3 Lesser Known But Useful Lightroom Features

Lightroom is an intricate program full of lots of capabilities, and it can be easy to overlook some features. This great video discusses three lesser known capabilities in the program that will help you take your edits further and make your workflow more efficient.

Coming to you from Anthony Morganti, this helpful video discusses three somewhat hidden features in Lightroom that can expand your editing capabilities. Of them, my favorite has always been the "J" keyboard shortcut. When activated, this shortcut puts red over any areas in the image that have blown-out highlights and blue over any places with clipped shadows. It can be tricky to see if a highlight or a shadow still has some data or if it is totally clipped, which is where this trick comes in handy. I typically use this when I'm pushing dynamic range around in post, as it makes it easy to take the image right to the edge while still retaining information everywhere. I simply turn the indicators on with the shortcut, then slide the shadows and highlights sliders until all the blue and red just disappears. It is a highly useful technique. Check out the video above for more from Morganti.