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Alexander Stefanov
Participating Frequently
Feb 11, 2020 8:11 PM UTC
Question

Wrong Aspect Ratio Ligthroom web gallery

Is everyone experienced a problem with stretched photos with wrong aspect ratios, shown in Lightroom web gallery? They are OK in Lightroom, but shows in wrong way in web version..... This is so bad, I just show them to the client..... For Example:

I suppose it's a bug, I have no control on how they look here!..... Please, Adobe, this is rediculous...

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    Jov
    Participant
    Jul 8, 2026 6:49 AM UTC

    Same issue for me. So glad I didn’t send to client. Anything in 4:3 is stretched, but the 16:9 are all in proper ratio. Sony a7iii, ZERO problems in Lightroom Desktop. Only a web issue, & I need them the show correct for client. 

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    Noel Orridge
    Community Manager
    Noel OrridgeCommunity Manager
    Community Manager
    Jul 21, 2025 7:25 PM UTC

    Hi @pavel_2608, Thank you for reaching out! I'm sorry to hear about your issue.

     

    Lightroom Web generates previews based on smart previews or cached thumbnails, which sometimes ignore or misread the metadata orientation embedded by your camera. Could you please share a screenshot of how the images look in Lightroom Web? Also, please share a RAW image that is affected by this problem. Upload the problematic files to WeTransfer, Dropbox, Google Drive, or a similar free service and post the sharing link here. 

     

    While we wait, you can try out these fixes and see if they solve the issue.

     

    1) Clear your browser Cache.

     

    2) Open Lightroom Web in an incognito/private window to temporarily bypass the cache. This is a quick way to test whether the issue is cache-related.

     

    3) You could create a custom preset that applies a tiny crop or rotation and apply it in bulk to affected images. This would trigger a preview refresh and keep your edits consistent across devices.

     

    Let us know how it goes! 

    Cheers!

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    Noel
    pavel_2608
    Participant
    Jul 21, 2025 4:01 PM UTC

    I have the same problem in LR 8.4. Importing pictures from Canon R5 , all looks good in lightroom, but in album view some get width dimentions swapped  with height (so toll narrow looks short and wide). It happens with many but not all portrait oriented pictures. I found a workaround for now. In the web view start editing each of those pictures, go to crop, change crop by very little. That fixes the problem. But it is very time consuming and now my pictures are out of sync with my local versions.   

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      Akash Sharma
      Akash Sharma
      Legend
      Feb 12, 2020 7:26 AM UTC

      Hi there,

       

      Sorry that Lightroom is showing you incorrect aspect ratio in Web Gallery of Lightroom Web. How exactly have you stretched the images? Have you used any preset to edit those images? Does all of the images with larger aspect ratio look different in Lightroom Web?

       

      Thanks,

      Akash

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      Alexander StefanovAuthor
      Participating Frequently
      Feb 12, 2020 7:56 AM UTC

      Hello,

      The images are not streched by me! They are ok, some of them are cropped, some are just as shot. In Lightroom Classic CC they appear just fine. When I share the gallery to WEB, some ot them shows like this - streched with wrong aspect ratio. This is the problem.

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        Alexander StefanovAuthor
        Participating Frequently
        Feb 18, 2020 2:43 PM UTC

        Anyone with this problem? With every Collection sync, this problem persists on the another device. Web, mobile or desktop - no difference. Some images are Ok in Library section, but in Develop, they stretch...?!

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