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aarriioooo
Participant
August 4, 2026

P: Can we have a toggle on/off button for the snap to center while cropping image?

  • August 4, 2026
  • 27 replies
  • 426 views

After the update, during a cropping process there will be a red vertical and horisontal line forcing the image to be centered. We dont want to be forced to crop in the center, we want to crop the image freely like before. Thanks

27 replies

Participant
August 9, 2026

I agree! A toggle is needed

Participant
August 8, 2026

Potřeboval bych zjistit jak je vypnout protože když s fotkou lehce pohnu tak to vžy skočí do středu a nejde s tím prostě lehce pohnou mimo a nejde s tím pracovat. 

Participant
August 8, 2026

I agree! PLEASE ADOBE!! MAKE A TOGGLE ON/OFF FOR CENTER SNAPING! THIS IS HORRIBLE 

Participant
August 8, 2026

I completely agree with this. This is an incredibly frustrating change, and I genuinely don't understand what problem it was supposed to solve.

The whole point of cropping is having the freedom to decide how the final image is composed. I don't always have my subject centered in the original frame. Also, in many cases I deliberately want it offset to one side. Before this update, I could simply position the crop wherever I wanted. Now, the red vertical and horizontal lines and the automatic snapping to the center of the original image make that unnecessarily difficult, or even impossible

As a photographer, this is not just a minor inconvenience. I have paid photography shoots coming up soon, and I'm genuinely considering cancelling them if this behavior remains, because I need to be able to crop my clients' images freely and precisely. I cannot have Lightroom effectively deciding where my crop should be placed, especially when composition is an important part of the final image.

Please give us an option to disable this feature. If people want their crops centered, they can choose to center them themselves. We shouldn't be forced into it.

Participant
August 8, 2026

Could not agree more! This new feature has more than doubled my edit time for my most recent event. Being an action sports photographer, cropping is a core part of my workflow and this new snapping effect means instead of moving my selection freely I have to back and forth with opposite corners. Totally inefficient. I will never understand why a feature around such a core function is not introduced more softly or at the very least given an on/off toggle. I am dreading editing the three events I am covering this weekend unless this is fixed rapidly. Genuinely the kind of change that forces me to consider alternative products. I cannot afford to have a significant part of my workflow double in length.

Participant
August 8, 2026

Estou com o mesmo problema 

Participant
August 7, 2026

Still no roll back or fix. I'll be searching alternatives for editing today. 

Participant
August 9, 2026

Did you find any? What should  go for?

macro.viewpoint
Participating Frequently
August 7, 2026

I’ve noticed the same issue on Lightroom mobile. I’m struggling to crop my photos as during the dragging part, it tries to snap to specific placements, not letting me move the photo to a custom placement within the crop

 

Participant
August 6, 2026

Yesss!! Completely broke my workflow of birds photography cropping! 
Tries to “help” the user, but removes fine control on a software where fine control is exactly the whole point!

Please reverse this ASAP

Participant
August 6, 2026

Absolute garbage to remove creative decisions away from creators. What the heck are y'all thinking? Give me an off button or cancel my subscription