From the course: Lightroom Classic CC: Creating High-Dynamic Range (HDR) Photos
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Modifying the crop after the merge - Lightroom Tutorial
From the course: Lightroom Classic CC: Creating High-Dynamic Range (HDR) Photos
Modifying the crop after the merge
- Let's finesse the crop just a bit on these two images. I'll take the Crop tool and refine this a bit. You'll notice because we tilted the image so much that quite a bit got moved. You might find it useful to unlock this so you can free-crop. You'll also notice that you can easily rotate if needed, but be careful that you don't make too many changes. Alright, that feels pretty good, I'm just going to remove a little bit of the empty area above the photo. Remember, from the Aspect Ratio pop-up you can also choose different presets. For example, they're a 5 x 7, that feels pretty good and I'll press the Return key to re-crop the photo. Alright, let's take a look here at this other image. Feels pretty good, but I'm feeling like a square might be a good crop so I'll choose the Crop tool and set my Aspect Ratio to square, one to one. I like that feeling there of really placing the hole in the middle of the frame. Let's just nudge that over just a bit, feels good, and pull that down. When…
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