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PURPOSE, FUNCTION

ON DEVICE 
CONTROLLER

WHAT CAN YOU DO WITH IT?

General features in 
Loupedeck CT console

Home Button 
Fn

Home button has multiple functions depending on the state 
of Loupedeck CT and your editing software.

#Case 1:  

A Dynamic or adaptive tool is controlling dials, touch 
buttons and wheel – dial’s have a second page activated:

Home Button function: 

• 

1st press sets dynamic tool’s pages to first.

• 

2nd press applies tool changes and exits the tool to 

previously used workspace.

#Case 2: 

Workspace elements are set to some other than first pages:

• 

1st press selects first pages for all workspace elements.

• 

2nd press activates home view

Press 

FN + Home Button

 to activate System Plugin for 

accessing system level commands and actions instead of 
application level actions in the software you are currently 
using. When System plugin is activated, press 

Home Button

 

to enter back to the previous editing software.

Fn

Press 

FN

 to activate second level of functions for Round 

Buttons and Square Buttons. Buttons that have a second 
level action illuminate brighter. Buttons that don’t have any 
action are not illuminated.

Press 

FN (left) + FN (right) 

to activate Swiping Lock for 

wheel screen. To swipe locked Wheel screen press 

FN

 down 

and 

swipe

. Press 

FN + FN

 again to release wheel screen 

swiping lock.

Press FN + Rotate The Wheel to change between 
adjustments assigned to the wheel page.

Keyboard modifiers, 
Number Pad

Keyboard 
Fn

Press 

Keyboard button

 to activate Keyboard Modifiers 

(keyboard button turns red and round buttons turn white). 
When Keyboard Modifiers are activated Round Buttons are 
assigned as is written below the buttons. Press 

Keyboard 

button

 again to disable Keyboard Modifiers.

Press 

FN + Keyboard

 button to activate Number Pad Mode. 

When Number Pad Mode is activated you can use touch 
buttons e.g. with calculator. Press 

FN + Keyboard Button 

again to disable Number Pad Mode.

Common Keys

Enter, 
Undo, 
Save, 
Fn

Press 

Enter

 to activate Enter key.  

Press 

FN + Enter

 to activate ESC. 

Press 

Undo

 to activate Undo function.  

Press FN + Undo to activate Redo function. 

Press 

Save

 to activate Save function.  

Press 

FN + Save

 to activate Save As function. 

Tip!

 Undo and Save buttons are customizable. I.e. you can 

change Save As to more convenient Export function if 
needed.

Copyright (c) 2017 Loupedeck Ltd. All rights reserved.

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Summary of Contents for LOUPEDECK CT

Page 1: ...USER GUIDE FOR LOUPEDECK CT ADOBE LIGHTROOM CLASSIC V 3 2...

Page 2: ...tup Software 10 Settings 15 Guide 15 USER ACTIONS 16 USER ADJUSTMENTS 19 CUSTOM PROFILES 22 USING LOUPEDECK CT 25 Home View and Home Button 25 Round and Square Buttons 26 Keyboard Modifiers mode 26 Nu...

Page 3: ...chscreen including a touch grid INTERNAL STORAGE Loupedeck CT has been equipped with a convenient internal 8 GB memory unit You can transfer your projects or other important files between editing loca...

Page 4: ...Buttons when using Lightroom Classic are dedicated to navigating between workspaces Round buttons have a number from 1 to 8 and they change their color according to the assigned action type e g green...

Page 5: ...ge links for dials or the wheel Usually these links are for tool sets that are not commonly used e g camera calibration wheel in Color Adjustments workspace Wheel contains both rotation capability whe...

Page 6: ...pages within a Local Tool e g Crop Tool Apply and exit Local Tool s Show first pages of current workspace Jump to Home View Special function for Home button Press FN Home to activate System plugin for...

Page 7: ...t wheel page Press FN FN again to release the lock Press FN Swipe wheel screen for navigating to previous or next Wheel page s Square Buttons customiz able Undo FN Undo Buttons in this set are fully c...

Page 8: ...same way as pressing Home button TIP 2 If you use workspaces based on your workflow assign them to round buttons in your process order Then just go forward by pressing 1 2 3 4 TIP 3 If you use workspa...

Page 9: ...recise HSL work is not needed but color toning is a priority assign Color Adjustm workspace to round button 3 instead of Color Adj 2 4 Keyboard Modifier ALT When image is zoomed in Keep round button 4...

Page 10: ...s See software specific manuals for more information MacOS Menu Bar Click on Loupedeck Icon Select Open Setup Application Folder Locate and click on Loupedeck OVERVIEW OF THE LOUPEDECK SETUP SOFTWARE...

Page 11: ...ons Tools and Pages 4 Select the workspace or general element to be configured e g dials 5 Notification bar 6 Loupedeck CT console 7 Select your Loupedeck device that you want to configure 8 Select th...

Page 12: ...the element on the device to which you want to assign a Workspace Touch Buttons Round Buttons Square Buttons Open Workspace main group Drag and drop workspace from the group to the button you want to...

Page 13: ...group Workspaces Actions General Actions Tools or Pages Remove an action from the device Select the workspace or general element you want to configure Select the page if there are more than one page s...

Page 14: ...ou use Page Links on Touch Buttons Page link will include your page s name Assigning Page Links When a page is created its Page Link can be found under a relevant Pages group Content within the Pages...

Page 15: ...in newer software versions Device Configuration Connected Device s Serial Number Display Name Flash Drive Vibration Bluetooth Select which connected device you want to set up Device is identified via...

Page 16: ...t select an element with press action If you select wheel or dial element select press instead of rotation from the top of the action category list magenta circle Locate User Actions category from the...

Page 17: ...tle is shown on the screens green circle Tip Using n command within the text acts as enter forcing text to multiple rows on the touch screen My nAction n1 User Action creation window automatically con...

Page 18: ...on window will discard all open command lines EDITING USER ACTIONS Press Wheel icon to start editing an existing user action magenta circle Rename user action by clicking the title orange marker Recor...

Page 19: ...USER ADJUSTMENTS USER ADJUSTMENT GROUPS First select dial or wheel element and select rotation instead of press from the top of the action category list magenta marker Locate User Adjustments categor...

Page 20: ...n list purple arrow on top of the command line Note By default User Adjustment s command lines types are set as Shortcut purple circle Tip Dragging an action over a shortcut type command line will aut...

Page 21: ...eel icon to start editing an existing user adjustment magenta circle Rename user action by clicking the title orange marker Record a new shortcut by clicking pen icon cyan circle Copyright c 2017 Loup...

Page 22: ...talled software If target already has a native or 3rd party plugin support installed then user can do their own mapping for that software instead of creating a custom profile for the target software C...

Page 23: ...s are either zip or lup files Note where the file is saved on your computer Click Wheel icon green circle to open settings and select Profiles from the lightbox that opens Under PROFILE IMPORT EXPORT...

Page 24: ...ox that opens Under PROFILE IMPORT EXPORT select the Import button yellow marker Select the Custom Profile or Plugin Profile you want to export magenta circle and press Export cyan marker A Save As wi...

Page 25: ...Home Button highlighted in the image Depending on the state of Loupedeck CT and your editing software home button has also other functions before jumping to Home View Case 1 A dynamic tool controllin...

Page 26: ...IFIERS MODE Loupedeck CT s round buttons can be changed to Keyboard Modifiers by pressing the keyboard button located at the bottom left corner When Keyboard Modifiers have been activated the keyboard...

Page 27: ...actions can be found fixed for all applications e g Enter ESC Save Enter ESC FN Enter are on the same button as they are needed to apply or cancel different types of dialogs Enter ESC is fixed and ca...

Page 28: ...neously rotating the wheel specified in application specific manuals Pressing both Fn buttons simultaneously will lock screen swiping see next chapter WHEEL SCREEN LOCK Pressing both Fn buttons at the...

Page 29: ...econd or third dial page TOUCH SCREEN AND TOUCH BUTTONS Touch Buttons like the dials are also part of the Workspace elements and have individual actions within every workspace Touch buttons are used t...

Page 30: ...y Wheel screen swipe is also locked when entering a wheel widget with a variable that is controlled by swiping for example the color picker tool Some wheel widgets have subpages which are changed by s...

Page 31: ...brighter Buttons that don t have any action are not illuminated Press FN left FN right to activate Swiping Lock for wheel screen To swipe locked Wheel screen press FN down and swipe Press FN FN again...

Page 32: ...s support form which is located at the bottom of the page Please fill out the support form if you need further technical assistance https loupedeck com en support Click User Guide to open Legal Win o...

Page 33: ...load Loupedeck Setup software QUESTIONS ANSWERS Encountered something unexpected Here are a few helpful hints Unable to install the software Loupedeck CT uses Loupedeck Setup software that only works...

Page 34: ...nable to assigna a function to Loupedeck CT Check if that particular function or action has already been assigned to the same page I cannot reset dial adjustment value to zero by pressing the dial or...

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