Using keyboard shortcuts is an excellent way to speed up the process of giving images a five-star Select rating. The shortcut for the Select command is the backslash (\) key. Pressing the backslash key gives a five-star rating to an image or to groups of images. Let's use keyboard shortcuts now to get good close-up looks at potential selects in the Viewer and rate them.
1. | Use the arrow keys to navigate to the DSC_0980 image in the Browser.
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2. | Press Option-R to switch to the Primary Viewer mode. Yes, this is a good shot to send to the retailer. |
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3. | Press the backslash (\) key to rate this image as a select.
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4. | Press Option-U to return to the Multi Viewer mode. |
5. | Use the arrow keys to navigate to the DSC_0982 image in the Viewer.
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6. | Press Option-R to switch to the Primary Viewer mode. Yes, now that we can see it larger, we can appreciate the atmosphere that this image conveys. Let's select it. |
7. | Press the backslash key (\) to rate this image as a select. |
8. | Press Option-U to return to the Multi Viewer mode. |
9. | Rate the following additional South America images as selects: DSC_0966, DSC_0976, DSC_0979, DSC_0999, and DSC_1006. Now that we have chosen images from the South America project, let's choose images from the Jackson Hole locations. |