Looking for a LR Speedkey Solution

I was looking for a way to speed up my Lightroom workflow. One of the things that slows me down is I'm constantly tinkering with the exposure, black, fill, brightness, and contrast sliders.

If there was just something I could click to boost these instead of the mouse, I'd be so much better off. I ran across Kevin Kubota's Speedkeys (http://www.kubotaimage​tools.com …PG_SpeedKeys_ca​t_258.html) which give me exactly what I want to do. Of course he throws in a bit of preset hotkeys as well (I don't use presets enough to need a quick key for them).

But, here's the problem. It costs $349! For a hopped up mini keyboard and a couple presets? No thank you! Plus, it's specific just for Lightroom. I'd like something I could tailor for other apps as well.

So, what are my other (more affordable) options? I believe if I just buy a numeric keypad or an extra keyboard, they don't "add" keys. Instead, they just work in conjunction with my keyboard.

I appreciate any advice and would like to know what others do. As far as I know, there aren't keyboard shortcuts for the functions I'm talking about. Instead, the existing shortcuts are more for selecting tools. True, I can use up/down arrow to boost a slider, but I have to still go through the effort of selecting the slider.

Thanks for any advice!

hitting w gets you to WB, and you can use up/down/left/right for temp/tint..

Other than that I think you're stuck with click on the name of the slider, then using +/- to adjust..

You could always just create pre-sets to decrease/increase certain slider values.. but then your using the mouse again.

Might help, might not.
No personal experience whatsoever.

http://www.diyphotogra​phy.net …rs-and-external-keyboards
http://photographers-toolbox.com/blog/categ​ory/keyboardtamer/
All shortcuts:
http://www.computer-darkroom.com …rd/lightroom-keyboard.htm


If you press , or . you toggle through the basic sliders in the develop module, which you can modify using + and -

René Damkot wrote in post #13095508
If you press , or . you toggle through the basic sliders in the develop module, which you can modify using + and -

my hero.. I didn't know that one!!

I know several people who use programmable gamepads like the Logitech G13 and the Belkin (now Razer) Nostromo with Lightroom and Photoshop. You can also use a Wacom tablet which has the advantage of pressure-sensitive brushes. Of course, you'd have to manually enter the shortcuts into the software; or look online for people who have the files available.

wdwpsu wrote in post #13095428
I was looking for a way to speed up my Lightroom workflow. One of the things that slows me down is I'm constantly tinkering with the exposure, black, fill, brightness, and contrast sliders.

If there was just something I could click to boost these instead of the mouse, I'd be so much better off. I ran across Kevin Kubota's Speedkeys (http://www.kubotaimage​tools.com …PG_SpeedKeys_ca​t_258.html) which give me exactly what I want to do. Of course he throws in a bit of preset hotkeys as well (I don't use presets enough to need a quick key for them).

But, here's the problem. It costs $349! For a hopped up mini keyboard and a couple presets? No thank you! Plus, it's specific just for Lightroom. I'd like something I could tailor for other apps as well.

So, what are my other (more affordable) options? I believe if I just buy a numeric keypad or an extra keyboard, they don't "add" keys. Instead, they just work in conjunction with my keyboard.

I appreciate any advice and would like to know what others do. As far as I know, there aren't keyboard shortcuts for the functions I'm talking about. Instead, the existing shortcuts are more for selecting tools. True, I can use up/down arrow to boost a slider, but I have to still go through the effort of selecting the slider.

Thanks for any advice!

PixelMagic wrote in post #13095553
I know several people who use programmable gamepads like the Logitech G13 and the Belkin (now Razer) Nostromo with Lightroom and Photoshop. You can also use a Wacom tablet which has the advantage of pressure-sensitive brushes. Of course, you'd have to manually enter the shortcuts into the software; or look online for people who have the files available.

I think I'm sold on that G13. Saw some great videos on Youtube.. Thank you!

A quick adjustment can be gotten with Auto Tone, available in the Library module but also by the shortcut Ctl-U (Undo with Ctl-Z)

tonylong wrote in post #13096359
A quick adjustment can be gotten with Auto Tone, available in the Library module but also by the shortcut Ctl-U (Undo with Ctl-Z)

Always need to know the undo to go with auto tone, because 80% of the time it's not good.

Ctrl + / displays a little window that shows all the keyboard shortcuts for the current module. Very useful, try it out!

Wow! That's cool to know!