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March 4, 2025
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Camera RAW - crop tool is gone!?!?

  • March 4, 2025
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Hello All,

I try this specific community ... no results in Photoshop community.

The only answers I got were: - "crop tool never existed" ... nonsense!

                                                   - "I have it" ... must be someone with an older version / before 17.2

Here it is again:

Since Feb 2025 upgrade (17.2) the crop tool is missing and the spot replaced by "Geometry", which has nothing to do with cropping.

 

It's not there, regardless of using a jpg, psd, or other file.

 

Any suggestions, please! 

Is it discontinued or am I too stupid to find it?? 🙂

 

Thanks

Correct answer Rikk Flohr_Photography

The Crop tool exists in the Camera Raw Plugin
The Crop tool does not exist in Camera Raw as a filter. 

 

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Rikk Flohr_Photography
Community Manager
Community Manager
March 4, 2025

The Crop tool exists in the Camera Raw Plugin
The Crop tool does not exist in Camera Raw as a filter. 

 

Rikk Flohr: Adobe Photography Org
Tele55
Inspiring
March 5, 2025

Thanks for the reply.

Here is what I found / posted elswhere, solving the issue ... and as Rikk mentioned above:

 

I think I found the answer ... even though strange ... never noticed / had that issue:

There is a difference if

a) opened from Photoshop > Filter > Camera RAW Filter ... and ...

b) opened directly from bridge as (usually as a DNG, and sometimes as jpg)

... a) does NOT show the crop tool

... b) does show the crop tool

So, I'm not able to use the Camera Raw crop tool when coming from something already opened in Photoshop.

It is, of course, not a big deal since I can always crop in Photoshop.

But, through all those years, I can't remember that the Camera RAW crop tool only works when accessing CR directly from bridge (not from Photoshop > Filter, which I often do to take advantage of Camera RAW tools)

 

Please add anything that would clarify this further ... otherwise issue solved.

 

Thanks for your time