Can Lightroom include the chosen crop aspect ratio in exported filenames?

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In Lightroom Classic, I often crop photos to specific print ratios in Develop (for example 5x7, 8x10, or 4x5) before exporting them for an outside print service. A single export batch may contain several different crop ratios, and after export it’s hard to tell which file is intended for which print size.

Lightroom can include cropped pixel dimensions in the filename, but I’d prefer to include the crop ratio label itself, such as “5x7” or “4x5_8x10.” Is there any built-in way to add the selected crop aspect ratio to the export filename? If not, what’s a practical workaround?

user456 · Accepted Answer

I don't think there is a field in the metadata which explicity defines the crop aspect ratio, but there are plenty of other fields which you could use instead; e.g. 'Instructions' where you could manually add the aspect ratio. You can use 'Sync (metadata)' to apply a crop ratio to the relevant images to avoid typing it in more than once. enter image description here

Then just add 'Instructions' to the custom file name in your export preset.

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