Zooming in?

Question

Is there a way to drag over a specific part of a photo to zoom in on it like you can in PS? I currently click on the different options at the top of the Navigator window, though I'm guessing there is an easier way?

Thanks.

JP Hess · Accepted Answer

Left mouse (the left mouse button).

Rob_Cullen · Answer

There is not a way to 'drag' a marquee rectangle over part of the image in the main develop window.

When image is enlarged (zoomed 'in') You can however drag the box in the Navigator preview panel.

You can click the mouse on any area of the main window to zoom into that area of the full image.

You can click/hold the L-mouse in the main window and drag the image to display another area.

The big difference between the 'zoom' functions in Lightroom and Photoshop programs is- Lightroom uses and depends on discrete and individual preview images (stored in the xxx Previews.LRDATA folder) that will only display the photo at the specific zoom ratios you can select above the Navigator panel.

So you can zoom 4:1 or 8:1 but you cannot zoom 6:1 (6:1 is not available). You are in fact just selecting a different preview. Whereas Photoshop (& other pixel editors) will zoom visually to any ratio.

The [Space Bar] is a handy way to 'zoom' between two ratios. eg. If you often zoom 1:1 for sharpening etc, mouse click on 1:1 and then click on 'Fit' above the Navigator panel, pressing [Space] will then toggle the view between 1:1 and Fit. The mouse cursor click also 'remembers' the last chosen ratio and will toggle between the two. As does

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