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matthew_5332
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May 11, 2025
Question

Panning while cropping isn't smooth on mobile

  • May 11, 2025
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Hi,

 

When in crop mode on mobile, if I use one of the aspect ratios and it is still full width, edge to edge, I cannot smoothly pan the crop area.  If I zoom in a bit, it pans around just fine.

 

See attached screen capture.

 

-Matt

 

 

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Sameer K
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Sameer KCommunity Manager
Community Manager
May 21, 2025

Hey, @matthew_5332. Welcome to the Lightroom Community. I'll help you figure this out. 


Are there any edits to the image prior to the crop? I tried this with a fresh RAW image without edits and couldn't recreate it. 

 

Log in to Lightroom Web (https://adobe.ly/3xdotLH) and check for all the images synced and uploaded to the cloud. Once everything is backed up to the cloud, try reinstalling Lightroom from the Play Store, and let me know how it goes.

 

Thanks!
Sameer K

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matthew_5332Author
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November 20, 2025

Hey @Sameer K , I totally missed your response here.  I tried this on an image with zero edits and it still occurs as of latest.

When you open the image, go to crop, set the aspect to 16x9, then ensure the crop is still touching the left and right edges of the image, then try to move the crop to the top and the bottom.  It'll only update the position when you let go.

If you narrow the crop a little bit, you can then move it around smoothly.

Regarding if the images are sync'd, I don't ingest any images on my phone.  I only ingest from SD cards on my PC, so if they're showing up on my phone, then they are all in the cloud already.

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