Crop Overlay Grid Question

[michaelg53891548]

In Windows, when you choose the Crop Overlay tool you get a grid that you can change by pressing "O" to cycle through the options. All good. When I click on the straightening icon (black, curved, two-headed arrow), my grid switches to MANY tiny boxes. I would like to change that to a bigger grid (so I can see the horizontal lines on my photo better) but I cannot find a way to do so. Anyone? Thanks.

[GoldingD]

Not currently on computer, so I cannot verify if this is it:

”While the grid is visible, Command  (Mac) | Control (Win) displays options for Size and Opacity. Click-drag left/right on Size to decrease/increase the grid size. Likewise, Click -drag left/right on Opacity to decrease/increase the grid opacity.”

from:

Julieanne Kost's Blog | Grid Overlay Options in Lightroom 5

[michaelg53891548]

Thanks David, but in Windows, while the Crop Overlay tool is activated, pressing Control brings up the "level" icon so you can draw a straight line anywhere and the image will align itself to it. Kinda cool and I did not know that, but not solving my issue.

[ManiacJoe]

Unfortunately, that does not seem to work any more at least in v8.3.1

[michaelg53891548]

😞

[GoldingD]

Also see:

Customize the grid and guide overlays |

Yes, I know, was trying to add that, before and response, but the forum was giving me issues

[ManiacJoe]

This is a good pointer.

While you cannot change the grid while using the straighten/rotate tool, that tool does use the grid settings that are setup in the generic grid overlay.

[michaelg53891548]

I am not seeing that in v8.4. I have selected each one of the options using the "O" key and then pressed the leveling icon and the grid is always the small boxes 😞

[GoldingD]

I might have been answering while you were commenting

Before going for the crop tool, bring up an grid overlay. Adjust the overlay size as described in the links. Then use the crop tool.

hmmm, odd, depending on how yuo access this discussion, this response and my previous response either bookend your last, or both follow your last. SO, I have double answered. Oh well.

[michaelg53891548]

OK, getting late or I am missing something. With no tool selected, I press Ctrl-Alt O and it toggles the grid overlay to ON, and shows me the little Size and Opacity thing at the top. I adjust the Size to 350 so it is a nice big grid. I toggle it back off and on, just to verify it has taken correctly. Looks good. Press the crop tool and my usual 3x3 grid appears, as it should. I click on the level tool and we are back to the size 42 grid, which covers most of the photo. Are you guys seeing something different?

[ManiacJoe]

You are right. My eyes were tricking me. The straighten tools does NOT use the grid settings from the loop view.

At least on with LR 8.3.1 on win10.

😞

[michaelg53891548]

Thanks Joe.

[GoldingD]

I see the grid that I adjusted it to, works on mine.

[michaelg53891548]

You are on a Mac, right David?

[GoldingD]

Actually, I was going to strike that statement. I need to go back and verify the during straighten tool part. On a MAC

[GoldingD]

OK,solved.

Before you clcik on the crop tool, bring up a grid. Adjust the grid to your liking. Then select the crop tool.

[GoldingD]

Not Ok, double cheked, went balistic on the grid size as to make obvious. And nope this did not work

[michaelg53891548]

OK, thanks - so we have no verified sightings of it working 😞  Back to square one...

[GoldingD]

So, a possible workaround, while in Crop, press O and scycl thru theoverlay, bring up rule of thirds instead of grid. Note much choice

[Jao vdL]

This has bothered me for a long time. As soon as you start dragging the angle slider the grid overlay changes to the dense square overlay. I have not found a way to change this. There is one trick though. If you enable the crop tool and then go to the transform section and use the rotate tool there (remember to hit "constrain crop") you can rotate with whatever grid overlay you have selected.

[GoldingD]

In interesting, but perhaps akward work around

Instead of going to crop, go to Transform, use the rotate slider, consider clicking on contrain crop.

And if going that way, consider using a guide instead of a grid

[GoldingD]

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[lbcbkny]

Has anyone found a solution to this? It's so unpleasant to work on hundreds of photos at a time with these tiny boxes in the rotate view. It takes 5x longer to straighten images with this problem. ADOBE PLEASE