19 ratios, up from 6
The crop ratio list used to carry only six presets, far fewer than what generation itself can produce. The two are now aligned:
21:9, 3:2, 2:3, 5:4, 4:5, 2:1 and 1:2 are new, plus 9:21 for tall ultra-wide crops. With Free and Original, that is 19 in total.
Original doubles as a real reset: after cycling through a few ratios, tapping it brings the box back to the whole image instead of shrinking a little more each time.
High-resolution images keep their resolution
Cropping now reads the original file. It used to read the compressed copy the canvas uses for fast previews, so 2K and 4K renders — and anything you had upscaled — came out around 1600 pixels wide, with nothing on screen to tell you.
Those images now keep their full resolution. In our testing, a 7078-pixel-wide image that previously came back at 1600 now comes back at 7078.
The size readout in the corner switched to original-image pixels too, so the number you see is the number you get.
It works on phones and tablets
The crop box used to respond to a mouse only. On touch you could open the tool, pick a ratio and hit confirm — but the box itself would not move. Finger and Apple Pencil dragging now work, and the grab areas around the corners and edges are larger, so you no longer have to hit the small white dot exactly.
Esc closes the crop tool.
Type an exact size
Above the ratio grid there is now a size field. Enter the size in original-image pixels; it applies on Enter or when you click away. The Lock ratio switch next to it pins the current aspect ratio — including an arbitrary one you dragged out yourself — so dragging scales without distorting.
Cropping also shows progress now, instead of leaving you guessing how long it will take.