How to create a keystroke shortcut for File > Plug-in Extras > Process with Topaz Photo AI in LRc

[John Schiller]

I now use Topaz Photo AI regularly in my LRc workflow.  It is painful to have to click on File > Plug-in Extras  > Process with Topaz Photo AI each and every time I am editing a significant number of images.  I understand that one cannot create a keystroke shortcut in LRc and am told I should do this outside of LRc.  I have researched and tried this within the MAC OS capabilities  doing the followingL  Apple > System Settings > Keystrokes > Keyboard > Keyboard Shortcuts > App Shortcuts.  LRc is not listed as one of the apps one can choose on the pull-down for All Applications, but by scrolling to Other, I can locate LRc.  From there I create a keyboard shortcut - and I tried many - and none seem to work.  

Has anyone done this successfully?  If so - how?

[JohanElzenga]

You can indeed do this in MacOS System Settings - Keyboard shortcuts, but you have to add three spaces in front of the menu name.

[John Schiller]

Thank you John.  May I ask you to be explicit as to where these ... should be placed.  Please see my attached file for what I just did - and this still does not work for me.  Is the text string for the menu item correct?  Are there other steps - like rebooting, etc.?

[JohanElzenga]

Not three dots, three spaces. I corrected that in my message, but apparently you did not see that.

[John Schiller]

Happy to report - this works!!! Thanks so much for your insight!

[John Schiller]

John - would 3 spaces be needed for other keyboard shortcuts - or is it 3 because of the nesting of this particular command?

[JohanElzenga · Accepted solution]

It's only for plugin extras menus. It's not so obvious, but they do contain three spaces in front of their name:

[Doug27865152unyp]

I tried to get this mac keyboard shortcut to work...unsuccessfully. I don't understand where to put the three blanks in the sequence. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

[JohanElzenga]

Sequence? You simply place the three spaces in front of the menu name. The whole procedure itself is described in the first message.

[Doug27865152unyp]

I'm sorry if I'm being slow here. I'm new to mac OS. Thanks for your patience.

I have this in the App Shortcuts Menu:

 File>Plug-in Extras>Process with Topaz Photo AI

Where do the 3 spaces go?

[JohanElzenga]

The menu name should not be 'File>plug-in Extras>Process with Topaz Photo AI', but just "   Process with Topaz Photo AI" (note the three spaces at the beginning).

[Doug27865152unyp]

Thank you. That worked like a charm.

[gwinters2128]

I have the same question, but using LrC with Window 11. Thank you, in advance!

[johnrellis]

@gwinters2128: "using LrC with Window 11"

If your "same question" is how to make a keyboard shortcut to the menu command File > Plug-in Extras > Process with Topaz Photo AI: You can use Autohotkey, a free, widely used utility that's robust but a little geeky to use.