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Lightroom: Floating panels/toolbars...like other Adobe products
I love Lightroom. I use it every single day as I am a professional photographer. However, I can't understand for the life of me why Adobe has chosen to have no ability to float Lightrooms toolbars as is possible with the other Adobe products. I have two monitors and would love to actually make the best possible use of them. Adobe, please add this feature as I'm sure it will be welcomed by all users.
Thanks, Freddy
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john_beardsworth
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10 years ago
Watch this to gain an insight into the thinking https://vimeo.com/1286064 .
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freddy_rozentzvaig
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john_beardsworth
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freddy_rozentzvaig
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10 years ago
Personally, when I'm editing, I absolutely hate having to scroll up and down the left side for the right tool(and I have a 30" Apple Cinema display). So I don't see what the harm would be in being able to have all of those different tools neatly organized on the next screen. I can tell you one thing, it would save me a ton of time just in scrolling, opening, and closing alone. Why not have it be as versatile as Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, etc.?
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john_beardsworth
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Remember too that those programs are much more substantial in scale than Lightroom, and with much more diverse user groups. By comparison with them, Lightroom is more like a glorified dialog box!
I never liked the scrolling either, so I work in Solo Mode (it's a right click on the panel header), but while I would certainly move one or two panels such as Camera Calibration I just don't feel the need to start creating my own workspaces in Lightroom.
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freddy_rozentzvaig
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10 years ago
It's true that Solo Mode does help a bit, but I'd still love the ability to make my own workspace. But I guess based on your responses here, and others I've received elsewhere, I think my dream will remain just that, a dream. Oh well.
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john_beardsworth
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While I might point you to these design ideas, such things are never set in stone and you aren't the first one to ask for movable panels. So just ask!
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rob_cole_2221866
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10 years ago
So to the spirit of the request, I say yes: One should be able to use 3 monitors and partition each monitor according to fancy.
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I like Lightroom's overall UI design *better* than most Adobe Apps, but more flexibility to support multi-monitor configurations would be welcome.
PS - I bought a 2nd monitor just for Lightroom, but I rarely use Lightroom in multi-monitor mode, since it really doesn't help that much. Multi-monitor support seems like it was a rush job to me. I don't think Adobe spent much time figuring out how to re-write Lightroom to best take advantage of additional monitors - I think it would be worthwhile for them to do so at some point.
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dnicolaescu
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9 years ago
In my opinion, floating panels is one of the worst aspects of UI design ever. (Something from the Mac ecosphere?) With floating panels, I always have sense of living in a room that have not been cleaned up for some time. The impression of flexibility that floating UI elements gives, is false, in my opinion.
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freddy_rozentzvaig
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9 years ago
I assume you haven't worked with multiple monitors. If photoshop didn't have floating panels, my bet is that it would have never become what it is today. And YES, definitely from the Mac "ecosphere," the system that has been the choice for graphics and creative professionals for..hmmm...over 20 years now!!!
..and how did you even get to this thread? It's 8 months old!!!
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freddy_rozentzvaig
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robert_gordon_3670034
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9 years ago
This reply was created from a merged topic originally titled
Dual monitor workflow.
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stefan_klein
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9 years ago
Okay, there`s the "secondary view" of LR, which is really great. But I would add a third monitor in a heartbeat, if LR just would allow me those floating panels.
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bob_gordon_2798767
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kait_kybar
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9 years ago
I think the same. So It will be good for everyone.
it just an extra option, thats all, it doesnt change anything for those who are fighting desperately against it.
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