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Lightroom Beginners Guide: Understanding Grid and Loupe View - In this training tutorial you'll learn what all the symbols and data mean on the thumbnail cells in Grid View of the Library Module and how to select images you want to work with. You'll also learn the various options Loupe View, where you can view individual images at various sizes. Plus you'll get keyboard shortcuts to help make navigating the Library Module faster.
You can access Grid View by hitting the G key or clicking the Grid View button on the Toolbar. To access Loupe View either press the E key or click the Loupe View button on the Toolbar.
Grid View shows you thumbnails of your images. There is information that you can choose to show on the surrounding cell that you cycle through by hitting the 'J' key. Some of the information you can see includes the file base name and copy name, the flag state -- whether it's picked or unpicked or rejected, stack indicator, virtual copy indicator, metadata status, Quick Collection marker, badges with info that may have been applied such as develop settings, collection, keywords, crop and map location.
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If you're just getting started, watch these Lightroom video tutorials:
How to Import Your Images into Lightroom: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eilhWCJRI7s
Lightroom 5: Workspace Basics and Shortcuts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77JKB8Jopbk
How to Move Your Images or Catalog to an External Hard Drive https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZL4yKQziKdQ
Full Screen Mode, Lights Out Viewing Tips: http://youtu.be/UXO3feHX2h0
How to Customize Grid View options: http://youtu.be/yopFguco0J8
How to Customize Loupe View Overlays in Library Module: http://youtu.be/lthQ4Aj9cxE
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