P: Enable Zoom with Crop Tool

In ACR is possible to crop while Zoomed.

Why ACR yes and LrC no?!

There are millions of paying LrC users that are forced to use/switch to ACR to do the job while it should be doable in LrC.

I find this profoundly unjust.

@Timothy J Smallwood, while waiting for Adobe to implement this much-needed feature, try the Adjust Crop command of the Any Crop plugin:

With the advent of multi megapixel sensors it is possible to perform extreme crops and still maintain saisfactory image quality. However, when the crop tool is selected in Lightroom Classic the view reverts to "FIT" the entire image, making precise cropping difficult. 

It would be helpful to use the selected zoom level, eg 100%, when cropping.

The workaround, exporting a rough crop and refining on the saved image is not really satisfactory.

@PaulHolman Yes, i'm pretty sure that Classic is the only app in existence that doesn't allow users to zoom while cropping. More than likely, someone on that team just doesn't want to admit that they were wrong about users wanting/needing to do so.

@PaulHolman No need to look far at other softwares...LrMobile has crop while zooming. 

I recommend you to use Any Crop by @johnrellis 

In the last months I have basically never used Post Crop in LrC as it is obsolete. 

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Amazing that this feature was first asked for over ten years ago and nothing has been done to implement it.

Both DXO Photo Lab and Capture One have this feature working intuitively and well.

Dear Adobe,

It would be so useful to be able to straighten horizons when zoomed in to an image. Currently, it is only possible when in crop mode with the full photo visible but when using a smaller laptop or when only a small amount of horizon is visible, and especially when pictures are in portrait it can be difficult to get the horizon nailed with the straighten tool.

If it were possible to zoom in to the horizon in an image and straighten from there, it would make things SO much easier!

Thanks!

Adam

Reinstalled and got it to work. This is amazing. Finally, preciese cropping in Lightroom! Thank you for this!

I am having a blast with this new addition to Any Crop.

Adjust Crop finally gives us the ability to crop precisely in LR, it's a true evolution.

This is a vital tool for all LR users.

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"I just downloaded it and get a "An internal error has occured" message when I try to use it. "

Please contact me at the support email address, and include details of what you were doing (a screenshot or two could be very helpful).