Automatically Organize Your Lightroom Exports by Aspect Ratio

Written By Wouter Vellekoop

…and finally stop digging through mixed folders.

If you’ve ever exported a batch of photos from Lightroom and ended up with a messy folder full of horizontal, vertical, and square shots all jumbled together — you know the pain.

Wouldn’t it be nice if Lightroom could automatically put those photos into neat folders like 3x2, 4x5, 9x16, or 1x1 during export? Lightroom can’t do that out of the box — but a lightweight plug-in can. 👇

Meet Crop & Roll Export

Crop & Roll Export is a Lightroom Classic plug-in that does one thing beautifully: it sorts your exported photos into folders based on their crop ratio (aspect ratio).

No more manual sorting. No more guessing which images were verticals or Instagram crops. You hit Export, and the plug-in rolls through your images — placing each one into tidy subfolders like:

/Exports/
├── 3x2/
├── 4x5/
├── 1x1/
└── 9x16/

You can even rename those folders however you like: “Portraits”, “Stories”, “Print”, “Feed” — whatever fits your workflow.

What It Does

  • Organizes exports into folders by aspect ratio (3x2, 4x5, 1x1, 9x16, 16x9, 5x7, 4x3, 3x4).
  • Optional suffix in the filename (e.g. _4x5, _3x2).
  • Custom folder names per ratio (e.g. “Instagram_Feed” for 4x5).
  • Optionally open exports in Photoshop (or any external app) right after export.
  • Works entirely inside Lightroom Classic; installs in under a minute.

How It Works

Once installed, you’ll find Crop & Roll Export as an export option inside Lightroom Classic. Choose your settings, click Export, and while Lightroom renders your files, the plug-in classifies each photo by ratio and moves it into the right subfolder. Simple, clean, automatic.

Why Photographers Love It

  • 3x2 for prints and galleries
  • 4x5 for Instagram Feed
  • 9x16 for Stories and Reels
  • 1x1 for thumbnails or album covers

Keeping those separate saves time when uploading, delivering, or resizing — and keeps your export folder (and your brain) tidy. 🧠

Setup: Less Than a Minute

  1. Download the plug-in from CropAndRoll.com.
  2. In Lightroom: File → Plug-in Manager → Add → Crop & Roll Export.
  3. Open the Export dialog and pick Crop & Roll Export from the left panel.

Bonus: Custom Folder Names

Prefer “Social / Print / Web” over “3x2 / 4x5 / 9x16”? Rename each ratio’s folder to match your delivery workflow:

/Exports/
├── Social/
├── Web/
└── Print/

Get Crop & Roll Export

Price: €10.00 — one-time purchase, instant download
Compatibility: Lightroom Classic 10.0 and newer (macOS & Windows)
Includes: Free updates and quickstart guide

Buy Crop & Roll Export

Final Thoughts

Photographers spend too much time doing boring file organization. This plug-in fixes that — quietly, automatically, every time you export. Next time, skip the manual sorting and just Crop & Roll. 🎞️

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