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When I first used the cropping feature in Lightroom, I thought it was weird
and awkward—probably because I was so used to the Crop tool in Photoshop—
but once I got used to it, I realized that it's probably the best cropping feature
I've ever seen in any program. This might throw you for a loop at first, but if
you try it with an open mind, I think you'll wind up falling in love with it. If you
try it and don't like it, make sure you read on to Step Six for how to crop more
like you do in Photoshop (but don't forget that whole “open mind” thing).
Cropping Photos
Step One:
Here's the original photo. The shot is so
wide the action kind of gets lost, so we're
going to crop in tight to isolate the action.
Go to the Develop module and click on the
Crop Overlay button (circled here in red)
in the toolbox above the Basic panel, and
the Crop & Straighten options will pop
down below it. This puts a “rule of thirds”
grid overlay on your image (to help with
cropping composition), and you'll see four
cropping corner handles. To lock your as-
pect ratio (so your crop is constrained to
your photo's original proportion), or unlock
it if you want a non-constrained freeform
crop, click on the lock icon near the top
right of the panel (as shown here).
Step Two:
To crop the photo, grab a corner handle
and drag inward to resize your Crop Overlay
border. Here, I grabbed the top-left corner
handle and dragged diagonally inward and
I stopped just before I cut off the top of
the referee's hat near the right side of
the image.
 
 
 
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