P: Please add a keyboard shortcut for "Automatically strighten the photo" option

[Kristijonas Lučinskas]

Hello, please add a keyboard shortcut for the "Automatically straighten the photo" option in the "Crop overlay". Usually, I press "R" to select crop and wish to have another shortcut for "Auto straighten", as it usually works well in most cases.

Kind regards,

Kristijonas

[Per Berntsen]

Unfortunately, the existing shortcuts for Transform Upright (except Guided Upright) are hard wired and cannot be changed.

And you cannot create a new shortcut from scratch. For instance, the menu item Tools > Select sky does not come with a shortcut, so none can be created. I believe that this limitation is due to the way LrC is coded.

But I highly recommend the Any Shortcut plugin.

[Conrad_C]

If you have assigned function keys to keyboard shortcuts in Lightroom Classic

By @Shivani Somayajula

As far as I am aware, it is not possible for a user to assign function keys to keyboard shortcuts in Lightroom Classic, and particularly not to the feature in question. If there is a way, can you please link to or describe the steps?

[CCNY]

One member pointed out that when  you straighten on a field, it takes the lacrosse stick, the field lines, etc. rather than the horizon line.

[FrostyOfTheNorth]

I recall years ago asking for a keyboard shortcut for Transform > Upright > Auto and was told that there isn't one.  In my case, I wanted to program a Loupedeck CT console to trigger the function.

As an alternate, I created a develop preset that applies the Auto transformation.  It's not ideal, but that's what I've been using until the day that Adobe assigns a keyboard shortcut (if it ever does).

[jrsforums]

Loupedeck (CT, Live) has an 'Upright Auto' press button, which I believe is built on the Adobe programming interface.  It will toggle auto on/off.  For the other modes (level, vertical, etc)  I have also built dev presets, but they just activate that function. Nyoman can set an 'off' preset for upright.

[johnrellis]

You can do it with two keystrokes:

Shift T: Transform > Guided

Ctrl Tab: Cycle Upright Options to change to Level

[johnrellis]

Moderators, @Rikk Flohr: Photography, please merge with this existing Idea:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/lightroom-classic-ideas/p-please-add-a-keyboard-shortcut-for-quot-aut...

[johnrellis]

I just occurred to me that you can assign a shortcut to Transform > Auto right now, without waiting for Adobe to implement it.

Copy this line into a text file using Textedit or Notepad and save it as transform-auto.lua:

import "LrDevelopController".setValue ("PerspectiveUpright", 1)

Install that file into the Lightroom Scripts folder following these steps:

https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom-classic/kb/extract-previews-for-lost-images-lightroom.html

After restarting LR, you can use the menu command Scripts > transform-auto to select Transform > Auto.

Assign a keyboard shortcut to that script using System Settings on Mac or the free Autohotkey utility on Windows. See these instructions as a guide:

https://johnrellis.com/lightroom/anyvision.htm#shortcuts

[Ivan34364222yxsp]

Thank you for your reply. I reviewed the list from the link several times before posting here, but I couldn't find it. There are also some other shortcuts missing from that list. I assigned that new shortcut a month or two ago, and it has become a big part of my workflow, alongside Ctrl + Shift + C (copy settings) and Ctrl + Shift + V (paste settings).

[Ivan34364222yxsp]

Weird. I've been using it for a couple of months. Per, you are making me question my sanity 🙂

[Ivan34364222yxsp]

how about Loupedeck+? I am willing to back to it as long as I can have transform upright auto shortcut. 

Thank you. 

[Ivan34364222yxsp]

Let me look into this. Thank you John. 

[Ivan34364222yxsp]

You can assign existing Lightroom shortcuts to most keys by using gaming keyboards. My previous keyboard was the Logitech G510s, and my new one is the Razer Huntsman V2. It's a convenient way to edit in Lightroom without having to get a specialized device that would take up extra space on your desk.

[Ivan34364222yxsp]

If I can't find the shortcut, I will create a macro and assign it to a key on my keyboard to do just that. Thank you for the idea. John. 

[Ivan34364222yxsp]

It worked. I assigned a macro to a key. It's not as elegant as a dedicated shortcut but it does the job. Thank you. John. Problem solved. 

[Ivan34364222yxsp]

Thank you so much guys. the problem is solved thanks to John who suggested to use 

Shift T: Transform > Guided

Ctrl Tab: Cycle Upright Options to change to Level

I created a macro that did just this and assigned it to a key on my keyboard...