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Sep 8, 2025 10:05 AM UTC
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Awful auto cropping in lightroom classic

So I shot my project in 16:9 as a guide, but I want the full frame in lightroom to work with. 

 

Whenever i scrub through my shots, it automatically crops the image one by one to "as shot" - do I really need to INDIVIDUALLY reset this for EACH shot?

 

Like holy moly, what an awful feature to begin with. Why wouldn't it do it as a batch when imported? Secondly how do i turn this off. This sort of thing is exactly why a 10 year old version of lightroom is better than the current days. 

JohanElzenga
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Community Expert
Sep 8, 2025 10:11 AM UTC

Select all images, go to Develop, toggle the little switch of the 'Synchronize' button so it becomes 'Auto Sync' and then reset the crop tool on the active image.

 

-- Johan W. Elzenga

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JohanElzenga
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Sep 8, 2025 10:11 AM UTC

Select all images, go to Develop, toggle the little switch of the 'Synchronize' button so it becomes 'Auto Sync' and then reset the crop tool on the active image.

 

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Participant
Sep 8, 2025 10:18 AM UTC

Thanks Johan, thats a really helpful workaround. Very frustrating feature for someone thats just upgraded lightroom. 

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JohanElzenga
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Sep 8, 2025 10:21 AM UTC

I'd say it's a very useful and logical feature. If you set your camera to shoot in 16:9, then Lightroom shows the image the way you shot it. Makes perfect sense. It makes less sense to shoot in 16:9 and then want full size in Lightroom, so you'll have to use a workaround to get there.

 

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