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Lucky_Sunshine1183
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Sep 14, 2025 9:33 AM UTC
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How to use the zoom and the hand to move the thing aroud, or the lasso tool,

i am a fan of lightroom, but i am to old and to attached to photoshop, and its making me nuts to not be able to use the standard photoshop tools, like the zoom and the hand to move the thing aroud, or the lasso tool,

 

its almost as if you over simplified the interface when designing it, and i have no desire to learna  brand new interface all over again or go hunting for standardized tools, can you please show me where those itms are located ?

 

pretty please with sugar on top,

 

i do a lot of high detail work, and i love ai add and subrtract tools, but hunting for the tool to grab the picture and move it to the next area, or the magnifying glass to zoom in and out are a pita, even with keyboad short cuts you could simplify this for me,

 

thanks

 

Sunshine

Rob_Cullen
Rob_CullenCorrect answer
Community Expert
Sep 14, 2025 11:34 PM UTC

Because the 'Lightroom' apps are in the  'Parametric raw editor' class they do not have the ability to move pixels around (as does Photoshop), and likely never will.

You would need to change to a subscription (Contact Adobe) that includes Photoshop - the Photography Plan 1TB  (@ BUY PHOTOGRAPHY PLANS ), or have another 'Pixel based' editor. eg. Photoshop Elements, and many others (not Adobe).

 

Regards. My System: Windows-11, Lightroom-Classic 15.6, Photoshop 27.8, ACR 18.7, Lightroom 9.4, Lr-iOS 10.4.0, Bridge 16.0.3 .

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Rob_Cullen
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Rob_CullenCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
Community Expert
Sep 14, 2025 11:34 PM UTC

Because the 'Lightroom' apps are in the  'Parametric raw editor' class they do not have the ability to move pixels around (as does Photoshop), and likely never will.

You would need to change to a subscription (Contact Adobe) that includes Photoshop - the Photography Plan 1TB  (@ BUY PHOTOGRAPHY PLANS ), or have another 'Pixel based' editor. eg. Photoshop Elements, and many others (not Adobe).

 

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Regards. My System: Windows-11, Lightroom-Classic 15.6, Photoshop 27.8, ACR 18.7, Lightroom 9.4, Lr-iOS 10.4.0, Bridge 16.0.3 .
Lucky_Sunshine1183
Participant
Sep 14, 2025 11:51 PM UTC

 

I have the photo shop plan....

I'm not looking for a pixel editor....

 

You would think it would make sense to have a magnifying glass, a toolbar and a grabber to slide around the screen.Easier.

 

 

 

I'm asking you

 

Where the magnifying glass is for easy zoom

 

And the hand tool is so I can easily slide around the screen

 

That is all

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Lucky_Sunshine1183
Participant
Sep 14, 2025 11:51 PM UTC

Did did you even check my account to verify that?I have the full paid plan?

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