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November 24, 2025
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P: Auto-crop for Film Scans

  • November 24, 2025
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I shoot mostly film of all kinds of formats and use both desktop scanners and camera scanners.  It would be lovely if Lightroom had a tool for batch cropping them, as the scanners all bring in unwanted borders.  I know like an algorithm could do this very easily (and some scanning software does this already).  I absolutely request that it does not use generative AI in any way to make up data in my images.  It should simply look for obvious straight(ish) lines around the outside either black, white, or film, and then crop and straghten the image for me, with the ability for me to adjust the crop further - all original image data should be retained.  This would save me hours and hours of time when I get back from a big shoot and smooth my editing process significantly.

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MassC
Legend
November 24, 2025

Hey @J B N 

Thanks for sharing your idea—we really appreciate it! If you think others would also benefit, feel free to ask them to upvote or share their thoughts in the comments. The more support a request gets, the better. Thanks again for being part of the community! 🙌


^CM

PS. You've got my vote because this is something I've been wrestling with as I archive my family's negatives.