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October 26, 2024
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P: Shift Key to zoom and pan both images simultaneously

  • October 26, 2024
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Hi, I have three suggestions for the Reference View UI that Capture One provides, and I hope LR will also.

 

First, I should be able to use the Shift key to drill down into both images, and also, pan within both images, as long as I am holding down the Shift key.  This lets me quickly compare two images for sharpness, micro contrast, color, etc. at different parts of an image.

 

Second, I should be able to click to select either image in situ and be able to edit it.  I might be comparing two images from two different cameras, and I might like the way the greens were rendered in one and the magentas were rendered in the other, and neither image might have been perfect.  So I ought to be able to tweak either image to bring it closer to the other.  If the Reference image is a "gold standard" that should not be disturbed, then it is easy to provide an edit lock for that image.  Currently, the only way I can edit the reference image on the left is by also making it the working image on the right, which is very cumbersome.

Third, as a follow up to the above, currently if I try to crop the Reference image, I get kicked out of the dual-image mode altogether.  Frequently, I am trying to crop two images to the same size, by having the same margins around a subject in the center.  I should be able to adjust the cropping on an image with a reference image on the left.

 

Hope this is useful feedback others will also find useful, and they can be implemented.