Lightroom 3.2 crop background

<p>Coming from Photoshop, I'm used to seeing the cropped areas of an image go black. But in Lightroom 3 & 3.2, the cropped area is definitely not black, but a weak gray. It's distracting to see the cropped image still there. Easier for me to make a crop decision if the background is black. Is there any way I can accomplish this? I can't find any control for it. Thanks</p>

 

<p>If you do adjust the crop borders to where you like, the background image is there, as you say, but then when you press enter, the crop becomes the final image , without the "ghost" parts....at least that's what happens when I press enter. <br>

If you don't like what you've done , just press "R" and the crop borders will re-appear with the ghost parts so you can re-adjust.</p>

 

 

<p>You can press 'L' to dim the lights once, press it twice to make the background go completely black, press it a third time to have the background come back full.</p>

<p>Thanks for that, the "L" dimming feature is great....didn't know of it before</p>

<p>Gary- Thanks, that's what I needed. Gary</p>