How do I print two different 5x7 photos on one 8.5x11 page in Lightroom with auto-cropping?
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I want to place two different 5x7 prints on a single 8.5x11 sheet in Adobe Lightroom. With some standard print templates, I can enable Zoom to Fill so each image is cropped automatically to the 5x7 aspect ratio, but I couldn't find that option in my custom user template with two separate 5x7 image areas. Is there a Lightroom print layout method that lets me place two different photos on one page and still have them automatically cropped to fit 5x7, without manually cropping each image first?
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The printing pane turns out to be pretty easy once you get the hang of the basics.
Either get one of the existing templates, or create a new one and delete everything off of the page (highlight each element and then delete).
Toggle the filmstrip on the bottom of the screen and select one of the photos you want and drag it onto the canvas. It should show up in a new box that you can move and resize. Holding shift (to lock the aspect ratio), resize the image and move it around the page until it is where you want it.
Repeat for the second image.
There are selectors for inner stroke and photo border that you can adjust as you like to get your desired look.
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Yes. In Lightroom’s Print module, use the Single Image/Contact Sheet layout rather than a custom picture package-style template.
A workable setup is:
- Layout Style: Single Image/Contact Sheet
- Enable Zoom to Fill
- In Page Grid, set 2 rows and 1 column
- Set Cell Size to 5x7
- Adjust Margins if needed to position the prints on the 8.5x11 page
This constrains each photo to a 5x7 cell and lets Lightroom crop automatically to fill the frame.
Another option is to drag photos onto the page manually and resize/move them, but that approach is more manual and may not give you the same automatic crop behavior you want.
So if your goal is two different 5x7 images on one sheet with automatic cropping, the contact sheet/grid method is the simplest solution.
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