✨ Why photographers love Crop & Roll
Export once. Sorted forever.
A smarter way to keep your Lightroom exports clean, structured, and stress-free.
Before
Mixed crops. Duplicate exports. Endless renaming.
We’ve all been there.
During
One checkbox inside Lightroom Classic.
Export once — Crop & Roll handles the rest.
After
Clean subfolders, clear filenames, ready for delivery.
No manual sorting ever again.
Who it’s for
Event & Concert Photographers
Exporting dozens of formats per show? Let Lightroom do the sorting.
Portrait & Editorial Shooters
Need verticals for socials and horizontals for print? Done automatically.
Studios & Agencies
Deliver consistent, labeled folders to clients — no extra steps.
FAQ
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Crop & Roll Export is a lightweight Lightroom Classic plug-in that automatically organizes your exported photos by crop ratio.
It detects the aspect ratio of each image (for example 3×2, 4×5, 9×16, or 1×1) and:
moves each file into a corresponding subfolder (3x2, 4x5, 9x16, etc.),
optionally adds a ratio suffix to the filename (like _3x2).
No more manual sorting or multiple exports — just one export, and everything falls neatly into place.
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Download & unzip the file — you’ll get a folder called
CropAndRoll.lrplugin
Open Lightroom Classic → File → Plug-in Manager
Click Add, select the CropAndRoll.lrplugin folder, and click Add Plug-in
The plug-in will appear as Crop & Roll Export in the list — make sure it’s enabled ✅
Close the Plug-in Manager and go to File → Export…
Choose Crop & Roll Export as your export service, set your options, and hit Export
That’s it — the plug-in runs automatically after export.
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Once installed:
Export your edited photos like you normally would.
Click Export — your photos are now sorted into ratio-based subfolders automatically.
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Out of the box:
3×2 / 2×3
4×5 / 5×4
9×16 / 16×9
1×1
5×7 / 7×5
4×3 / 3×4
If a photo doesn’t match any of these within your chosen tolerance, it’s placed in an unmatched folder.
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The plug-in writes a log file named CropAndRollLogger.log inside Lightroom’s log directory.
You can use this to review which files were processed and where they were moved.
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Yes. The plug-in reads the crop settings directly from each photo’s develop data,
so virtual copies work the same as regular photos.
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Yes. Simply go to File → Plug-in Manager, select Crop & Roll Export, and click Remove.
Your exported photos and settings stay intact.
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Sure! It’s a plain Lua plug-in; advanced users can open it in a text editor and adjust the aspect ratio list or defaults.