Crop an image in Lightroom on mobile (Android)

Learn how to transform your photos with Crop and Geometry tools.

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Crop tool

The Crop tool lets you crop your photos, straighten tilted horizons, rotate for the perfect angle, and even flip your image for a mirrored effect.

  1. Open a photo in the Detail view > select Crop & Rotate  .

  2. Select the preferred tool to adjust your photo. 

    adjust the size and aspect ratio of a photo in Lightroom.
    Adjust the aspect ratio and image composition with Crop, Rotate, and Geometry tools.

  3. Do one of the following for additional options:

    • Aspect ratio: Select one of the available cropping aspect ratios.
    • LockedSelect to crop without a preset aspect ratio.
    • StraightenSelect to automatically straighten the photo.
    • Rotate: Select to rotate the photo by 90 degrees.
    • Flip H: Select to flip the photo horizontally.
    • Flip V: Select to flip the photo vertically.
    • Drag the cropping guide's edges and corners to change the crop's shape and size.
    • You can drag the cropping wheel to crop the photo at a certain angle within -45 to 45 degrees. 
    • Select within the cropping guide and drag it to reposition it.

Geometry tool

The tools in the Geometry panel help correct distortion and straighten lines in an image. These include:

Upright

Provides automatic and manual options for perspective correction.

Auto Upright

Automatically corrects the photo's perspective.

Guided Upright

Allows you to manually define straight lines by drawing guides on the image.

Transform

Provides sliders to adjust various aspects of the image geometry.

Constrain crop

Allows you to limit the cropping area to the visible image data while using Upright.

  1. Use the Upright menu to select automatic or manual Guided Upright perspective corrections.

  2. Select the Auto Upright icon to automatically correct a photo's perspective. Choose the Guided Upright button to make perspective corrections manually by drawing guides directly on the photo.

  3. Use the Transform slider to adjust the following:

    • Distortion slider helps in adjusting the distortions often caused while capturing the photo
    • Vertical slider helps in adjusting the vertical perspective, like straightening up or titling a vertical line  
    • Horizontal slider helps in adjusting the horizontal lines
    • Rotate slider helps in rotating the image in a clockwise or anticlockwise direction 
    • Aspect slider helps define the aspect ratio of the entire image 
    • Scale helps in zooming in or out of the image without affecting the aspect ratio
    • X Offset helps in moving the image right or left 
    • Y Offset helps in moving the image up or down
  4. Check the Constrain Crop checkbox to restrict the Crop Overlay to the visible image area.

Tip:

Upright corrections might slightly crop your image. If needed, use the Crop tool after applying Upright to refine the composition.

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