Show focus points in lightroom

I have Canon DSLRs and the EXIF metadata clearly contains the focal points that the camera focused on (I can see it with Canon Digital Photo Profiessional)
I'd like to have the same view in Lightroom, i.e. Lightroom gives me a "viewfinder-like" overlay that shows the focal points which the camera was using.

That query shows no results (for me).
This one shows other messages with focus points in their text:
https://forums.adobe.com/search.jspa?q=focus+points

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Problem with showing focus points in 3.5.1 & 10.9

I cannot always display the focus points either by using Option + F or View > Show Focus Points on my MBP, late 2012.
Prior to 3.5.1 & 10.9, either one of these commands would always display or remove, the focus points.
At times I can restore the focus point display by either closing and opening Aperture or by rebooting OS X. Today, nothing restores this function.
Anyone else with this problem or hopefully know of a solution?
Thanks, Bill
FWIW Apple, where is Aperture 4??

Clem
There is some data in Console.ap, the latest being about 45 minutes ago. With a filter set for APERTURE there are several references to :
"12/3/13 2:53:02.038 Aperture[1324]: The function `CGContextClear' is obsolete and will be removed in an upcoming update. Unfortunately, this application, or a library it uses, is using this obsolete function, and is thereby contributing to an overall degradation of system performance."
and a 13 inch screen full of generally single items. I do not know how to read / use this info.
After your message, I went to Aperture and used Option + F, View > Show Focus Points and moused over the small icon representing focal points in the upper right hand corner of the inspector with the info tab selected (just under the JPEG icon) several times but that did not generate any new data in Console.ap.
Hope this is what you were refering to.
Bill

Show focus point doesnt work

when i put on show focus points it does not show me(( what can i do it will be work??

Definatlely have the same issue. When I import in iPhoto and go back to Aperture they're gone. If I import in Aperture, they're there.
I would think this is just some exif data that iPhoto shouldn't touch?
So much for fully sharing libraries/functionality.

Show focus points - not showing...

I'm shooting with a 1D Mark III, and when I select "show focus points" not seeing the focus points...
Is this supposed to actually show where my focus point was on the shot(s)
That would be very helpful. What am I doing wrong?

Allan Eckert wrote:
I don't know what Kirby is talking about. He seems to be answering someone else's question.
It reads pretty clearly to me.
The camera has a sensor. Additionally, it has an array of focus-sensors that are fixed in position relative to the main sensor. Which of these focus-sensors was used by the auto-focus system to determine the focusing distance is what is displayed by the feature under discussion.
The point I'm trying to make is that the "focus point" in the discussion refers to which exact focus-sensors in the camera were used to achieve auto-focus. Unless your camera and your subject did not move between the time of focus-lock and the time of exposure, there will not be an exact correspondence between the spot on the sensor that is associated with that focus and what is depicted under that spot in the image.
In my practice, I find it much more awkward and time-consuming to select a focus point while the shot is framed than it is to focus with the central cross-type focus-sensors, lock focus, and then frame the exposure. So for me -- and I think many others -- knowing which focus-sensor was used by the auto-focus system doesn't tell me anything: there is no correspondence between the focus-sensor used and the image.
In the linked blog post, the author shows an image with the selected focus-sensor super-imposed over the model's upper eyelid. IME, it is assuming too much to assume that the autofocus system used that spot on the model's face when it determined the focusing distance.
There are programs that will analyze the actual image and attempt to show what parts of the image are in sharpest focus. Aperture does not do that.
This is -- as I indicated -- tangent to the OP's question. But the way s/he worded the question made me think that s/he things there is a certain one-to-one correspondence between the focusing-sensor used and the objects depicted under that focusing-sensor when it is superimposed over the image. There is not. I found that important to know, and so I pass it along.

Show focus points not available

My pictures used to all have the option of showing the focus points in Aperture. I would click on the icon for focus points to toggle it on and off.
Starting last year the icon for the focus points is not even there under the Info tab (same camera and lenses). i just received a new camera body but same lenses.
Pictures still do not have the icon for Focus Points. Going to the menu and choosing "show focus points" does no good because the icon is not there (but the icon for jpeg/raw, metering, and wb are there). if i go to some old pictures the icon is there for the old pictures.
i re-downloaded the program, trashed the preference files, etc.
Camera- Canon 40D, Canon 7D mii. Lenses CAnon 17-55 f/2.8 and Canon 70-200 f/4, non IS.
Any help would be appreciated.
Terry

I just checked one of my photos in Aperture for you..... it is the only reason I've kept aperture to be honest! Mine still works on my raw photo which is from a 5dmiii. I'm in the process tho of moving all my photos to external hard drives and only keeping current photos on laptop due to storage issues. I'm also switching to Bridge, ACR and PSCC. But when I open projects from Aperture off of hard drive I get a message that says I need to upgrade library and opens in Aperture. I don't want to be bound to Aperture anymore. What if I don't have Aperture on next Mac? So not how do I get my photos unhostaged? Sorry about rant.... just very frustrated if I have to go through some long drawn out process to get this straightened out.

Show focus points?

Is it possible to show the focus points?
C1 Pro do not have this function so have to go back to Canon DPP to verify if camera problem or wrong operation.

>No...the camera companies don't document that info.
Well, that has not stopped adobe in the past. It is only when the camera company both does not document and "encrypts" or "obscures" data that adobe seems to develop legal concerns.
I am trying to think what info camera companies do document...
However, I'm guessing you are suggesting that because the info is not documented it is not worth adobe's time to figure it out.

Display focus points in Lightroom

I don't know for all cameras but for my Canons the raw file includes data about the focus points achieved. Digital Photo Professional will display these, which is extremely useful for figuring out why your photo is so fuzzy. Going out to DPP is a pain though. It would be useful to be able to toggle focus point display (probably for raw files only) in Develop and Library views - especially if subject distance (=focus distance) is also displayed per my previous post.

"hint: build a cheat sheet for Lightroom using your camera manufacturer software"
Huh? What is a cheat sheet? And how could I use my manufacturer soft ware to build such a thing?
I could scroogle on "Vaporware" but "Cheat sheet" did not give me any decent clue.

Displaying focus points in LR3

Hi all
Is it possible to display focus points in Lightroom? I switched to Lightroom from Aperture, which used to let me do this, so I guess the information must be stored in the EXIF data somewhere.
Many thanks

The focus points are in the metadata, and can be made available in Lightroom via ExifMeta. You will have to learn where AF-point "C6" lies on your photos, by comparing metadata with focus point display using your camera software, until you make a cheat sheet or memorize it. But, it may be good enough until the super-groovy AF point displayer plugin is ready...
Rob

Aperture 3 and focus points

I uncovered something with Apple’s Aperture 3 that I can’t find documented anywhere: namely that using the “Show Focus Points” feature changes how it displays the information depending on the focusing mode the camera is in. At least with my Nikon D2H anyway.
Here’s the deal. If I set the camera to either single-area AF or dynamic-area AF, Aperture displays the focus point is a red triangle. If I set the camera to either group dynamic-AF or dynamic area AF with closest subject priority, Aperture displays the focus point as a bold white rectangle.
A minor point, sure, but having the color change for no apparent (or documented!) reason was disorienting.

Hi and welcome to the list.
Is the lack of focus points only happening on the pictures your friend is taking in burst mode? Knowing that would at least narrow down the search for a solution.
I'm not sure if burst mode would effect this, it may also be a camera specific thing. Does your friend have the cannon software? if so you could import into that and see what the results are.
In the mean time I would suggest you do a test. Take a series of shots normally and then take a series in burst mode. See what happens. Report back.
good luck

Metadata - Canon Focus Points : can LR show them ?

I shoot using Canon 400D and also have Canon's Zoombrowser software. One thing that Zoombrowser does that I use occasionally is to show the auto-focus points active for a given shot.
Is there anyway to get Lightroom to show the focus points in a similar manner ?
I'm guessing there probably isn't, I can't see that info' anywhere in the metadata using Exiftool so I presume it's in a private Canon data area. Just thought I'd check that there's not a switch I'm missing somewhere.
Cheers

The QCC wrote:
Just for the record, the AF point is stored in the EXIF data area for Canon EOS cameras.
And over there for Nikon, and over there for Pentax, except that the Pentax bodies also have to change this based on the lens mounted, so the metadata is in at least two places...

Focus points not showing for Nex 7 images in Aperture.

Whilst it's good that Aperture now supports my Nex 7, I've noticed that focus points don't show and the option in the metadata tab isn't even there with my Nex photos. It's still available for other cameras though. Anyone else with the same problem. Or do I have to wait for another update. Any comments welcome as it is a feature I use in post processing.
Thanks
John

If you have a tool that lets you look at the EXIF data in the image file you could check to see if this is in facr true.
The entries you are looking for are the ones that start with AF, there are a few such as AF points in focus and AF points selected. There is also two AF entries that have a series of x and y positions. Those are the auto focus points. If there in there then Aperture should be abel to display them.
The EXIF tool I use is Exiftool. It's command line so thakes some getting use to but it is definitly worth having on your system.
reegards

Focus point. Display in Lightroom 4.4 64Bit Canon 7D RAW file.

By accident a while ago I saw the focus point displayed on the library photo in Lightroom. This was useful for quick elimination of slightly out of focus shots. It can be shown in camera on the preview. Any ideas?

Keith_Reeder wrote:
Someone was working on a plug-in that would import this functionality, but that project seems to have died a death a couple of years back.
It's been resurrected, by a different author:
http://www.lightroomfocuspointsplugin.com/

How do I show the focus point in Elements 12?

How do I show the focus point in Elements 12? There are times when displaying the camera focus point(s) in either the organizer or the editor would be very helpful in analyzing pictures. Is there a way to do this?

As far as I know this is a feature specific to a given camera manufacturer. Only their proprietary editing softwares can interpret the proprietary metadata...

Viewing selected focus points from RAW file in Lr5 ?

Why doesn't Lightroom have a plugin or option available to view the focus points that were used in the original photo?
The info is stored in the metadata and shows up for in-camera photo review but it does not show up after .nef file is converted to .dng in Lightroom. This is a very useful tool that could easily be implemented in a future Lightroom upgrade.

elie-d wrote:
Might be a good area for a third-party plugin (hint, hint).
Luc Renambot had a working prototype (on Mac, for one model at least - maybe more) but never reached the finish line for some reason.
PS - exiftool can decode focus point info for most cameras, so it's not a matter of difficult-to-acquire or missing info.
Maybe just not quite enough bang for buck - dunno.
Work-around for mean time (Nikon example) - keep ViewNX open and invoke script to open file in ViewNX if you wanna view focus point(s) - examples:
Simple Lightroom script:
no plugin required, but if you prefer plugin:
One keystroke sequence and you're there - focus points a-blazin'..
Also, ExifMeta makes focus points available for lib filters and/or smart collections - all cameras (supports custom decoding in case you want to create a text pattern which mirrors graphical representation, or just make it easier to read..).
Not as convenient as you'd like - I know...
~R.

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