Adding 1:1 aspect ratio to overlays of crop tool

[Richard8234]

When toggling through the overlays of the crop tool in develop module with the shortcut 'O', it would be very helpful to have an overlay showing the frame of a crop with the aspect ratio of 1:1.

Often 1:1 crops of a photo will be used as a preview. For example: I want to post a 4:5 portrait shot on Instagram but for the 1:1 gallery grid view the top and bottom of the shot will be cropped automatically. I would love to check in Lightroom how my 4:5 photo will look in the gallery grid view of Instagram without actually cropping it.

There already is an overlay showing different frames like 4:5, 5:7 or 2:3. Please add 1:1, too 🙂

I didn't found a related topic. Also feel free to suggest other solutions to my problem. I would love to learn how other photographers handle this issue 🙂

Kind regards

Richard

[Rikk Flohr: Photography · Accepted solution]

In:Tools>Crop Guide Overlay>Choose Aspect Ratios…
Toggle on the "Print Aspects" you want to see (1:1)
Then in the Crop tool use the [ O ] (overlay) to cycle to the Crop Guide that shows print crops

[Richard8234]

Thank you so much for your help and moving the topic into the discussions section! This is exactly what I was searching for - but couldn't find it. Solved 🙂