A Dumb LR5 (CC) Question

So you guys were kind enough to help me in the past, but once again I seem to have lost one of the main boxes in the develop module with the brightness, light, dark, shadows, sliders. I don't see a little triangle that would be hiding it either.

Mine starts with the histogram under that is the crop, clone, heal, etc., and then it goes right to the tone curve. Where the heck is my other sliders?

In the Develop Module, right click (assuming it's a PC) on one of the other Develop boxes (not the, Histogram, doesn't work). You'll see where you can check the different sections you want to have available. The one you're looking for is "Basic"

I'm on a Mac, but what you suggested worked perfectly. Thank you.

Glad to help. I have a PHD in screwing things up, so I have gotten pretty good at finding solutions (comes from being to stubborn to ask for help )

Bad Habit wrote in post #16882121
Glad to help. I have a PHD in screwing things up, so I have gotten pretty good at finding solutions (comes from being to stubborn to ask for help )

Much appreciated. I just shot a friend's daughter's christening. Got about 100 pretty good shots and without the basic panel (which I didn't even know the name of until you told me) I was at a loss to fix my usual underexposed and shadowy pics.

Bad Habit wrote in post #16882107
In the Develop Module, right click (assuming it's a PC) on one of the other Develop boxes (not the, Histogram, doesn't work). You'll see where you can check the different sections you want to have available. The one you're looking for is "Basic"

Funny how PC users think Mac users still use those wacky one button mouses...

What I can't figure out is how the hell the damn panels disappear.

Without knowing the specifics as to how it happened, in the Develop module (on the Mac) Cmd-1 should toggle the Basic panel on and off. You maybe accidentally pressed Cmd and 1 at some point, but again it toggles the panel.

You can use a similar combination for other right-hand panel, Cmd-0 for the histogram, Cmd-2 for the Tones panel, etc.

One thing I was wondering, though: when that panel is closed, do you not see the label "Basic" and then a little arrow appearing below the Crop/Clone/Brush toolbar? Click that arrow and the Basic panel should open...

For various panel options you can go to the Window/Panels menu. At least that's how things are in the Windows LR!

Thank you. I don't think I saw the basic title at all. Thought I shot JPEG by mistake. Think in the older versions when shooting JPEG the options were different, no?

No, with jpegs the panels are there, check it out!

Yep I know. But were they say in LR2 or 3? Cause years back you couldn't at least as easily change WB for instance.

CMD-1 is a fingertip away from CMD-Q, which is Quit. I wonder if, every once in a while, you are toggling off your Basic panel accidentally when you try to quit the application with CMD-Q.

kirk

Ah, except I have no idea about CMD-Q.