A few queries
Hello again
I have got started. Have ordered the Kelby book, but it will take a while to arrive given my location (Palau).
So in the meantime I have a few queries
Cropping
Because birds are distant, for a large proportion of my photos I only need to keep the central portion, usually less that ¼ of the area. Is there a way to:
a) Apply an initial crop on all photos, or a selected group of photos
b) Then review and adjust each one. At the same time I would rate, and flag rejects
A third step that might be desirable would be to apply the crops to the original photos. If possible this would vastly reduce storage space needs.
Zooming
The zoom lever in library is very small and hard to move accurately with the mouse. Example, I find moving from 1:2 to 1:1 quite difficult to execute.
Clicking the mouse on the photo seems to zoom in and back out, but only between the last two settings – Lightroom seems to remember what these are. So if I last used the lever to switch from 1:1 to 1:3 the mouseclick on the photo alternates between those. But if I need to go to 1:2, it is back to that difficult zoom lever.
What would be much easier would be a single keystrokes to move in and out one step at a time, so I could quickly zoom in and out with repeated keystrokes. Ideally two keys side by side on my keyboard. Does Lightoom have something like that? If not can I set custom quick-keys.
Aperture settings
In lightroom Develop panel, “Metadata” shows Exposure, Focal length, ISO, but it doesn’t show Aperture. One of the things I to learn to understand is how aperture differences are impacting the look of my photographs. Is there something I have to change to get aperture to show in the metadata list?
Develop History
When I am trying to figure out my crops, Lightoom saves every change in the history, even the accidental mistakes. Is there a way to drop all the interim back and forth changes and choose only to save selected points in the develop history, and drop all the rest. Alternatively, is there a way to flag specific points in the develop history, so I can find those again easily.