan of Lightroom Classic and how it can speed up and create consistency in your workflow! 

If you’re not using Lightroom yet, let me know what’s holding you back – I’d love to hear your thoughts.

There are soooo many tips and tricks to speed up your workflow, and this is one of my faves for all software I use – KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS. Lightroom keyboard shortcuts save me time switching from module to module, as well as accessing various tools, and even changing brush sizes.

What Are Shortcuts?

Lightroom keyboard shortcuts are simply keys you can tap on your keyboard that will bring up different modules or tools, instead of having to navigate in the menus to find them. Sometimes it’s a single button on your keyboard, other times it may be a combination of keys. Often you can customize keyboard shortcuts too, if one doesn’t already exist, and you find yourself going into the menu for the same thing often. Even though it may just be a couple of seconds each time, this can really add up! I use keyboard shortcuts for just about everything.

Lightroom Keyboard Shortcuts for Module Changes

Let’s first look at three keys you can start using right away.
These are the three modules in LR that I bounce back and forth between all the time:

• Grid/Library
• Develop
• Survey Mode (compare multiple images)

And if I had to navigate into the menus each time, that would be super annoying. Here’s an easy way to switch back and forth with the tap of a key:

G = Grid 
D = Develop
N = Survey

Give those a try!

See How I Use These

Check out this quick video to see how I use the modules with these Lightroom keyboard shortcuts (I didn’t talk about Develop much because that’s where we edit our images and that’s a whole other topic, which we can delve into if you’re interested):

More Lightroom Keyboard Shortcuts

Loving this and want to learn more? I recommend anytime you go into the menu for something, look to see if there’s a keyboard shortcut listed right next to it. Then get out of the menu and use the shortcut instead. It’s a bit slower at first, but you’ll be surprised at how quickly it becomes second nature to just use the keys.

FREE Lightroom Keyboard Shortcut Cheat Sheet

I created a handy cheat sheet with my favourite shortcuts. Just add your info and I’ll send it right over!

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