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Baggins001
Baggins001
Participant
January 31, 2017
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Crop Guide Overlay & The Golden Spiral

  • January 31, 2017
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Hi, i run Lightroom CC and all worked perfectly until my PC crashed and burned since the I have rebuilt the PC (Win 10) and reinstalled Lightroom with the normal download from Adobe. Installation went without any problems.

However now I cannot get the Crop Guide Overlay with the Thirds, Golden Spiral and others to work. When I type Control+O the program goes straight to the Open Catalog screen.

I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling Lightroom a number of times removing all vestiges of the previous software each time to no avail. I still have no Golden Spiral.

Can anyone help?

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Correct answer Rikk Flohr_Photography

Sorry Guy's, None of the "o"'s work ctrl or shift or both and I'm typing  o not zero. As for the crop guide overlay to choose the overlays to cycle all of these are grayed out. I tried the ctrl+shift+H but that as no effect either.


1. Enter Crop Tool [ R ]

2. Press [ O ]  (letter O not number 0)

  • A Crop Guide should appear (it may not be the one you want).  If it doesn't, press the [ H ] (hide/unhide). If it still doesn't you have to reset your preference file.

3. Continue to tap the [ O ] until the Golden Spiral Crop Overlay appears.

4. Once the Golden Spiral Appears you can press [Shift]+[ O ] to cycle through Clockwise/Counter-Clockwise from each corner. (There are 8 total Golden Spiral overlay variations)

NOTE:  No where do you press a [CTRL] key.  Do not use the [CTRL] key to access anything in Overlays.

4 replies

Baggins001
Baggins001Author
Participant
February 1, 2017

Just tried deleting preferences with no change, the Shift or Ctrl O still takes me to the open Catalog window.

JP Hess
JP Hess
Inspiring
February 1, 2017

What happens if you just press the O key? No shift, no alt, no Ctrl.

Baggins001
Baggins001Author
Participant
February 1, 2017

Sorry Guy's Shift+O & Ctrl+O takes me to the Open Catalog window. When I turn the Crop Tool on I get a Horizontal and Vertical Line centered on the bottom right third and I can't cycle through the tools.

dj_paige
dj_paige
Legend
February 1, 2017

Delete your preference file.

Where to find preference files for Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5

JP Hess
JP Hess
Inspiring
January 31, 2017

It's just the O key to toggle the overlay, not  Ctrl/O. Of course, the crop tool must be activated for this to work.

Rikk Flohr_Photography
Community Manager
Rikk Flohr_PhotographyCommunity Manager
January 31, 2017

[Shift]+ also cycles the 8 Variations of the Golden Spiral once it is on-screen.

Rikk Flohr: Adobe Photography Org
dj_paige
dj_paige
Legend
January 31, 2017

Ctrl+O in the LIbrary Module gives you Open Catalog

Ctrl+O in the Develop Module, with the crop overlay selected, should let you cycle through the different overlays.

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