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Although some of the Interface preferences, as shown in Figure 3-4, are entirely cosmetic, other settings in this panel are really useful:

 Panels: I’ll leave the Panels End Marks decision up to your own sense of flair, but when this option is enabled, these little decorative icons will appear at the bottom of the panel groups in each module. For the most part you won’t notice them after a while (set to none by default). In regard to panel font size, if you’re finding the panel text a little on the small side, you can try bumping Font Size up a notch (will take effect the next time you start).

 Lights Out: I go over the Lights Out function in Chapter 1, but here are its configuration settings. The Dim Level controls how much the Screen Color changes at the first level of dimming (at 80% you can just make out the interface). The defaults work well, but you can increase or decrease the first dim level amount by changing the percentage, or change the color used to hide the interface to different shades of gray.

 Background: The area around the photo — but inside the panels — is called the background. The default color is medium gray because that’s a neutral color that will have the least influence on how you perceive the colors in your photo. You might try different colors, but I think you’ll come back to the default.

 Keyword Entry: Choose to have keywords separated by commas or spaces. My suggestion is to use commas so that you can have multi-word keywords (such as New Hampshire).

 Filmstrip: When it comes to the Filmstrip settings, I prefer to keep all these options checked. I like being able to see ratings, picks, and badges (small icons that appear if keywords, cropping, or develop settings have been applied to a photo) on the thumbnails in the Filmstrip. The Image Info tooltips are a great way to see the filename, capture date and time, and dimensions; just hover over an image with your cursor. The most helpful option is to check Ignore Clicks on Badges so that you don’t inadvertently click a badge when trying to select a photo and end up jumping to the Crop tool or wherever the badge takes you.FIGURE 3-4: The Interface preferences.

  Tweaks: The Tweaks section is the one area of the Interface panel where you’ll see a slight difference between Windows and Mac. On the Mac, you find an option to use typographic fractions, but if you wander over to a Windows machine, you find that such fractions aren’t available. Therefore, Mac users can have their exposure fractions expressed in a much cuter manner. Don’t take this as an unassailable argument for switching platforms, however; Windows users have a tweak that Mac does not — the Use System Preference for Font Smoothing option. What it means is that Lightroom Classic, in Windows, applies font smoothing (meaning it literally makes the edges of screen fonts appear smoother and rounder) independently of the operating system. If you intentionally turned off font smoothing at the operating system level (some people don’t like the smooth look) and want Lightroom Classic to follow suit, check the Use System Preference for Font Smoothing box. Not to be outdone, a new option was recently added only to Macs, which is Swipe Between Images Using Mouse/Trackpad. This makes for one more (very fast) way to scroll the Filmstrip, and hardly one more reason to switch platforms. Uncheck if you find the speed too dizzying.Both operating systems have a setting in common, though — Zoom Clicked Point to Center. When you check this option, Lightroom Classic zooms in and shifts the point you clicked to the center of the screen. I prefer to leave this option unchecked because when I click to zoom in, I want the point I clicked to remain under my cursor. When Zoom Clicked Point to Center is enabled, the point you click will instead zoom and shift to the center. Give it a test drive, but I think you’ll agree unchecked is better.