Crop an image in Lightroom on mobile (iOS)

Open the photo in detail view, select Crop  .

In the Crop and geometry panel that appears, select Aspect to crop photos according to the following:

• Original: Select inside the crop border to reposition the image, then drag the corner or edge handles to adjust the crop boundaries.
• Ratios: Select an available aspect ratio for cropping.
• Social Media Aspect Sizes: Select a preset size optimized for social media platforms.

Select Locked   to crop freely without a preset aspect ratio.

Select Orientation   to rotate the image between portrait and landscape.

Drag the cropping wheel to rotate and crop the photo by an angle between -45 and 45 degrees.

Open the photo in detail view, select Crop  .

In the Crop and geometry panel that appears, select Geometry to adjust the perspective of photos according to the following:

• Auto  : Analyzes the image and applies automatic perspective correction.
• Level  : Corrects horizontal tilt to level the image.
• Vertical  : Corrects vertical distortion for upright subjects.
• Full  : Corrects both horizontal and vertical distortion.
• Guided  : Allows you to draw guides on the image to define straight lines manually.

Toggle on Constrain Crop to restrict cropping to visible image areas when applying Upright corrections.

Use the Geometry sliders to fine-tune the perspective corrections.

• Distortion: Corrects lens distortion by straightening bowed or pinched lines in the image.
• Vertical: Adjusts vertical perspective to make vertical lines appear straight and parallel.
• Horizontal: Adjusts horizontal perspective to make horizontal lines appear straight and parallel.
• Rotate: Rotates the image to correct camera tilt and straighten the horizon.
• Aspect: Adjusts the image's perspective width to make it appear wider or narrower.
• Scale: Resizes the image while preserving the original aspect ratio.
• X Offset: Shifts the image left or right along the horizontal axis.
• Y Offset: Shifts the image up or down along the vertical axis.

Select Guided Upright   in the Geometry tab and then draw two to four guide upright lines.

When you draw at least two guide upright lines, the photo transforms interactively. You can draw up to four guide upright lines on your image in the following combinations:

• Two horizontal guide upright lines only or two vertical guide upright lines only
• Two horizontal guide upright lines and two vertical guide upright lines
• Two horizontal guide upright lines and one vertical guide upright line
• Two vertical guide upright lines and one horizontal guide upright line
• One vertical guide upright line and one horizontal guide upright line

For any other combination, the app displays an Invalid Guide message.

To delete a guide upright line, select the line and select Delete  .

To add another guide upright line, select Add   to highlight it, and then draw the guide upright line on your image. The Add   is highlighted by default, unless you disable it.

Open the photo in detail view, select Crop  .

In the Crop and geometry panel that appears, select More to straighten, flip, or rotate photos.

• Straighten: Aligns the photo by correcting tilt and leveling the horizon.
• Flip Vertical: Flips the photo from top to bottom along the horizontal axis.
• Flip Horizontal: Flips the photo from left to right along the vertical axis.
• Rotate: Turns the photo clockwise or counterclockwise by a specified angle.