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May 1, 2019
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Simple Batch Crop

  • May 1, 2019
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I can finally crop RAW files back to full size after importing them from my Canon SL1 / 100D. (They are automatically cropped, annoying)

 

BUT I can only do one at a time and I have hundreds of images. I shift select all, then change it from as shot to "original". No dice, it only changes one image.

 

Is there a command to bulk crop in LR CC?

 

It should be simple.

    4 replies

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    richp77707839
    Participating Frequently
    March 8, 2022

    This is NOT for Lightroom Classic. This is for Lightroom CC+.

     

    1. Crop your image. (Or select any effect(s))

    2. Click Photo>Choose Edit Settings To Copy

    3. Click Select>Modified (This shows all the effects currently modified to your image)

    Make sure your crop is checked or all edits you want to copy.

    4. Click Copy

    5. Change the View at bottom to "Square Grid" or "Photo Grid" at bottom (NOT Detail Grid)

    6. Hold shift and select all your photos or hold Ctrl and select any photos you wish.

    7. Click Ctrl + V to paste.

    8. It will paste your edits to all photos selected.

     

    There is a glitch where this does not work in the Detail Grid. SO if you hvaing an issue, change the Grid.

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    richp77707839
    Participating Frequently
    March 9, 2022

    Another HINT! After you have bulk applied a crop or any other effects, make sure to un-select all the photos. Or else, you will find tons and tons of images in your folder after you start to edit them one by one. I make this mstake a lot. I forget to un-select all the photos, and I go in and start to edit them one by one and I find many copies of the photos.

     

     

    Rob_Cullen
    Community Expert
    Rob_CullenCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    March 10, 2022

    @richp77707839    A Hint for your hint!  [Ctrl+D] will 'De-select' all images. (I assume [Cmd+D] will work in Mac)

     

     

    Regards. My System: Windows-11, Lightroom-Classic 15.1.1, Photoshop 27.3.1, ACR 18.1.1, Lightroom 9.0, Lr-iOS 10.4.0, Bridge 16.0.2 .
    99jon
    99jon
    Legend
    August 20, 2020

    There have been a number of updates since 2019 and batch editing is now possible.

    Crop your first image

    1. From the menu Click: Photo >> Choose Edit Settings To Copy
    2. In the copy dialog click on the word select and change to modified
    3. Crop is normally checked if that was your only edit but scroll down to ensure no other boxes are checked and then click the “Copy” button (Ctrl+C) – see image below
    4. Select a batch of thumbnails in the grid and press Ctrl+V to paste the same crop setting to each
    5. Wait for sync to complete

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      Arctics
      Participating Frequently
      January 11, 2021

      Wrong. Crop, Heal, and Brush are not there. your thought it was that easy ? 😛

      Jim Wilde
      Community Expert
      Jim WildeCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      January 12, 2021

      They should be there. Can you confirm which version of Lightroom you are using (it should be 4.1), and post a screenshot of the Copy Settings menu with the Tools box selected and expanded.

      laurah83157253
      laurah83157253
      Participant
      August 20, 2020

      Are you serious? So when I have to edit hundreds of photos in Lightroom CC on my computer, there is absolutely 'no way' to apply a specific crop to all my images at once? Please tell me this is not the case. I cannot even save a preset and CHOOSE the crop I want and apply it that way. Nor do I have a way to sync all the selected photos to the same crop. Isn't lightroom suppose to make processing and editing easier? 

        Akash Sharma
        Akash Sharma
        Legend
        May 1, 2019

        Hi レオンマ,

        There is no such feature in Lightroom desktop that allows bulk cropping of images. However, we'd love to get this request and feedback submitted officially as a feature request so the engineering team can get this recorded. Could you please post this feedback here:

        Lightroom Desktop | Photoshop Family Customer Community

        Thanks,

        Akash

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        jknaacky
        Participant
        July 26, 2020

        There absolutely is a way to  batch crop in Lightroom Classic. It's call auto sync! Whatever I change with auto sync on gets applied to all the photos that are selected. This is a huge hamstring for Lightroom CC as it appears I cannot do this and thus is a huge waste of time. If only Adobe would make the sync work so that all of my photos from Lightroom CC mobile would actually show in my work flow on the desktop. To me Lightroom CC seems half baked and I've wasted more time trying to figure out how to do every day routine items from Lightroom Classic than I have actually editing photos. 

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          Suddenleelisa
          Participant
          July 12, 2022

          I agree with you on the wasted time!  I walk away from using Adobe apps frustrated, most of the time!

           

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