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Adobe Photoshop Lightroom CC User Manual

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Last updated 4/20/2015

By default, the second window opens the selected photo in Loupe view. If you have a second monitor connected to
the computer, the second window automatically opens on that monitor in full-screen display. Otherwise, Lightroom
opens a floating Secondary Display window.

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To change the view mode of the Lightroom Library second window, right-click the Second Window button and
choose an option from the menu. Or, click Grid, Loupe, Compare, or Survey in the second window. If you have a
second monitor, you can also select the Slideshow option.

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Specify view options.

Grid

Resize thumbnails by dragging the Thumbnails slider and filter photos using the Library Filter bar. See

Find

photos using the Library Filter bar

.

Loupe

Choose Normal, Live, or Locked. Normal displays the most-selected photo from the primary window. Live

displays the photo that is under the pointer in the Filmstrip or Grid view in the primary window. Locked displays
the selected photo even if you choose a different photo in the primary window. In all Loupe modes in the second
window, you can adjust the zoom level.

You can lock any photo by right-clicking (Windows) or Control-clicking (Mac OS) it in the main window and
choosing Lock To Second Monitor. Or select the photo and press Ctrl+Shift+Enter (Windows) or
Command+Shift+Return (Mac OS). The photo that is currently locked to the second monitor displays a second-
window badge

in the Filmstrip and in the thumbnail in Grid view of the main window.

Compare

Offers the same functionality as the Compare view in the primary window. See

Comparing photos in the

Library module

.

Survey

Offers the same functionality as the Survey view in the primary window. See

Comparing photos in the

Library module

.

Slideshow

(Available with a second monitor) Allows you to play a full-screen slide show of the currently selected

folder or collection on a second monitor. Click Play to play the slide show; click the slide or press Esc to end it. To
override the current options in the Slideshow module for Intro Screen, Pause On Intro, Ending Screen, and Repeat,
select Override and then select the option.

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(Available with a second monitor) Display the second window as a floating window by clicking the Second Monitor
button in the main window and deselecting Full Screen.