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Setting White and Black Points in Lightroom CC

Adobe Lightroom Classic

Shift double-click Whites  or Blacks (the name of the slider),  in the Basic panel in the Develop module in Lightroom to automatically set the white and black points in a photograph (to extend the dynamic range of the photograph across the entire histogram.

 


Adobe Lightroom Classic
Black and White (10), Histogram (12), The Basic Panel (10)

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Posted on 02-14-2017

Comments

  • By Fran Hogan - 6:24 AM on February 14, 2017  

    doesn’t seem to work for me… LR 5.7.1

    • By McLion - 11:06 AM on February 14, 2017  

      … since LR6 …

  • By ton - 6:26 AM on February 14, 2017  

    I think it must be shift-double click.

  • By Alfred Myers - 6:28 AM on February 14, 2017  

    Does not seem to work for me neither.
    Lightroom CC 2015.8 on macOS Sierra

    • By Alfred Myers - 6:30 AM on February 14, 2017  

      Shift-Double Click seems to work, though.

  • By Sean - 7:11 AM on February 14, 2017  

    It’s Shift and double click.

  • By Bob Killen - 8:12 AM on February 14, 2017  

    This does not work on Windows 10.

  • By Lanny Ziering - 8:48 AM on February 14, 2017  

    If you are going to post something how about posting a complete thought? Shfit-click and then what? Is one supposed to then click on the point we want to be the black or white point? Nope, that doesn’t seem to do anything. Ah, shfit doubleclick. That’s it.
    Please fix your post!

  • By Ron Alexander - 9:14 AM on February 14, 2017  

    Shift Double-Click on windows works

  • By Neville Thorogood - 5:27 PM on February 14, 2017  

    Shift double click works for me

  • By Scott Burnette - 9:00 AM on February 15, 2017  

    Following this blogger’s advice will be super frustrating for anyone who hasn’t yet seen Alfred Myers’ comment. The article should in fact say “shift-double-click.”

  • By TM Surratt - 9:16 AM on February 15, 2017  

    It appears that shift-double click works on more than just white and black sliders.

    • By Julieanne Kost - 10:31 AM on February 15, 2017  

      Thank you for the correction!

  • By سیتریکس - 5:00 AM on February 16, 2017  

    Does not work on windows 10 I think. I have the sane issue

  • By Richard Battilana - 6:23 AM on February 24, 2017  

    OK. original was incomplete. NOW LOOK AT ALL THE MANY ITEMS JULIANNE WAS CORRECT ON. I’M STILL A FAN.