Fast RAW crop tool with Lightroom-style rotation UI
Asked 4/30/2013
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I like how fast Photo Mechanic is for cropping, but its crop tool rotates the crop box while the image stays fixed, which makes precise horizon corrections harder for me. Lightroom’s crop tool feels easier because the crop frame stays level and the image rotates underneath, but it is slower when working through a large shoot.
Is there a RAW-capable cropping tool that combines Photo Mechanic-like speed with a Lightroom-style rotation interface?
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Photography Stack Exchange contributor
13y ago
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Note that in Photo Mechanic, you can go into the Crop tool settings and display a light grid in the crop area that can help a little bit in getting those crops straight faster.
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From the answers provided, there isn’t a clear general replacement identified that definitively matches Photo Mechanic’s speed while using Lightroom’s rotation behavior.
Two practical options were suggested:
- Photo Mechanic: In the Crop tool settings, enable the light grid overlay. That can make it easier to straighten images more quickly even though the crop box rotates rather than the image.
- Canon Digital Photo Professional: If you shoot Canon, its crop/rotation tool was recommended as having a Lightroom-like rotation interface. It also allows precise input of dimensions and exact rotation angles.
So, based on the available answers: if you want to stay fastest, try improving Photo Mechanic with the grid overlay; if you want a Lightroom-style crop UI and use Canon files, Digital Photo Professional may be a good fit.
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