Awful auto cropping in lightroom classic

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September 8, 2025
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So I shot my project in 16:9 as a guide, but I want the full frame in lightroom to work with.

Whenever i scrub through my shots, it automatically crops the image one by one to "as shot" - do I really need to INDIVIDUALLY reset this for EACH shot?

Like holy moly, what an awful feature to begin with. Why wouldn't it do it as a batch when imported? Secondly how do i turn this off. This sort of thing is exactly why a 10 year old version of lightroom is better than the current days.

Windows

Correct answer JohanElzenga

Select all images, go to Develop, toggle the little switch of the 'Synchronize' button so it becomes 'Auto Sync' and then reset the crop tool on the active image.

JohanElzenga

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Select all images, go to Develop, toggle the little switch of the 'Synchronize' button so it becomes 'Auto Sync' and then reset the crop tool on the active image.

-- Johan W. Elzenga

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keplr_9150Author

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Thanks Johan, thats a really helpful workaround. Very frustrating feature for someone thats just upgraded lightroom.

JohanElzenga

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Why would it individually update the photo the first time i scroll through though, why not just batch update the photo when imported? It just lags the software for no reason.

It depends on what you use as previews when you import. Lightroom does read the crop settings on import, but you don't see it until Lightroom has built a preview of its own.

-- Johan W. Elzenga

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