Awful auto cropping in lightroom classic

[keplr_9150]

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. 

[JohanElzenga · Accepted solution]

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.

[keplr_9150]

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

[JohanElzenga]

I'd say it's a very useful and logical feature. If you set your camera to shoot in 16:9, then Lightroom shows the image the way you shot it. Makes perfect sense. It makes less sense to shoot in 16:9 and then want full size in Lightroom, so you'll have to use a workaround to get there.

[keplr_9150]

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. 

[JohanElzenga]

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.