P: Display Focus Points

I find that use of several plugins to show focus points and to apply a focus mask in Lightroom a very handy tool and wish that it was part of Lightroom since the focus point used is easily obtained from EXIF.

Of course, it would only show WHAT focus point was used, not necessarily where focus actually was achieved, but that could easily be added as an option as well, since there are 3rd party plugins that do that quickly and easily as well.

Be nice if both the focus point used and the focus masking would just be a keystroke, built into ACR/Lightroom.

I agree with what you said, however, if you know where you were attempting to focus and did not recompose, it is a good tool to confirm your work, so in the end it is how you intend to make use of it.

Canon also stores the focus point.

I would like to see focusing points in Lightroom and not a plug in!.  This thread started 6 years ago and it is not addressed.  It is basic photography information which would make my initial sort of images much much easier and faster.  Thanks.    

Hi Benjamin,

Though you of course have a point, I do not agree with you statement that this is not a useful feature.

I totally agree on your point with the image analysis.

I am using a Canon EOS 1D X with 61 focus points spread over most of the frame.
Hence, I Compose my shot/frame and then select the correct focus point for the shot. Depending on the scene, using the method "focusing/reframing" can throw the subject out of focus. 

The method suggest by me to ensure perfect sharpness of course is only ideal with cameras with sufficiant focus points spread across the frame. But, most new pro and semi-pro cameras have sufficient focus points to easily accommodate this work-flow. 

Focusing and then reframing is a popular way to work, but not the optimal if you want to make sure to have pin-point-focus. IMHO showing focus points is hence very essential; I think that it is an extremely annoying omission by Adobe and do not understand why they do not implement this feature.

Concerning the focus-point-plugin mentioned in another post: I personally find the plugin way too slow and cumbersome - but it shows that it is doable and it is nice that somebody has spend his time making this available.

As already mentioned by another member prior in this thread, Aperture did this and Canon and Nikon's prorpriatory software shows the focus points as well.

Adobe, wake up!

Didn't Bridge use to show the focus points (six years back or so)?

Have a fantastic day and good luck with your photography.

Focus points not useful if you focus and then move to compose your shot. Far better would be image analysis showing what's in/out focus and by how much.

Apple's Aperture did this for years. Hard to believe it's a technical challenge for Adobe. I recently migrated from Aperture to Lightroom, and I'm frankly stunned that Adobe doesn't get this. I love LR's merge to HDR and pano features, but there are just too many headslap moments like this. The lack of 3-up view is another major step backwards in my culling workflow. Honestly, what Adobe needs more than engineers is some real-world (not studio) photographers consulting on product design. From a UI standpoint, Aperture was brilliant. LR not so much. I mean, jeez, no customizable keyboard shortcuts? Really?!?! I better shut up now before it gets ugly.

I use Bridge to organize and review images.  It provides all the information I need, with the exception of showing the camera focus point.  When taking upwards of 1000 images per day, it would be extremely helpful in my first cull.  Nikon ViewNX2 shows the focus point, but has many disadvantages when used in that manner.  The focus point is captured in the metadata, so it should be a relatively simple addition.