Use HUDs

Use HUDs in full-screen view

You can use these HUDs to work with your photos in full-screen view:

  • Keywords HUD: Create and organize keywords and add keywords to your photos.

  • Inspector HUD: Navigate through the library, modify metadata in your photos, and perform adjustments.

  • Tool HUDS: Use any of the adjustment tools that work in conjunction with HUDs.

Figure. Full Screen view showing the Inspector HUD.

Show or hide the Keywords HUD

Do one of the following:

  • Click the Keywords HUD button in the toolbar.

    Figure. Keywords HUD showing the keyword groups.

  • Press Shift-H.

For more information, see Apply keywords using the Keywords HUD.

Show or hide the Inspector HUD

  • Press H.

    Figure. Inspector HUD showing the Adjustments pane.

Tip: To temporarily hide the Inspector HUD while performing an image adjustment, so that you have an unobstructed view of your photo, hold down the Shift key while dragging a slider in the Adjustments pane. When you release the Shift key, the Inspector HUD reappears.

Open any of the adjustment tool HUDs

  1. Show the full-screen view toolbar by moving your pointer to the top of the screen on your main display.

  2. Select an adjustment tool in the toolbar, or choose a Quick Brush adjustment from the Quick Brush pop-up menu .

    If the tool you selected has a HUD, that HUD appears.

    Figure. Crop tool in the Full Screen view toolbar and the Crop HUD that appears when you select the Crop tool.

To hide the HUD for an adjustment tool, select the Selection tool in the toolbar.