Adobe Lightroom allows you to work faster. One of the speed gains I've realized lately is the ability to rate and crop my photos at the same time. In the past, this had been a two-part process.
After I have a shoot loaded into Lightroom, I hop over to the Develop module and view an enlarged version of each image to help me rate it. I like to collapse the left column to provide me with a bigger viewing area (just click on the triangle on the left edge). I then click on the Crop button to display the "crop overlay."
As I move from one image to the next (using the left and right arrow keys on the keyboard), I rate the photo by pressing one of the 1-5 number keys on the keyboard. Before moving to the next image, I drag one of the handles on the crop overlay frame to precisely crop the image. If you want to see how the printed result will look, uncheck the "Show crop overlay" box in the right side tools column. You can activate the overlay again by simply pressing the "R" key.
The crop overlay frame will remain present as you move from one image to the next. I find it amazing how fast I can rate and crop an entire shoot using this method.
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Read More Entries by Derrick Story.
Great tip. To speed things up even more, put your caps lock on. This will automatically advance you to the next image each time you provide a rating. :)
Press "H" to quickly change to the hand tool instead of de selecting "show crop overlay". And you will work even faster.