Crop Aspect Ratio Lock

Yes I figured it out! If you need to use the same setting on many photos you can copy and paste (bottom left) the same settings you can check "aspect ratio", but uncheck the "crop" column it copy the aspect ratio that you set for the last copied settings. Easy fix!  

Been having the same problem for a week now, finally figured it out. If anybody else is struggeling:

Video demo here:

https://youtu.be/fzrv9QUpxoM

Summary here:

1. Enter crop mode by pressing "R"

2. Click "Reset" (In the crop setting section)

3. Lock the padlock. (You can press "A" to toggle the padlock)

4. Hit enter or close to exit Crop mode.

5. Enter crop mode again and set your desired aspect ratio. The padlock should stay closed.

Naturally this works the other way around aswell if you want the padlock to stay open.

Here is what worked for me:

1. Open any image and enter crop tool (R).

2. Click reset at the bottom of the crop tool settings (not the gloabal image reset at the bottom of the screen). Lock or unlock ratio depending on what you would like the default state to be.

3. Close the crop tool.

Next image you open should remain the same lock state that you selected befreo closing the crop tool.

LR remember the crop status (lock/unlock) you set AFTER opening the crop tool but BEFORE adjusting the crop.

- Click on the crop tool

- BEFORE doing any crop adjustement, set the status you want

- Do your crop adjustements

The next time you will selct the crop tool, it will have the status you set.

If you change the status after having done some crop adjustement, this status will be saved for this image only.

The same rule applies for other tools, like local tools. Slider settings remembering works the same way. Settings done AFTER selecting the tool but BEFORE defining the mask will be remebered the next time you will call the tool. Settings done AFTER defining the mask will be remembered for this image only.

Hi, My aspect ratio was in the locked position but I wanted it in the unlocked for all pics without have to change it. Found the solution. Click a photo, click crop then click settings up at the top of the Lightroom module, scroll down to the crop area. There you will find reset crop, crop as shot, constrain crop, etc. If you want the aspect ration locked then click constrain crop, if you dont,  then click it again to unrestrain crop.

You can actually change the default back to locked state. If you complete the crop in the unlocked state, lightroom will default future crops to the unlocked state. To fix this, enter develop mode on a photo, press "r" to enter crop edit mode, then press "a" to toggle from unlocked to locked aspect ratio, then "r" again. This should default lightroom back to the locked state.  The trick to avoid this is when you crop a photo to a non-standard ratio, make sure you relock the aspect ratio before completing the crop. This way you can use a non-standard aspect ratio for your photo without setting the unlocked crop as the default.

Mark,

You can't. Like most controls in Lightroom, it defaults to its last state.

However, you can toggle the state of the padlock with the A key. That's easier than mousing over to the padlock icon and clicking.

Hal