Let’s get started, shall we?
- Importing Presets:
Importing Presets into Lightroom has always been a little painful. But, since Lightroom Classic 7.5, you can click the + sign in the Presets panel of the Develop module, and import presets from there instead. You can even import a ZIP file, and Lightroom will keep the folders and hierarchy. - Copy Settings from one image to another:
Want to quickly copy edits you’ve made to one photo onto another image? That’s easy. Right-click on the first image, select Settings > Copy Settings, then select your second image, right-click on it and go to Select > Paste Settings. - Crop Overlays:
Would you like an overlay of some common and useful composition tools (like the rule of thirds, golden ratio, golden spiral, etc…) on your image in the Develop module? Select the Crop tool, then go to Crop Guide Overlay > Choose Overlays. Then hit the letter O on your keyboard to cycle through them! Hit Shift+O to rotate the overlays 90 degrees. - Show/Hide Side Panels:
If you need a little bit more room to work in Lightroom Classic, just hit the Tab key on your keyboard. It will hide the left and right panels in any of the modules. Hit Tab again to get them back. - Increase Camera Raw Cache:
Increasing the Camera Raw Cache can help speed up Lightroom Classic. Go to Lightroom’s Preferences panel and select the Performance tab at the top. Then, increase the Camera Raw Cache Settings to 20 or 40 GB, for example. By default, it should be either 1 or 5 GB. - Solo Mode:
If you’re on a smaller monitor, you can enable Solo Mode in the Develop module. It will save some space and prevent you from scrolling up and down the panels while you’re editing — Right-click on one of the panel’s arrows and select Solo Mode. Now you can have only one panel open at once, no more scrolling endlessly and having all the panels open!