Customize the color of the Mask Overlay
The tools that display the overlay where the mask is situated were also overhauled and improved. You might remember that you could use the O key to hide/show the overlay and Shift+O for a cycle through the red, green white and black default colors. This is still true. Now, we can select the color of the overlay by clicking the color swatch. This will open the Mask Overlay Panel that has a color picker.
Mask Overlay Mode
The Mask Overlay panel allows us to choose different overlay modes. We can change the color of the overlay, but we can also select the mode. The drop-down menu for Overlay Mode is located at the top. Click it to change from Color Overlay (affected areas with color overlay, and unaffected areas in B&W), Image in B&W(affected areas appear in color while unaffected regions appear in B&W), Image in Black (affected portions in color are displayed and the unaffected portions in black), Image in White (affected sections in color are displayed and the untouched regions in white), and White on Black. These overlay modes can be accessed from the Toolbar at the bottom of the image, the three-dot dropdown menu or the Masks Panel.
Manage your Develop presets
Presets are a great way to learn, to reuse settings, to boost productivity, and to keep your editing consistent. This panel can become overwhelming and unwieldy due to the sheer number of presets that we can create and collect. To reduce the clutter, you can use the Manage Presets dialogue box to hide the preset groups that you don’t use. To open the Presets Panel, click the + icon in the upper right corner and select Manage Presets. Uncheck any preset groups you don’t want to appear in the panel. You can always check them later.
Favorite a Preset
Marking your favorite presets will help you gain control over the preset clutter. When you select a preset to be a Favorite, a new group of favorites will appear on the top panel. This saves you the trouble of scrolling back and forth to find the preset group to which it belongs. Simply right-click on the preset you want to mark as a favourite and select Add to Favorites. This applies to both presets that you have created or imported, as well as presets from Adobe. If you choose to mark a preset a favorite, you can use the Manage Presets Panel I previously mentioned to hide the parent preset group. The preset will remain in the Favorites Group.
Find the exact location of a photo
It is important for anyone using Lightroom Classic to know where a specific photo is located on their computer. It is easy to get confused or self-injure yourself by looking at folders. The Folders panel simplifies the folder structure, so simply viewing the folders displayed may not suffice. We also work within collections and these can include photos in any number of folders. If you ever find yourself wondering where a photo is stored on your computer, simply right-click the thumbnail (either Grid view or Filmstrip), and select Show in Finder from the contextual menu.