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April 4, 2012
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P: Enable Zoom with Crop Tool

  • April 4, 2012
  • 145 replies
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This may have already been suggested, but it would be nice if the zoom feature in Lightroom 4 could be enabled while using the crop tool to make refined adjustments to the crop area. At present, there is only a clumsy work-around using the secondary display for refined crop adjustments.

145 replies

lhiapgpeonk
Participating Frequently
January 9, 2017
Or at least show a magnification of the edge currently being dragged as it is done with the guided transform tool. And while you are at it: Adding a magnified window to the straighten tool would be a real treat. There's not always a looong line to straighten the image by...
Inspiring
January 9, 2017
I Googled this function as I was sure this was a function and I had not learned enough LR. Why can't LR just crop the zoomed in, panned shot? Seems like that would be simple.
jonus88
Participant
October 30, 2016


It would be very good lock the zoom when use the crop tool.for example I work in 1: 8 or 1:16 zoom out, and when I use the crop tool, the zoom goes to fit screen.

I develop at hundred of photos, and if I use 1:8 zoom, the workflow goes better and have great performance. why not lock this zoom when we use re crop or reframing?.
nickdclements
Participating Frequently
June 24, 2016


Please add the ability to crop while 'zoomed in' on an image in Lightroom.

An example of when this feature/ability would be extremely useful is when working with hires negative scans. One image containing many smaller images than need to be separated out.
Inspiring
June 24, 2016


Allow the user to zoom when
cropping an image for accurate edges and horizons.
Inspiring
June 24, 2016


Allow the user to zoom when
cropping an image for accurate edges and horizons.
Inspiring
March 8, 2016
I want to stress that I really need this, too. Everyday I try to make precision crops in LRCC and it is very frustrating not to be able to get the exact crop I want. Would love if it was done so that each of the four handles could be nudged with arrow keys 1 pixel (10pixels with modifier key). That same functionality would be welcome in PS CC as well.
Inspiring
January 31, 2016
I've requested this before and I still very much want it. Cropping large megapixel images in the fit-to-window view in Develop is way too limiting and inexact. We need cropping while zoomed. I'd also like the ability to nudge the sides of the crop in 1-pixel increments. Say to click on the right handle of crop tool so it is selected. Use arrow keys to increase or decrease the right edge of crop by 1 pixel or hold down shift and change by 10 pixels.
Participating Frequently
August 13, 2015
Just started my trial 30 days -- second photo I edited -- this very limited functionality is not encouraging at all!
Participating Frequently
May 8, 2015
I'm very disappointed that cropping in zoom mode is still impossible with LR CC!
ACR is able since I can remember (years ago) but LR is still standing still.
It's a mess using the angle tool for a straight horizon in landscape photography if it's not possible to crop pixel precise.