• Tray / Status Bar Icon
• Arrow keys can now be mapped (no longer restricted keys)
• Tidy the Lr Functions menu by grouping similar items into sub-menus
• Support for the new Masking features:
  • Curves
  • Refine Saturation
  • Grain

• Defringe sliders
• Refine Saturation
• The following Lens Corrections
  • Lens Profile Distortion
  • Lens Profile Vignetting
  • Manual Distortion Amount

• Set Crop Ratio – As Shot, Original, 1 x 1, 8 x 10, 5 x 7, 4 x 6, 16 x 9, 4 x 3
• Set White Balance – As Shot, Cloudy, Daylight, Flash, Fluorescent, Shade, Tungsten
• Toggle Star Ratings
• Set Star Rating
• Toggle Color Flags
• Set / Remove Color Flags
• Toggle Lens Profile Corrections
• Toggle Remove Chromatic Aberration
• Undo / Redo
• Flag as Pick
• Flag as Reject
• Library Loupe View
• Grid View
• Compare View
• Survey View
• People View
• Develop Loupe View
• Before/After – Left/Right
• Before/After – Top/Bottom
• Before View
• Reference Left/Right
• Reference Top/Bottom
• Toggle Zoom View / Zoom In / Zoom Out / Zoom to 100%

• Toggle Before/After
• Before/After – Split View
• Invert Mask

• Eliminate mouse slowdowns on startup and exit
• Fixed SHIFT & Action Keys stuck in a down state in rare instances
• Fixed choppiness while using the transform sliders
• Sharpen Radius HUD bug
• Prevent nil errors from showing (in some cases)
• Fix bug when no Local Adjustment Presets were found (when Presets are stored in Catalog)
• Detect & re-establish the connection between LrC and LrSK if the connection lost
• Pressing Ctrl+Shift+Esc doesn’t enable/disable LrsK, but opens up the task manager as it should
• Shutdown app on LrSK Stop
• Prevent multiple instances of LrSK to run

Status bar / Tray Icon

When you open up Lightroom Classic, LrSK will now be minimized to the status bar.

To view and configure your super keys, simply select “Configure Super Keys” from the status bar icon menu. When you are done configuring your keys, simply close the LrSK window to minimize LrSK back to the status bar.

From the status bar icon, you can quickly configure super keys, disable, enable, and exit LrSK.

Organized the “Lr Function” menu

When creating new Action Keys, you will notice that the “Lr Function” menu has been organized by grouping similar items into sub-menus. Making it much tidier and easier to locate functions.

The following Speed Keys are now available

• Added the following Lens Corrections:
  • Lens Profile Distortion
  • Lens Profile Vignetting
  • Manual Distortion Amount

Fixes & Enhancements

• (macOS) You no longer need to re-press the “Action Speed Key” when applying consecutive actions that require the “Action Speed Key”
• Sort drop-down list of masking presets
• Fixed choppiness while using the transform sliders
• (macOS) Fix Action Keys to certain keyboard shortcuts (ie: Copy/Paste not working)

New Lr Commands

• 4 x 3 crop ratio
• Library Loupe View
• Grid View
• Compare View
• Survey View
• People View
• Develop Loupe View
• Before/After – Left/Right
• Before/After – Top/Bottom
• Before View
• Reference Left/Right
• Reference Top/Bottom
• Toggle Zoom View / Zoom In / Zoom Out / Zoom to 100%

New Keyboard Shortcuts

• Toggle Before/After
• Before/After – Split View

“Andrea Lacota shows how LrSuperKeys replaces Pfixer—streamlining Lightroom Classic editing for speed and workflow efficiency.”

Andrea Lacota, an Italian educator and wedding photographer, explains why he replaced Pfixer with LrSuperKeys to improve his Lightroom Classic workflow. In his review, he highlights how the plugin eliminates reliance on external hardware and speeds up editing through intuitive keyboard shortcuts.

His video “Come ho velocizzato la post produzione senza Ai” shows these tools in action, demonstrating how LrSuperKeys helps him correct exposure, contrast, and color adjustments more efficiently. The video illustrates how LrSuperKeys offers a practical, streamlined alternative for professional photographers managing heavy post‑production workloads.

The way Jeff implements natural light and off-camera flash to showcase his subjects he creates captivating and stunning timeless images.

Jeff reached out to us because he wanted to share his experience with us and with those just discovering LrSK.

Here’s what he had to say…

Just to put things into context, I’m a professional wedding photographer and so I use Lightroom extensively. Any small gains in speed can add up to a huge time save for me.

I was intrigued enough by Lightroom SuperKeys to download a 14-day trial, the main thing I was interested in was the ‘Action Keys’, one keypress to apply a preset. I wasn’t really clear on the ‘Speed Keys’ or if they would benefit me or not, but the ability to quickly apply presets alone would make this a worthwhile purchase.

I’ve used other plugins previously that performed the tasks I’m after, but they were very cumbersome and temperamental. What a pleasant surprise then when I installed LrSK, it’s very simple to set up and a breeze to use. I did have one issue though, more to do with the way I set my Lightroom Preferences, but it stopped me from using LrSK to its full potential. I contacted the developer who was super quick to respond. We worked out a temporary fix, with a permanent solution in the next release a couple of weeks later. That’s what I call service!

OK, once I was fully up and running with the ‘Action Keys’, I started to use the ‘Speed Keys’ and OMG what a timesaver! This wasn’t what I’d downloaded the plugin for, but has proved to make a huge difference to my workflow. One press of a key brings up the relevant slider (exposure, contrast, etc.), then dragging left or right WHEREVER your pointer is, will increase or decrease the slider. No more having to position my cursor over the relevant slider.

The bottom line is, if you’re a casual Lr Classic user, this may not make a big impact to you, but if you use LrC on a regular basis, this will definitely level up your workflow.

Jeff Oliver
Jeff Oliver Photography

For the advanced users out there, you can now enter your own custom change values for all of the sliders. To edit these values, click on the wrench icon located on the bottom right of the Speed Keys screen.

These values represent how much the slider value will change when either a Hotkey is pressed or a SpeedKey is used.

If you entered a new value, but wish to return to the default value, simply press the X button next to it. The default value will automatically be entered.

Select Background AI has been added to the Speed Menu and to the Masking Actions

AI Select Background has been implemented into LRSK.

You can activate AI Select Background from the Speed Menu and with Action Keys.

When creating Masking Actions, you can now choose Select Background.

For example, you may wish to create an Action Key that will select the background with the Burn Local Adjustment preset. This Action will darken the background for subject separation.

A toggle button has been added to the Speed Menu to enable/disable LRSK

Edit your existing Actions

Previously if you wanted to make changes to an Action Key, you would have to delete it and then recreate it with your changes.

There is now an edit button (wrench icon) so you can make changes to your Actions.

(macOS) Fixed scroll wheel issue to adjust sliders when using Logitech Logi Options+ drivers

For macOS users only. In previous versions of LRSK, the scroll wheel on some Logitech mice would not work in LRSK if the Logi Options+ drivers were installed. This issue has been fixed and works as it should.

Also, with the Logi Options+ drivers installed on macOS, the forward and back buttons are inaccessible in LRSK. Meaning, we are not notified of these button presses and cannot advance or go back photos in Lightroom. To mimic this, use the Logi Option+ software to map the forward and back arrow keys to the forward and back buttons on your mouse.

1 – Develop Presets can now be applied with Action Keys

Create your own shortcuts to your most used Develop Presets.

For example, with the new AI tools introduced in Lightroom 12, you can retouch portraits with a single key press by creating an Action Key to the new “Adaptive Portrait” develop presets or to your own adaptive AI develop presets.

2 – Enable / Disable SuperKeys with SHIFT+ESC

Superkeys can now be disabled and then re-enabled by pressing the keyboard combination SHIFT+ESC. This is occasionally necessary if you need to type into Lightroom’s fields or pop-ups when you have created and overridden your keyboard keys with custom hotkeys or actions.

Big improvements in how actions are created!

Selecting your action for an action key is now much easier using the new expanding menu.

Swap SHIFT key behavior for Hot Keys

In prior versions of LRSK, the SHIFT key would only make finer slider adjustments for Hotkeys. However, now you can swap this behavior and make larger changes when using the SHIFT key with Hot Keys. This option can be found under Preferences / Settings.

Other fixes

(Windows): Bug fix with CTRL key. With certain key combinations, LRSK would stop responding to key presses

(Windows): Bug fix where the “Copy” window would not get the focus when using a Copy action key

Other minor stability & bug fixes

Three new Speed Keys / Hotkeys have been added allowing you to adjust the amount sliders of Masks, Presets, and Profiles in Lightroom Classic.

Transform / Upright Options have been added

You now have the ability to create Action Keys to the transform / upright options.

Five new commands have been added.

The newly added options are:

• Auto Upright
• Guided Upright
• Level Upright
• Vertical Upright
• Full Upright

These can be found under “Lr Command”.

• UserSettings.xml
  This file stores all of your application preferences, Speed Menu items, and window locations & sizes.
• SpeedKeys.xml
  This file contains all your custom SpeedKeys & Hot Keys assignments
• ShortCuts.xml
  This file contains all your configured Action Keys

These files are located in the following locations for Windows and macOS.

Windows

%appdata%\Roaming\LrSuperKeys

macOS

~/Library/Application Support/LrSuperKeys

NOTE: When upgrading from 3.2.3, all your custom-defined Speed Keys, Speed Menu Items, and user settings will be lost

Changes since v3.2.3

• The user interface has been completely redesigned for a new modern look
• Create Hotkeys to either increase or decrease sliders

• Create Action Keys to apply either masking presets, keyboard shortcuts, or Lightroom commands.
  For more info on Actions Keys, see the FAQs
  • Masking Presets: This allows you to choose your favorite masking tool (ie: brush, radial, linear gradient, subject, sky, etc…) along with your favorite masking preset applied
  • Keyboard Shortcuts: Choose from a list of Lightroom keyboard shortcuts (ie: Copy Previous, Match Total Exposures, Export, etc…)
  • Lightroom Commands: Select from a list of commands (ie: Auto Tone, Reset Crop, etc…)

• Enable / Disable the heads-up display (HUD)
• Optimize the slider adjustments by buffering commands being sent to Lightroom to create more responsive updates to your image when applying large movements with your cursor
• A fully licensed 14-day trial is now available with your download

• Speed Menu can now be resized vertically
• A new “compact view” mode for the Speed Menu, allowing you to view more presets at once

You asked for it, and we delivered.

You now have the ability to assign individual keyboard shortcuts for adjusting Lightroom sliders up or down.

Shortcut keys can overlap with Speed Keys. This means the same key can be assigned as a Speed Key or shortcut key. (To learn more about Speed Keys, check out the FAQs)

Tapping a key will activate the shortcut, while on the other hand, pressing and holding a key will activate the Speed Key.

Lightroom Shortcuts / Actions

Since version 4.1 of LRSK, we have added the ability to choose from single key shortcuts or keyboard shortcuts in combination with the Shortcut Speed Key (tilde “~” key by default).

For example, pressing the Shortcut Speed Key with the 2 key ( “~” + “2”) will activate the keyboard shortcut to sync images with the prompt to choose which sliders to sync. However, pressing 2 by itself will sync the selected images without prompting you.

Our Shortcut Workflow

In our workflow, we like to slightly soften our client’s skin. So to do this, we have created a shortcut to the color picker tool with the soften skin preset selected. Now when we press “~”+”Q”, Lightroom will bring up the color picker tool allowing us to select a range of skin tones to soften.

Another common task that we do, is slightly brighten our subjects, to separate them from the background. All we have to do now to accomplish this is press the keyboard shortcut “~”+”A” and Lightroom will select the subject and apply the Dodge (Lighten) preset for us.

This prevents many mouse clicks and searches in the masking preset list, improving our workflow and reducing our editing time in Lightroom.

Fluidity Demo with MacBook Air (mid 2013)

Bug fixes

LRSK v4.2 addresses a bug when applying the same key for a single key shortcut and combination key shortcut.