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We’ll start with our favorite free photo cropping/editing software - lrfanview. Cropping your photos before uploads can make your uploads five times to twenty times as quick, and not sacrifice how your photo looks on LR.

lrfanview
If you have a bunch of large photos and you want to crop them all at once so your uploads are faster, then lrfanview is for you. This is the review from CNET’s editors:
This image viewer and editor is a longtime favorite among our staff, and with good reason. IrfanView is simple, fast, and free for individual use. Upon installation, the app attempts to install two Google programs, but if you don’t want them, you can choose to opt out.

The program lets you open and edit images, as well as multiple media formats. You can cut and crop images, apply batch conversions, add, sharpen, or blur effects, create panoramas, and change color modes easily…(link to full CNET review and lrfanview download site)

lrfanview is available as a free download from the link above.

To use lrfanview for batch cropping:
1. Use the file menu to access the “batch conversion/rename” feature.
2. Click on the advanced options button towards the lower right of your screen and check the box next to “RESIZE” then set the long side to 500 pixels. Below that check off the “Preserve aspect ratio (proportion)” option. This will result in either the height or width (the larger of the two) being scaled to 500 pixels, and the shorter side being scaled proportionately so that the aspect ratio and quality is maintained. 500 pixels enables your photo to look great on LR, while keeping the size of each photo small enough that your uploads will be fast.
3. After you set the advanced settings, ensure that the check box to use the advanced setting is checked on the main screen.
4. Add the photos you want to crop (can do 100s simultaneously) to the input file list on the left of your screen, and set the output directory as the folder to which you want the cropped photos to go. When the files are listed on the left of your screen, hit the “start” button to start the process.

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