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Save them with **Preset ▸ Save as Preset…** at the top of the sheet.",{"id":46,"title":47,"text":48},"send","Send it",{"ios":49,"mac":50},"**Share** opens the share sheet: AirDrop, Messages, Mail, Files and the rest. **Save to Photos** puts a copy in your Photos library (JPEG, PNG, TIFF or DNG).","When it's done: **Share** to send it on, **Show in Finder** to see the files, or **Done**. **File ▸ Export with Previous** (`⌥⇧⌘E`) exports the photos you've chosen with the settings you used last time.",[52,55],{"q":53,"a":54},"Which size should I export for Instagram?","Medium (2048 px on the long side) is plenty: Instagram shows photos at most 1080 px wide. Crop to 4 × 5 first for the most room in the feed.",{"q":56,"a":57},"Can I export the original raw file?","Yes: choose Original as the file type to send the file exactly as you imported it, or DNG to export it as a DNG.",[59,60],"crop-and-straighten","presets",8,{},{"export-and-share-open-ios-dark-400":64,"export-and-share-open-ios-dark-800":65,"export-and-share-open-ios-light-400":66,"export-and-share-open-ios-light-800":67,"export-and-share-open-mac-dark-1600":68,"export-and-share-open-mac-dark-800":69,"export-and-share-open-mac-light-1600":70,"export-and-share-open-mac-light-800":71},"https:\u002F\u002Ffiles.eliasruiz.com\u002Fhelp-bites\u002Ftb4A2EAxRx\u002Fblog\u002F8aab21dc-909a-4839-ba47-a490bf24f0d7.webp","https:\u002F\u002Ffiles.eliasruiz.com\u002Fhelp-bites\u002Ftb4A2EAxRx\u002Fblog\u002F6a5a669d-8eb4-4062-9516-586022b9a6ea.webp","https:\u002F\u002Ffiles.eliasruiz.com\u002Fhelp-bites\u002Ftb4A2EAxRx\u002Fblog\u002Fb0a80da1-0b44-4203-90ba-b7d1f034f0c6.webp","https:\u002F\u002Ffiles.eliasruiz.com\u002Fhelp-bites\u002Ftb4A2EAxRx\u002Fblog\u002Fe8c80083-3ea3-4d36-9c0a-087fae441ad9.webp","https:\u002F\u002Ffiles.eliasruiz.com\u002Fhelp-bites\u002Ftb4A2EAxRx\u002Fblog\u002Faaa84b27-bac7-4c59-b52b-d9387edbb0c1.webp","https:\u002F\u002Ffiles.eliasruiz.com\u002Fhelp-bites\u002Ftb4A2EAxRx\u002Fblog\u002Fcbbe47dd-4d76-441c-97e6-0f6431c26190.webp","https:\u002F\u002Ffiles.eliasruiz.com\u002Fhelp-bites\u002Ftb4A2EAxRx\u002Fblog\u002F30eccd36-9b93-4cae-8433-f8fbf1eca5df.webp","https:\u002F\u002Ffiles.eliasruiz.com\u002Fhelp-bites\u002Ftb4A2EAxRx\u002Fblog\u002Fa483121f-dcd8-445e-92f5-6b5afb2b7a9a.webp",[73,162],{"slug":59,"section":5,"title":74,"seoTitle":75,"description":76,"intro":77,"level":10,"minutes":11,"updated":12,"icon":78,"keywords":79,"photo":84,"steps":85,"faq":146,"related":153,"order":155,"downloads":156,"images":157},"Crop and straighten a photo","How to crop, straighten and rotate photos in LightBites","Level a crooked horizon, crop to 4:5, 9:16 or square for social media, rotate and flip, and change it all again later.","A level horizon and a tighter frame fix more photos than any slider. Here is how, in a few taps.","i-lucide-crop",[80,81,82,83],"crop photo","straighten horizon","crop 4:5 Instagram","rotate photo","sun-on-horizon.jpg",[86,96,117,132],{"id":23,"title":87,"text":88,"shot":91},"Open Crop",{"ios":89,"mac":90},"Open a photo and tap **Crop** in the bar at the bottom. The screen is called **Crop & Rotate**.","Open a photo and click **Crop** in the tool strip, or press `C`.",{"alt":92,"ui":93},"Crop & Rotate on a beach at sunset, with the crop frame and the straighten dial",{"screen":94,"cropTab":95},"crop","aspect",{"id":97,"title":98,"do":99,"edit":106,"tip":110,"shot":113},"straighten","Level the horizon",[100,103],{"ios":101,"mac":102},"Tap **Auto** to level it for you, or turn the dial under the photo.","Drag **Angle** until the horizon is level.",{"ios":104,"mac":105},"Or tap **Straighten** and draw a line along something that should be level, like the sea.","The **Overlay** menu puts a grid over the photo to judge it by.",[107],[108,109],"crop.autoStraighten",{},{"ios":111,"mac":112},"Double-tap the dial to set it back to 0°.","Double-click Angle to set it back to 0°.",{"alt":114,"ui":115},"The horizon levelled, with a grid over the photo",{"screen":94,"cropTab":95,"cropGuide":116},"grid",{"id":95,"title":118,"text":119,"edit":120,"tip":125,"shot":128},"Choose a shape","Under **Aspect**, pick **Original**, **Free** or a ratio. **4 × 5** (Portrait) fills the most of an Instagram feed, **9 × 16** is a story or reel, **1 × 1** is square. Drag the photo to choose what's in the frame.",[121],[122,123],"crop.aspect",{"aspect":124},"4x5",{"ios":126,"mac":127},"**Lock Aspect** keeps the shape while you drag a corner.","Press `X` to swap the crop between portrait and landscape.",{"alt":129,"ui":130},"The photo cropped to 4 by 5, with the aspect tiles below",{"screen":94,"cropTab":95,"cropGuide":131},"thirds",{"id":133,"title":134,"do":135,"tip":142,"shot":143},"done","Rotate, flip, and finish",[136,139],{"ios":137,"mac":138},"**Rotate** turns it by 90°; **…** ▸ **Flip Horizontal** mirrors it.","**Rotate Left** and **Rotate Right** (`⌘[` and `⌘]`) turn it by 90°; the flip buttons mirror it.",{"ios":140,"mac":141},"Tap ✓ to keep the crop, or ✕ to go back to how it was.","Click **Done** to keep it, or **Cancel** to go back to how it was.","A crop is an edit like any other: open Crop again any time to change it, or choose **Reset Crop**.",{"alt":144,"ui":145},"The finished crop: a level horizon in a tall 4 by 5 frame",{"screen":35},[147,150],{"q":148,"a":149},"What size should I crop for Instagram?","4 × 5 for photos in the feed (it takes up the most room), 9 × 16 for stories and reels, and 1 × 1 for a square grid. LightBites has them all under Aspect, in Social.",{"q":151,"a":152},"Does cropping lose the rest of the photo?","No. The crop is stored as an edit. 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Find a look you like once, then put it on a whole shoot in seconds.","i-lucide-swatch-book",[169,170,171,172,173],"photo presets","import Lightroom presets","XMP presets","create preset","copy edit settings","kirkjufell.jpg",[176,188,206,213],{"id":177,"title":178,"do":179,"shot":185},"apply","Try a preset",[180,183,184],{"ios":181,"mac":182},"Open a photo and tap **Presets**.","Open a photo and click **Presets** in the tool strip. Hover over a preset to preview it.","Tap one to apply it; tap it again to take it off.","**Amount** makes it weaker or stronger, from 0 to 200 %.",{"alt":186,"ui":187},"The presets for a photo of Kirkjufell mountain in fog",{"screen":60},{"id":189,"title":190,"text":191,"do":192,"set":197,"shot":202},"create","Save your own","Edit a photo until you like it. Then save the edit as a preset: give it a name, choose a group, and tick what it should keep. Crop, masks and Remove start unticked, because they rarely fit another photo.",[193,196],{"ios":194,"mac":195},"In **Presets**, tap **+** ▸ **Create Preset**.","Choose **Photo ▸ Create Preset…** (`⇧⌘P`).","Name it and choose **Create**.",{"light.contrast":198,"light.highlights":199,"light.shadows":200,"color.vibrance":198,"effects.clarity":61,"vignette.amount":201},15,-30,20,-10,{"alt":203,"ui":204},"Create Preset: a name, a group and the settings it keeps",{"screen":60,"sheet":205},"createPreset",{"id":207,"title":208,"text":209,"tip":212},"import","Import presets",{"ios":210,"mac":211},"LightBites reads its own .lcpreset files, XMP presets, Lightroom's .lrtemplate files, and zips of them. Tap **+** in the library, then **Import Profiles & Presets…**, or **+ ▸ Import Presets…** in Presets. Check what's in them and tap **Import**.","LightBites reads its own .lcpreset files, XMP presets, Lightroom's .lrtemplate files, and zips of them. Choose **File ▸ Import Profiles & Presets…**, check what's in them and click **Import**.","Every guide in [Edit like a pro](\u002Fguides#pro) comes with its edit as a preset you can import this way.",{"id":214,"title":215,"do":216},"copy","Copy an edit to other photos",[217,220],{"ios":218,"mac":219},"In the edited photo's **…**, choose **Copy Edit Settings** (or **Copy Settings…** to pick which).","Choose **Edit ▸ Copy Edit Settings** (or **Choose Edit Settings to Copy…**, `⇧⌘C`, to pick which).",{"ios":221,"mac":222},"Open another photo and choose **Paste Edit Settings**, or select several and use **Paste Selected Settings…** in **…**.","Select the other photos and choose **Edit ▸ Paste Edit Settings**. **Paste Settings from Previous** (`⌥⌘V`) skips the copy.",[224,227],{"q":225,"a":226},"Can I use my Lightroom presets?","Yes. LightBites imports XMP presets and classic .lrtemplate files, alone or zipped. 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