Tips for Zooming in Lightroom Classic

When in Grid view, tap “L” or double click an image thumbnail to preview in Loupe view.

• Once in Loupe view, you will automatically be given the zoom tool; click on the image to zoom to the default zoom percentage (Lightroom Classic’s default zoom percentage is 1:1). To “temporarily” zoom to an area (to check focus for example), click-and-hold the zoom tool in the image area (releasing the mouse returns to the previous zoom percentage).
• Once you’ve zoomed into an image, Lightroom displays the Hand tool; drag with the Hand tool in the image area to view other portions of the image.
• Single click in the image area to return to Loupe view or double click to return to Grid View. 
• Tap the Spacebar once to move from Grid to Loupe view. In Loupe view, tap the Spacebar again to toggle between Loupe view and your default zoom percentage.
• Command + Option + 0 (Mac) | Control + Alt + 0 zooms to 100%.
• Command + “+” or “-” (plus or minus) (Mac) | Control + “+” or “-” (plus or minus) (Win) toggles through the custom zoom levels.

The Navigator Panel —  In the Navigator panel, set your default zoom level for loupe view to either Fit or Fill. Then, click to zoom to 100% or to a custom zoom percentage (ranging between 6% and 1600%). 

The Zoom Slider — Use the Zoom slider in the Toolbar to quickly zoom in or out on an image. Note: the slider is equally divided – the first half ranging between 6% and 100%; second half ranging between 100% and 1600%.

Scrubby Zoom — Shift-drag left/right in the image area in the Develop module to zoom out/in. Note: GPU acceleration must be enabled.

Box Zoom — Command -drag (Mac) | Control -drag (Win) a box over the area in the image that you want to zoom into.

Lock Zoom Position — To control the zoom location when moving from one image to another, use Command + Shift + “=” (Mac) | Control  + Shift + “=” (Win) to toggle between Lock/Unlock Zoom Position. With Lock Zoom Position enabled, Lightroom will zoom to the exact same area of each image (regardless of where you may have previously zoomed into) as you move from one image to another. With Lock Zoom Position disabled, Lightroom will remember and display the zoom position from when you previously viewed the image.  

In this video you’ll discover the many different ways to zoom, pan, select, preview and customize the Grid and Loupe views in Lightroom Classic.

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