Increase Exposure in Library mode, shortcut

[tom26606516m837]

Hello Everyone, 

I'm reaching out to the community and maybe to Lightroom developer as, I find that if would be of great use to have a keyboard shortcut to increase/decrease 1/3 exposure when in Library mode.

I find that in my initial selection when I go throughmy images, image by image, it would be of great use to just increase/decrease exposure quickly before actually doing any color edit..

I can do so in develop mode with the up / down arrow on the keyboard but going through images is much slower in develop mode.

Anyone who has a solution? 

[C.Cella]

You can use the "Quick Develop" panel in Library.

[tom26606516m837]

Yes I know that but I still need to use a mouse to get there, what I'm looking for is a keyboard shorcut to use the increase/decrease exposure from the Quick Develop panel

[C.Cella]

@tom26606516m837 

The KBSC doens't exist and I doubt Adobe would implement it.

Why only a KBSC for "Exposure +/- X" and not increment/decrement Clarity, Saturation, Dehaze, etc...

A possible solution is to create a script to increment Exposure by +0,33 AND then you can assign a KBSC to it, at least on Mac.

In develop I believe using  LrDevelopController.increment one can sue the script do BUT I don't know how it can be done in library.

 @johnrellis definitely knows how to do it, if doable.

Using Quick Develop IS the simplest solution so far but no KBSC.

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[tom26606516m837]

No need for a script in Develop mode as you can just point your mouse on any of the sliders and then just go through your images with L/R arrows and use Up/Down arrow to increase/decrease without ever using the mouse again unless you need to move to a different slider. It would be great to be able to the same in Libray mode 

[C.Cella]

I know perfectly well about hovering edit sliders or edit boxes in develop.

One can also click and hold any settings text/label and afterwards edit using +/- without the need to hover hover anymore.

You seem to have an issue with reaching a specific part of the Ui and you would rather prefer to use KBSC instead.

You said: 

"I still need to use a mouse to get there, what I'm looking for is a keyboard shortcut to use the increase/decrease exposure" 

KBSC to increase/decrease exposure is unlikely ever going to happen (why prioritise that KBSC over equally useful increment/decrement White Balance, Tin, etc...).

Scripts to increment/decrement Exposure would get you what you need.

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[tom26606516m837]

To answer your comment  "(why prioritise that KBSC over equally useful increment/decrement White Balance, Tin, etc...)" because I think than when going through hundres of images that only need small exposures adjustment a KBSC would save so much time.

So you think it would be possible to create a script that would allow me to do that?

thanks for your help

[johnrellis]

This post shows how to script incrementing and decrementing Exposure in Develop: 

https://community.adobe.com/t5/lightroom-classic-discussions/increase-exposure-in-library-mode-short...

Unfortunately, doing that in Library is a little more involved, and I don't have an example script handy. If you're an experienced programmer, you could download the Lightroom Classic SDK from adobe.io and spend at least 6 hours learning enough Lua and the SDK :-< (It's a steep learning curver.)

I think the LrSuperKeys plugin might do what you want, as might MIDI2LR even if you don't have a MIDI controller.

[Rob_Cullen]

@tom26606516m837  If you are a professional photographer, or edit thousands of images, then you money would be well spent on a Loupedeck+.  https://loupedeck.com/products/loupedeck-plus/

In Library grid view, with the Loupedeck+, it is so easy to move in the grid with the arrow keys, and a single turn of the exposure knob does what you are asking. Or any of the other Basic tone adjustment knobs!

I use one (no association with the company), and I am only an amateur, but i find a small job like a portrait shoot can be editied so much quicker.