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teresah21007630
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November 18, 2017
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How do I set a custom aspect ratio?

  • November 18, 2017
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I'm new to Lightroom and I want to set a custom aspect ratio. I see that I can do it manually, by specifying 'custom' in the crop window, but I want to use an exact width to height ratio. My friend tells me this is easy in Classic Lightroom, because there are fields to enter the ratio, but I don't see any in the 'all new' Lightroom.

Any suggestions?

Thanks!

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      Correct answer Rob_Cullen

      New Crop options in the June 2021 v4.3 Update-

      https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom-cc/using/whats-new/2021-3.html#crop

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      Trigeek00
      Participating Frequently
      August 9, 2022

      Any update here? I still do not see a way to set a custom aspect ratio. This is a pretty basic option to request 

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      Trigeek00
      Participating Frequently
      August 9, 2022

      Follow-up to above, a poster says there is a "Enter Custom" option... I do not see it in my program. I am running Lightroom 7.4.2. 

      Rob_Cullen
      Rob_Cullen
      Adobe Expert
      August 10, 2022

      "Custom" is there - in your screen-clip:

      But: TBMK and as stated above "does not allow entering a custom ratio, only a Freehand crop becomes available."

      You can only drag the border handles to achieve any 'crop', but setting an exact Ratio (other that the provided 'preset' ratios)  for a custom crop is only in the Desktop version of Lightroom v5.4.

       

      Screen-clip from Lightroom-Desktop v5.4:

       

       

      Regards. My System: Windows-11, Lightroom-Classic 15.0, Photoshop 27.0, ACR 18.0, Lightroom 9.0, Lr-iOS 10.4.0, Bridge 16.0 .
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      TheJackle
      New Participant
      June 7, 2022

      Will this be basic function be added to Lightroom for iPad or do I have to wait a few more years?

      Rob_Cullen
      Rob_Cullen
      Adobe Expert
      June 7, 2022

      Added in Lightroom-Mobile (for iPad) There is a 'Custom' setting but (I find on my iPhone) does not allow entering a custom ratio, only a Freehand crop becomes available.

      https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom-cc/using/whats-new/2021-3.html#crop

       

      Regards. My System: Windows-11, Lightroom-Classic 15.0, Photoshop 27.0, ACR 18.0, Lightroom 9.0, Lr-iOS 10.4.0, Bridge 16.0 .
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      default7dz5etjq2u0a
      New Participant
      February 21, 2022

      2022 and still not an option.

      Rikk Flohr_Photography
      Community Manager
      Rikk Flohr_PhotographyCommunity Manager
      Community Manager
      February 21, 2022

      This was added last year - please see the correct answers at the top of this thread @default7dz5etjq2u0a 

      Rikk Flohr: Adobe Photography Org
      ivstas
      ivstas
      New Participant
      February 22, 2022

      No, it's still not available in both Lightroom Web and Lightroom Mobile.
      I'm simply not able to enter custom aspect ration, I need to choose from predefined ones

        Rob_Cullen
        Rob_CullenCorrect answer
        Adobe Expert
        June 11, 2021

        New Crop options in the June 2021 v4.3 Update-

        https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom-cc/using/whats-new/2021-3.html#crop

        Regards. My System: Windows-11, Lightroom-Classic 15.0, Photoshop 27.0, ACR 18.0, Lightroom 9.0, Lr-iOS 10.4.0, Bridge 16.0 .
          Elbiliscibus
          Elbiliscibus
          New Participant
          October 31, 2020

          I came across this discussion as I have recently migrated from lightroom 6. How is this function still not available? I'd agree with the suggestion to use lightroom lite if that software was available in all plans. 

          Has anyone found an easy way to do this?

          The way I am looking to do it is use previous files and copy/paste the crop setting. Really not ideal considering the montly cost of the plans....

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            MIDTOAN
            New Participant
            December 8, 2020

            This is so crazy! why  wouldn't they just include this simple but yet  effective feature. 

            even the latest ACR allows you input custom aspect ratio. 

             

            I'm still sticking with Bridge > ACR for the time being 

              joem60649116
              joem60649116
              New Participant
              February 13, 2021

              Cropping to a specific aspect ratio is a critical feature for a photo editing software. It's unacceptable that Adobe hasn't fixed this and so many basic features in lightroom, especially after causing so much pain in migrating from LR classic years ago with the promise of making it better. Fix it and charge more, or unbundle this product. Don't withhold obvious and easy features.

                JP Hess
                JP Hess
                Inspiring
                July 21, 2020

                I am NOT a professional photographer, far from it. But as I look at where Lightroom is headed and compare it with Lightroom Classic I kind of consider Lightroom as a "Lightroom lite". It seems to me that it has been designed more for a different type of user, one who wants to quickly share images on social media, and who isn't concerned about printing images, but wants a few decent editing tools. If someone is really serious about photography, from my perspective it seems only logical they would want to use Lightroom Classic. Disagree as you will. That's just the way I look at the two different versions of Lightroom.

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                  MrBlahBlah
                  New Participant
                  July 21, 2020

                  Cropping to more than a few arbitrary presets is hardly a professional or even a prosumer feature....come on...

                   

                  Given the limited cross-talk between applications it's not acceptable.

                    harleypan86
                    harleypan86
                    New Participant
                    July 21, 2020

                    It's so ridiculous. I'm a pro photographer and I have to open Photoshop just because Lightroom doesn't have this custom crop (type-in ratio) feature...

                    In today's landscape, people use different types of displays...in order to make professional wallpapers, you'll need to be able to type in the crop number.
                    The monitor I'm using right now, for example, uses 2560x1080, which is 21x9, which is not included in the preset. And if I just hit "custom crop" I'll have to eyeball it. ARE YOU KIDDING ME?

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                      persiki
                      New Participant
                      November 21, 2019

                      Dear Jim

                       

                      It's 2 years later now, right, and this function is still not available. Do you know any more about enhancing the crop tool? To my mind, this is an absolut basic function - especially because the drop down choice is not veery big.

                      I am using Lightroom Cloud V 3.0 on Windows 10.

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                        MrBlahBlah
                        New Participant
                        July 9, 2020

                        I completely agree.  The fact that there is no way to get a set landscape ratio - 2x1 or 3x1 - is absolutely horrendous! At least put more presets in!!!!!  It would take your engineers 5 mintues to code in.

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                          dsymonds421
                          Inspiring
                          June 10, 2021

                          YES!!! It's 2021 now and THEY STILL CAN'T DO THIS... easiest function to add ever. So many clients request 4x6 prints and I can't make sure they're cropped that way because of this absurdly hamstrung crop tool outdone by free programs.

                          JP Hess
                          JP Hess
                          Inspiring
                          November 18, 2017

                          My suggestion is to wait until they hopefully "enhance" the crop tool sometime in the future. The custom setting simply allows you to move the crop area around and resize it on the image area right now. There isn't a way provided to specify a definite numeric ratio. If you want all the benefits available in Classic then use Classic. It's a much more powerful and friendly tool right now.

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