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Raphael22835276nkx8
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January 25, 2022
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Zoom Mouse Wheel

  • January 25, 2022
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Is it somehow possible to zoom the image in Lightroom with the mouse wheel like in Windows?
Strangely enough, it works in Photoshop, but I haven't found it in Lightroom yet.

I work on a Mac Book Pro 16 M1

 

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johnrellis
johnrellis
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January 26, 2022

I forgot that Ctrl + Wheel zooms in Windows LR; but Ctrl or Cmd + Wheel doesn't do anything in Mac LR.  Some people like scrubby zoom, but inexplicably it only works in Develop.  This article gives a good overview of the LR zoom options:

https://jkost.com/blog/2020/07/zooming-in-lightroom-classic.html

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Raphael22835276nkx8Author
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January 26, 2022

I only need the zoom function in the develop mode. But i think there is stil no way to get zoom with the mouse wheel 😞

Rikk Flohr_Photography
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Rikk Flohr_PhotographyCommunity Manager
January 26, 2022

[Shift]+ [Left Click]+Scrub (side to side) will work similarly.

Rikk Flohr: Adobe Photography Org
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    richardplondonCommunity Expert
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    January 26, 2022

    Holding Ctrl key allows zoom with the mouse wheel.

     

    That's not the most productive or responsive way to work in LrC though, in my own opinion. 

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      Raphael22835276nkx8Author
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      January 26, 2022

      Sorry at my mac it doesnt work, you have a mac?

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      richardplondonCommunity Expert
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      January 26, 2022

      I am on Windows: sorry - I think I misread the initial question. I would doubt that many Windows users of LrC even use this option though - I have not seen it mentioned before here. I find it laborious and slow to scroll zoom, having got very used to click-zooming between 1:1 and Fit specifically, and assessing sharpening etc at those particular zoom factors only.

        johnrellis
        johnrellis
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        January 25, 2022

        LR doesn't provide that feature, unfortunately.  

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          Raphael22835276nkx8Author
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          January 26, 2022

          oh thats not nice the new lightroom does support it 

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