How can I center a square crop on a specific point in Lightroom?
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I’m using Lightroom with images shot on a 4.5mm circular fisheye lens, and I often want to present them as square crops. Is there a way to make Lightroom center the square crop on a chosen point in the image, rather than only around the image center? If possible, I’d also like to know whether the same crop setup can be copied to other photos.
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There are a couple of ways of centring a crop in Lightroom.
If you hold down Alt (Windows) / Option (Mac) as you drag a crop handle you get a symmetrical crop around the centre of the image.
To centre a crop on a specific point other than the centre of the image, go into Crop mode then keep pressing O to toggle between the various crop overlays. If you want to get near enough, the overlay featuring a pair of vertical and horizontal tramlines that make a small centre rectangle is good. If you want to be pixel-precise, keep going until you get the grid of squares. The centre lines are the ones that line up with the crop handles on the outside of the crop area.
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Yes. In Lightroom’s Crop tool, holding Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac) while dragging a crop handle resizes the crop symmetrically around its current center. That’s useful for keeping a centered crop even.
If you want the square crop centered on a specific point in the photo, enter Crop mode and use the crop overlays as guides. Press O to cycle through the available overlays. The overlay with center guide lines or the full grid makes it easier to place your chosen subject point at the crop center before adjusting the crop.
For multiple images, you can copy and paste crop settings: adjust the first image, then use Settings > Copy Settings and include Crop/Aspect Ratio (and optionally Straighten Angle), then paste those settings to other selected photos. Lightroom generally allows crop settings to be copied between images, but crop is not typically available as a preset.
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