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Raw & Post Processing, Printing => Adobe Lightroom Q&A => Topic started by: Evanford on September 20, 2012, 04:57:50 pm
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I am editing on a new Mac Book Pro and find it a bit more alien than I was expecting compared to Windows 7. On Windows I am used to holding down the ctrl key while moving a slider with the mouse to get finer increments. I can't seem to find the same functionality on the mac. I tried holding command, options, control keys. None seem to work. I know I can use option +/- to get fine increment changes but I liked using the mouse and slider. Does this not exist on the mac like it does on Windows or am I missing something?
Thanks.
Evan
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Not sure about actual mouse controls but these keyboard commands work well:
Up/Down arrow = 5 point change
Option + Up/Down arrow = 1 point change
Shift + Up/Down arrow = 20 point change
Also works with = key (plus) and - key (minus)
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I am editing on a new Mac Book Pro and find it a bit more alien than I was expecting compared to Windows 7.
Something else that may ease transition from Windows is to go to Settings/Keyboard/Modifier Keys and swap the Command and Control keys with each other. This not only makes shortcuts more like what you are used to, but is a lot more ergonomic too. Whilst there you can also turn Caps Lock key off, something that's quite tricky to do in Windows.
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Thanks for the replies. I guess I am going to have to get used to using the keyboard a little more.
One more question regarding printing. I have custom profiles for one of my papers. I moved the profile to the mac and Lightroom sees it for soft proofing, etc.. In the print driver I select the usual media type but for color matching it seems I am defaulted to 'colorsync' with another option of 'canon matching' greyed out. I would have thought there would have been a third option of 'none' which I would have used. Is 'colorsync' the correct choice here? I did a couple of prints and they seem to look okay. I just want to make sure I am selecting the correct choice for custom profiles from Lightroom.
Thanks for the help,
Evan
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On Mac's there are some programs that have the slow-motion slider enabled and others that do not. For those that do, you hold down the Option (Alt) key while moving the control slider.
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" Is 'colorsync' the correct choice here? "
Yes. Once you've applied the profile in LR or Photoshop Colorsync prevents the printer driver doing any other colour management. CM is effectively 'off' in Windows terms.
Tim