Maximize Your Working Space in Lightroom

By default, Lightroom frames your viewing area with two side panels, a top module picker, and a filmstrip on the bottom. This is a good starting place to work because you have all of your tools readily accessible. But as you begin to drill down in your workflow, you may want more working area during specific tasks. This could be particularly important to laptop users.

Fortunately, Lightroom enables you to control your working environment. Go to Window > Panels to see the various commands to control the appearance of your working area. You can also use the triangle-shaped icons positioned on all four sides to hide/reveal the panels.

My favorite view is to turn off the left side panel and the bottom filmstrip. This still leaves me with the top module picker and the right side tools panel. If I need to get to the other tools, they're only a triangle-click away.