If you haven’t already, go ahead and download and install LrSK for your operating system (macOS / Windows).

LrSuperKeys (LrSK) provides you with a Speed Menu and three types of key mappings:

LrSK enables you with TWO NEW methods for adjusting Lightroom Sliders; Speed Keys and Hot Keys

While you can use either or both at the same time, we strongly recommend using Speed Keys only for optimal speed editing.

The most commonly used Lightroom sliders have Speed Keys pre-configured so that you can begin editing immediately after installation.

Speed Keys and Hot Keys are defined in columns as shown in the photo below. As you can see, many of the Lightroom sliders already have Speed Keys assigned to them.

Simply press and hold the key that is mapped to the slider you want to adjust then scroll your mouse wheel to make adjustments.

For example to adjust the exposure; press and hold Q. A small indicator will appear displaying the name of the slider you have activated and its current value. Now with the Q key held down, go ahead and spin your mouse wheel up or down to increase or decrease the exposure.

In addition to using the scroll wheel, click & drag and the arrow keys can be used to make slider adjustments.

Watch how we use Speed Keys and the trackpad on a MacBook Air (2013) to make slider adjustments.

A handy added feature of using Speed Keys is that you can easily reset a slider to its default position.

When you are adjusting a slider with a Speed Key held down and decide you need to reset the slider, simply double-left-click or single-click your middle mouse button and the slider will be reset. For example, resetting Temperature will set the temperature value back to the value the photo was taken at.

Let’s use exposure for our example. To assign a different key, other than the default Q, click on the Speed Key entry box containing the letter Q in the Speed Key column. It will be highlighted, waiting for you to press a new key to assign. Now go ahead and press your new key.

You may wish to have no key assigned to exposure. To remove the assigned key, simply click on the X button. This will clear the entry box and remove the assigned key.

At this point, you may be wondering if the spot removal tool can still be activated when you press Q. The answer is YES! If you tap Q, the spot removal tool will be activated as normal. However, pressing and holding Q will activate the exposure Speed Key only.

Speed Keys have been arranged on the left-hand side of the keyboard by design. This allows you to have one hand on your keyboard selecting the Lightroom sliders, while your other hand is on your mouse making adjustments and also to advance photos using the mouse forward button.

You may have noticed the first two Speed Keys are not assigned to a Lightroom slider, but instead to the Speed Menu and Action Speed Key. These two special Speed Keys will be discussed in the next sections.

If you have customized your Speed Keys, but you wish to return them to their default values, you can do so by clicking on the “Restore Speed Keys” button. This will only restore your Speed Keys by overwriting your custom values with the default keys. If you have entered custom Hot Keys, they will not be affected by pressing this button.