Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Killer Tips

You know those little Target Adjustment Tools (affectionately known as TATs) that are in the Tone Curve panel, as well as the HSL and Grayscale panels? Well, one thing that bugged me for quite a while was always having to select them in order to use them over and over again. That is, until I found the keyboard shortcuts. Now, you may thinking that’s a no-brainer right? Nope. The keyboard shortcuts for the TATs are not where you’d think they would be (actually, I have no idea where they “should” be). They’re under the View menu. If you’re in the Develop module, go to View > Target Adjustment. You have to hold down the Alt-Ctrl-Shift (Mac: Option-Cmd-Shift) keys and then just hit the letter you want. H for Hue, S for Saturation, T for Tone Curve, etc… It’s a small thing but it sure made life easier when using Develop for me. Enjoy!

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Hey, I’ve got another one of those blatant plugs for you. Want a way to learn more about Lightroom, save $100, and become a NAPP member all at once? Sign up for Photoshop World today. See, the early bird special runs out today. If you sign up next week you’ll be spending an extra $100. Plus, there’s an entire track dedicated to Lightroom. I’ll be teaching in it, as well as some of the top experts in the field like Chris Orwig, George Lepp, Tim Grey, and Jerry Courvoisier. Plus, if you’re not a NAPP member then you will be after you sign up (a $100 value). If you are a NAPP member then you save an extra $100 bucks on the price. Sign up soon though. Photoshop World sold out in Boston and this one is on track to do the same. Things are selling out like crazy too (my Layers pre-con is already sold out and we still have a month left). Go check out the class schedule at www.photoshopworld.com. Hope to see you there.

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Here’s a website of some one who posted some feedback in the comments section here. His name is Patrick Cavan Brown and he’s a Documentary and Commercial Advertising Photographer. If you want a shorter version of his title just call him “One Heck-of-a photographer”. That’s exactly what he is. He’s got one of those portfolios that has a little bit of everything in it and I think that’s why I liked it so much. So check out Patrick’s work at www.shadowdetails.com. (Photo Credit: Patrick Cavan Brown)

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