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

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

• Enhancement: When masking is active, pressing Hotkeys will now adjust the masking sliders, identical to how Speed Keys behave.
• Enhancement: Added additional keyboard shortcuts to the list of available actions. ie: Spot Removal Tool, Crop Tool, Convert to grayscale, and more
• Distinctive naming for the types of keys for less confusion
  • Hotkeys (previously +/- shortcuts): Keys assigned to either increase or decrease sliders
  • Action Keys (previously shortcuts): Keys to perform one of three types of actions.
    (Masking Tools with Presets, Keyboard Shortcuts, or Lr Commands)
  • Speed keys (unchanged): Keys that are pressed and held then using a mouse, trackpad, or arrow keys to change the values

• Bugfix: Allow default Lr shortcuts to passthrough when a key has been assigned as a Hotkey. ie: If “Z” is assigned as a hotkey, pressing Cmd+Z will now perform the Undo command in Lr.

Support for the new masking tools implemented in Lightroom v11, an additional 33 controllable sliders, and LOTS more enhancements and features! macOS version coming soon!

• NEW: Support for the new masking tools implemented in Lightroom version 11
  ie: Select Subject, Select Sky, etc…
• NEW: An additional 33 Lightroom sliders have been added and can now be mapped to a Speed Key
  New sliders:
  – all Detail (Sharpening / Noise Reduction) sliders
  – all Transform sliders
  – all Effect (Post-Crop Vignetting / Grain) sliders
  – all Calibration sliders
• NEW: Use the Shift key in combination with a Speed Key to make larger slider adjustments
• NEW: You can now use the arrow keys in combination with a Speed Key to make slider adjustments
  – the left & right arrow keys will apply standard slider adjustments
  – the up & down arrow keys will apply larger slider adjustments
• NEW: Tapping the right Ctrl key in combination with a Speed Key will reset the slider to its default value
• NEW: Double left mouse click can now reset a slider to its default value
• NEW: Make slider adjustments by moving your mouse cursor in combination with a Speed Key
  – ideal for laptops / touchpads
  (un-check: Require mouse down for dragging)
• Enhancement: The “Connect to Lightroom” button has been removed. It now auto connects to Lightroom
• Enhancement: Resetting the crop rotation angle now performs a reset crop. Previously, it would only reset the angle to its default value.

LrSuperKeys Configuration

LrSuperKeys configuration

Speed Menu & new Lightroom masking tools

Updated Speed Menu with new dedicated masking buttons for the new masking options introduced in Lightroom version 11.

Speed Menu

The updated HUD “Heads Up Display”

Updated the HUD to match the upcoming macOS version

HUD

Quick portrait retouching in Lightroom Classic video using the “Super Menu”.