P: Enable Zoom with Crop Tool

I started my trial subscription just yesterday. I've been shooting RAW for only about half a year, and I started out using free open-source software (not sure if mentioning any specific apps by name is allowed on this proprietary forum).

Unfortunately, this means that even as a total beginner I'm already spoiled by the convenience of Adobe's free open-source competition. The Transform tools in the free software alternative are instantly intuitive, convenient and pixel precise  -- even if you're totally new to RAW image processing. I managed to perfectly and precisely crop, rotate and straighten an image on my very first try, been 100% happy with it ever since.

At first I thought that I must surely have overlooked something in Lightroom because it simply cannot be true that you can't zoom in while using the crop tool in Lightroom. But then I found this thread, which dates back more than a decade (!!!), and Adobe still hasn't solved this very very very easy to solve issue.

This isn't even the first massive shortcoming of Adobe products vs. its free open-source competition, but it's a total red flag. At this rate, I'm definitely going to cancel my Adobe subscription, spend some of the money on a speedlight instead and donate the rest to the RAW software project of my choice. This is truly just unbelievable. How did this half-baked excuse for a crop "tool" ever get greenlit?

agreed

Did they not add this yet? I am beyond frustrated, all I want to do is crop my artwork off its white wall. I just want to be able to see my corners better, like the loupe zoom in the straighten tool. I thought it used to be a crop in the transform straighten tool, but must have rememebered wrong.

I cannot believe that a simple zoom window pop-up for the corner/edge being cropped has literally been pleaded for now going on 12 years, and is ignored.  This is my main gripe with the software.  Any app I have on my phone that does cropping has it, but one of the foremost pieces of photo software does not.  This isn't just a fail, but it's a historical record of fail for all to see.

I just downloaded and installed AnyCrop - It's got a lot of other stuff I don't know if I'll use but I can confirm the 'Adjust' section gives you a little popup that gives you exactly what you need to zoom in on your cropping, using whatever zoom setting you choose for your Develop window. Many thanks for letting everyone know about that one!

@Arne Rudi 

Any Crop by @johnrellis is the here and now solution to our needs.

I have been using it daily for the last months and I have basically never needed to use LrC post crop.

Not only se can crop while zoomed-in but also cropped while zoomed-out which I find incredibly useful as it allows to get a better sense of the crop compared to LrC or ACR.

With Any Crop it is not possible to resize the opposite edges at the same time, that feature is still only available via the Post Crop tool but it's only a matter of time before John adds it.

When using the Crop Straighten Tool (the little ruler) to set horizontals (or verticals) it would be helpful if the tool displayed the same little magnifying glass that appears when setting Transform guides, helping with exact placement. When clicking Crop the image zooms (out) to a size fitting the display, sometimes making it difficult to hit the right location for the ruler. Showing the small magnifying glass for tools where exact placement is requred would be helpful and consistent. 

We as end-users need to get this VERY IMPORTANT feature added..... The ability to zoom in/create a loupe/magnifyer when cropping an image brought into LRC is a MUST! I work in the Library system for a state university and I digitize historical images and documents for future preservation. I don't see how Adobe has allowed for this to go unattended. With all the updates, add-ons, etc. that have been created, zooming while cropping HAS to be integrated. I cannot stress this enough Adobe! Please, please get this into your next update. When cropping any image/item LRC shows a standard crop frame over the entire item/image. I need to be able to see the finite edge of what I am cropping so that valuable information is not lost forever in the initial phase of transition from physical negative/print to a digital file. This is EXTREMELY important when arhiving. I know for a fact that information is being left on the "cut room floor" that I am unable to see when cropping especially from a negative conversion to positive. Please, I beg of you Adobe, integrate a loupe or magnifier into the crop tool for a super precise crop! This would be worth its weight in gold to all users out there! Let's really push this feature to be TOP PRIORITY!!

Please enable this feature as not all landscape photos have a horizon line stretching across the entire image.  I often have images of harbours or bays where only 25-30% of the image has a horizon line and the rest is land.  Its very difficult to get the horizon correct in these images without the ability to zoom.