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LilaHPhoto
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February 10, 2025
Question

Aspect Ratio Reverts to Original

  • February 10, 2025
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Perhaps I'm missing something, and I hope I am..

However after many, many hours cropping and editing photos, when I go to change the aspect ratio of cropped images for printing, it reverts back to the original image as though I haven't done any transform, crops, etc.

I've removed onedrive, I've reset preferences, I've purged caches.. what can I do?

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    drtonyb
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    February 11, 2025

    @LilaHPhoto 

     

    I have followed your videos, but cannot repreduce what you are experiencing. Am I correct in that the Crop Ratio is changing in the Library's Quick Develop panel as you move the mouse around?

     

    If not done already, try rebooting your computer. If that doesn't fix it, the a Preferences Reset might be worth a try, but make sure you keep a copy of the current Preferences in case this doesn't work either.

     

    Follow the third option, - Manual, here:

     

    https://www.lightroomqueen.com/how-do-i-reset-lightrooms-preferences/ 

     

    If that doesn't work, then restore your saved Preferences file (with LrC closed of course).

     

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      LilaHPhotoAuthor
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      February 11, 2025

      I reset the preferences already yesterday, before the videos. 😞

       

      I don't think the issue is tied to the mouse movement, I was just moving it to get it out of the way.

      I simply can't apply 2:3 ratio and when I try it resets everything to "Original" settings, which aren't the Original settings at all..

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      richardplondonCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      February 12, 2025

      What I am seeing is: whenever crop shape retains the same aspect as the original starting image this is reported as "Original" - for example if the camera captured 16:9, then I narrow down on part of the image keeping the shape the same, aspect does not say 16:9 it says Original. If I now choose (say) 3:2 it adjusts the crop shape but still generally narrowed down on the same part of the image. So if I now click Original for aspect it goes back to the entire captured image. But if I click on 16:9 it reverts to how it was just before I clicked on 3:2.

       

      IOW reporting "(same shape as) Original" and asking for "(return to) Original" seem to have different meanings. 

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      LilaHPhotoAuthor
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      February 11, 2025

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      LilaHPhotoAuthor
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      drtonyb
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      February 11, 2025

      @LilaHPhoto 

       

      Try posting a video capture of what you are doing and seeing.

       

      Just to be clear, Original Crop is a crop to the sensor Aspect Ratio of your camera; for many this is 3:2. As Shot is a Crop to the aspect ratio done by an in-camera crop.

       

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        LilaHPhotoAuthor
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        February 11, 2025

        It doesn't really matter what Original vs As Shot is, but thank you.

         

        The point is that 2:3 Library resets to Original, regardless of what I've done in the Develop Module or elsewhere in the Library. This means I'm unable to batch crop or edit to 2:3 ratio on edited photos without it resetting. Unless I'm missing something. Which would be a relief..

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        AlekeCommunity Manager
        Community Manager
        February 10, 2025

        Hi @LilaHPhoto!

        I totally understand your frustration. Let's get to the bottom of this! Could you let me know which version of Lightroom Classic you're using? Does this happen to every photo you crop, or only some of them? If it's just specific photos, did you do anything differently with them?

        When you open the photos in the print module, do they revert to their original version, or do they appear uncropped in the develop module too? Are your edits also reverted, or is it just the cropping that's affected?

        Thanks so much!

        Cheers, Alek

         

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          LilaHPhotoAuthor
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          February 10, 2025

          It's affecting every photo in one way or another it seems.

          Some photos I can adjust to say.. 2:3, but it converts to the "as shot" crop details. Some I click "as shot" and it keeps the crop ratio to Original.. it's simply not converting based on what is truly cropped and on the the screen.

           

          Photos in print module maintain whatever current crop ratio it's holding on to.

           

          Preset edits are affected on some photos and not others. As in, I can attempt to update a preset with a click and it just leaves the photo as is. I have to refresh the photo and sometimes that will work.

           

          It's randomly picking and choosing which changes to apply and how.

          In the develop module I can take a photo from "original" aspect to "as shot" and it goes back to a different crop, but then when I go back to "original" it treats it as though I've done nothing and leaves it "as shot".

           

          Does that help?

           

          Thanks!

           

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          AlekeCommunity Manager
          Community Manager
          February 11, 2025

          Hi @LilaHPhoto!

          Thanks a ton for the info and the videos! Please give some of the solutions recommended by drtonyb a try. From the video titles, it looks like you're using version 13.5 of Lightroom Classic, right? If so, you might want to consider updating to the latest release and see if that helps.

          Thanks a bunch!
          Alek

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