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P: Unable to move crop to image edges after negative (CCW) rotation

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April 24, 2025
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Hi,
I’m experiencing a recent issue with the Crop tool in Lightroom Classic.

When I try to crop an image after applying a rotation correction (either automatic or manual), the crop frame won’t let me move it fully to the edges of the image. It’s as if there’s an invisible boundary about one centimeter from the top or side edges, preventing me from placing the crop where I want.

This didn’t happen earlier today and started occurring with the last two photos I’ve edited. I’ve tried:

Toggling “Constrain to Image” on and off
Using different aspect ratios (including “Original” and “Custom”)
Removing the rotation, cropping first, and then reapplying the rotation
Restarting Lightroom

In all cases, the issue returns as soon as I apply any rotation, even a minor one. I’m attaching a screenshot that clearly shows how the crop frame cannot be moved freely even though the image has visible content.

Is there a setting or recent behavior that could be causing this?
I’d appreciate any guidance.

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stephenpyle

Participant

Latest LR Classic 14.3
MacOS - Sequoia 15.4.1 on a MacBook Pro M4

I have an image I had to rotate that my second shooter took... but the crop window doesn't appear to want to go all the way to the top of the available space. But it actually is. So the crop you see, does not match the output.

JohanElzenga

Community Expert

Looks like this problem: https://community.adobe.com/t5/lightroom-classic-bugs/p-unable-to-move-crop-to-image-edges-after-negative-ccw-rotation/idi-p/15288236, but check that it is not caused by the Aspect Ratio in Transform (you might be able to solve it with that slider).

-- Johan W. Elzenga

johnrellis

Legend

The Any Crop plugin works around this bug. You can use its Adjust command to set the size and angle of crops, regardless of the photo's orientation. It's not as convenient as the built-in Crop tool, but it does let you adjust crops while zoomed in. It has a 30-day free trial, which hopefully will last you until Adobe releases a fix.

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vitalyn38151610

Inspiring

Yes, this problem exists on both Macs and Windows. And it only occurs if you rotate the angle to the left. I think ADOBE will fix it soon, because it was impossible to work. I rolled back to the previous version 14.2.

cornicellophoto

Known Participant

I was just coming in to report the same issue. Glad I found this thread. I will add my screen shots. I am only seeing the issue when rotating in one diretion, not the other.

Cheers!

John

johnrellis

Legend

Also, note that this bug occurs on any photo whose internal orientation setting at the time of import is other than AB (0 degrees, not mirrored), BA (0 degrees, mirrored), CD (180 degrees, not mirrored), or DC (180 degrees, mirrored).

Portrait photos from cameras typically have orientations BC (90 degrees, not mirrored) or DA (270 degrees, not mirrored), and thus the bug occurs with them.

johnrellis

Legend

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@robc22409454 calls out another symptom of this bug: The crop displayed while the crop tool is open isn't the same as after it is closed. An exported photo matches what's seen when the crop tool is closed:

robc22409454

Participant

I have been having an issue over the last two days that is new to me and Lightroom. Before I start I should mention I use 8x10 aspect ratio for almost everything.

I have started to notice that when I have to adjust the angle of the photo get the correct crop perspective Lightroom is automatically adjusting the image within the crop and cutting off the top or the bottom of the final photo when I do a finished review.

But when I go back and look at the crop, the entire image is within the parameters. But Lightroom keeps auto adjusting it and cutting off the photo for the finished picture. The only way around this is to substantially lessen the angle and eventually Lightwoom will stop cutting off the photo.

How can I get around this new issue? It is really inhibiting my work with my photos. As you can see from my photo example Lightroom is cutting the top of her head off despite it being within the original crop that I did. Why is this happening (it has never happened before and I edit photos like this all the time)?

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vitalyn38151610

Inspiring

The latest version 14.3 has a big problem. The cropping tool, when adjusting the horizon to the left, cannot move the image either up or down, so a lot of details are cropped off, the horizon to the right works fine. We need to pass this point on to the developers.

Rikk Flohr_Photography

Community Manager

I am not able to understand your issue from the instructions provided. Can you please post more detailed step-by-step instructions or possibly a video that describes the issue you are seeing?

Rikk Flohr: Adobe Photography Org