BruceBurbank

A-ha! I figured it out. It's a naming convention thing. Any of the AP crop presets or any custom presets will remain constrained only if they are named in this specific format- 16 : 9 1 : 1 5 : 7 etc... i.e. number space colon space number I made a 16x9 preset, but I called it 16:9, without the spaces. AP will still save that crop as a preset with the dimensions that I dictate, but it will be unconstrained if I try to expand or contract it. I renamed it 16 : 9 and it remained constrained. You'll notice that the other AP presets that are not named in that format (6" x 4", 8.5" x 11", 1024px x 768px) are all unconstrained, whereas the others (1 : 1 and 5 : 7 and 8 : 10) will remain constrained. It makes no difference if it's a CR2 or a jpg or anything else, and AP behaves the same way in Develop and Photo personas.

Wow, so this is weird. Thanks for your answers, but I think my AP might be acting a bit strange. Unless any of you want to do this test that I did to see if it's supposed to act this way- Opened up a CR2 raw file. Pulled up my 16:9 crop preset, and it stayed constrained to 16:9 if I pulled one of the borders or corners. I tried it in both the Develop and Photo personas. Cool, that's what I wanted. Then I did a test with a jpg, in Photo persona, I pulled up the 16:9 crop preset which made the little rectangle, and that 16:9 custom preset remains constrained when I adjust the size. But when I apply any of the built-in presets, all those are unconstrained. Very odd. I'd make a screenshot video of what I'm seeing, but I forgot to bring my mouse to work with me tonight. Much easier to do with mouse. Maybe I'll make one tomorrow.

Hey all. New to the forums, and relatively new to AF. Loving it so far, but I have a question about cropping. I found it kind of odd that there isn't a preset for a 16x9 crop. So I made my own, 1600 x 900. If I pull up that crop preset on a picture, how can I adjust the size of the crop, but still remain constrained to the 16x9 aspect ratio? In other programs, I think I remember it being fairly standard to hold down Shift or Option or Command while click/dragging one of the crop borders, but it seems in AF it is unconstrained no matter what additional buttons I press. I'm on Mac, by the way, if that matters. Thanks.