AutoCrop finds the scan mask and film border on each photo and removes them in one batch. The results are normal Lightroom crops, so nothing is baked in. A whole roll takes a few minutes instead of an evening.
One-time purchase · macOS & Windows · Lightroom Classic 10+
Select a roll and hit Apply. You get a progress bar, a cancel button, and a summary that tells you what happened to every single photo.
B&W negatives, color negatives and slides, from flatbeds, film scanners or camera setups. Thin borders, missing sides and mixed border colors are handled per side.
Every detection carries a confidence score. If AutoCrop isn't sure, it skips the photo and tells you why. It would rather leave a sliver of border than cut into your image.
The result is a plain Lightroom crop. You can adjust or undo any photo in Develop, and your files stay untouched.
Rotated or flipped film strips are recognized and handled automatically.
Designed for the Negative Lab Pro workflow: convert first, then crop the whole roll in one go.
Not sure yet? The free trial gives you 24 crops, no account needed.
It runs on them, but detection is tuned for converted images and positives. Convert with your favorite tool first (Negative Lab Pro, for example), then crop. The plugin reminds you of this.
AutoCrop is deliberately careful. Below 50 % confidence a photo is skipped and reported instead of cropped. And since every crop is non-destructive, one click in Develop restores anything.
Nothing but the plugin: unzip, add the folder in Lightroom's Plug-in Manager, done. No installers, no command line, no dependencies.
Lightroom Classic 10 or newer on macOS (Apple Silicon & Intel) and Windows 10/11. Lightroom CC (cloud) does not support plugins.
The trial is the full engine, so you can test everything before buying. If a purchase still doesn't work out, write us within 14 days.