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darrellh80931494
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April 14, 2023
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Is there a keyboard shortcut to start Lightroom tethered capture?

  • April 14, 2023
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I love the F12 single-button command to activate taking a photo. Now I want a key command to activate tethered capturing. Does it exist? Have I just not found it in my searching? Please reply. If it doesn't, consider this suggestion for future updates. Everyone currently must use a mouse/stylus to navigate via File>Tethered Capture>Start Tethered Capture. To have an option + Command/Control ___ something-or-other shortcut would be amazing; a great time saver. I want it for just getting started and also because, some days, I start, stop, and later re-start LrC to jump back into tethered shooting. Sometimes the whole works just keeps crashing for reasons only the Gods understand and we are quitting LrC and starting over to re-establish camera connections. Tether capture seems like a major function of LrC so a "get started" shortcut seems wise.

Correct answer Sean McCormack

No in Lightroom, but as you've macOS as a tag:

 

https://support.apple.com/en-ie/guide/mac-help/mchlp2271/mac

You can make your own for any app on macOS

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Sean McCormack
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Sean McCormackCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
Community Expert
April 14, 2023

No in Lightroom, but as you've macOS as a tag:

 

https://support.apple.com/en-ie/guide/mac-help/mchlp2271/mac

You can make your own for any app on macOS

Sean McCormack. Author of 'Essential Development 3'. Magazine Writer. Former Official Fuji X-Photographer.
    johnrellis
    johnrellis
    Genius
    April 15, 2023

    To build on Sean's reply, note that help article tells you to use the complete path of a menu item. e.g. "File->Tethered Capture->Start Tethered Capture...".   That doesn't work for many of LR's menu items, so instead use just the final menu item, e.g. "Start Tethered Capture...".

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      darrellh80931494Author
      Participant
      April 14, 2023

      I forgot to mention I also want a keyboard shortcut to activate Live viewing once tethered capture is activated.

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      Paul Takeuchi
      Inspiring
      January 7, 2025

      Did you ever figure this out for MacOS. I see that you can start tethered capture with a keyboard shortcut (command-T) and trip the shutter (F12), but 'd like a shortcut to open the Live View and also to rotate the Live View to portrait orientation.

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        AlekeCommunity Manager
        Community Manager
        January 8, 2025

        Hey @Paul Takeuchi!

        It looks like there isn't a shortcut for Live View yet. You can check out all the keyboard shortcuts for Lightroom Classic here: https://adobe.ly/40ptf4U;

        I recommend visiting the Ideas board to see if anyone has already suggested this. You can upvote existing threads or start a new one if your idea isn’t there. The team reviews these suggestions and prioritizes future releases based on the number of upvotes. Here's the link: https://adobe.ly/4a6gvmV

        Thank you!
        Alek

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