Photomator bulk cropping edit query

Photomator query. What is the best method to apply a crop as a batch edit to a group of photos using Photomator (Mac or iPad)? I can set up a workflow that enables crop, but unless I choose the ML option, I cannot find a way to set the "scale" / dimensions of the crop, all I can set are the ratios. This must be possible to do but I cannot work it out! Any advice much appreciated (inc non-workflow options...) - thanks!

Below is snip from workflow menu - can set the ratio (eg "original") but no apparent way to set the scale of the crop....

MacBook Pro (2017 – 2020)

Posted on Feb 7, 2026 3:32 AM

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Feb 9, 2026 1:16 AM in response to Richard.Taylor

Thanks Richard - as a workaround, I’ve found that I can set a workflow in Photomator that creates a square crop with ML applied, and then follow up with a second crop workflow (again with ML applied) which reverts back to the original 3:2 profile - each time the workflow is run the ML reduces the dimensions by ~20% - so the end result gets reasonably close to what I am looking for - not perfect as each individual crop is unique (ie slightly different total pixel size) but the main goal, to effectively use a crop to “zoom” in on the subject applied in bulk to multiple images, has been achieved. I am using this approach to allow me to inspect wildlife shots, taken at high fps rate (eg between 20-40 fps) where the subject is farther away than I would like and where I know I will need to crop the final image, but as part of the initial workflow I just want to crop all my bulk images to then inspect each image for sharpness and focus to decide on”keepers” vs ones to delete, and then not need to manually apply the crop at a later point for those I choose to keep…I used to use Lightroom classic (but haven’t used it for several years now) and from memory that had a “sync edits” option that allowed crop to be replicated but I don’t have Lightroom any more and I was looking for similar option in Photomator

Feb 7, 2026 7:30 AM in response to PDS-01

What are you wanting to do? By "dimensions" do you mean that you want to change the size of the image, in pixels, in addition to changing the aspect ratio?


Photomater doesn't change the original, and the image on the screen depends mostly on the size of the screen. So a change of "size" in pixels only has meaning for pictures exported as files. In File>Export

you have some control over the size of the created file.


[I'm hardly an expert-- I just been playing with Photomater for a month or two. I can barely spell it.]


Let us know what you need and if this makes sense, and

Feb 7, 2026 12:45 PM in response to Richard.Taylor

Hi Richard - not quite what I meant. Basically, in any photo editor (inc Photomator) you can crop an image as part of the editing (ie to crop the image to retain only the area of interest in the edited image - eg see attached before and after snips) - doing this to a single image is a standard option in both Photos and Photomator, however, whilst Photomator offers "workflows" that allows you to bulk edit multiple images at once (including cropping images as one of the options), I cannot find any way to tell the software how much I want to crop by, the only options to adjust are a) the ratio of the crop (eg original, 4:3, 5:2 etc) and b) toggle machine learning algorithm "on" or "off" - which result only in changes to image format eg a 4:3 can be adjusted to a 5:2 or 16:9, but not actually cropping in a meaningful manner - I'm looking for a way to set up consistent crop across multiple images to speed up an editing workflow.

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The question is how (if at all) can I set up a workflow (or other action) in Photomator that allows me to apply a crop such as this to a selected series of images?

Feb 9, 2026 7:06 AM in response to PDS-01

PDS-01 wrote: … Lightroom classic … that had a “sync edits” option that allowed crop to be replicated but I don’t have Lightroom any more and I was looking for similar option in Photomator

Right-- Copy Settings in Lightroom lets you copy the crop-- I haven't explored that-- it would be unusual for me that the same crop could be used on two different pictures. I periodically suggest to the Apple Photos people that I want to be able to zoom two pictures the same and display them side by side for comparison-- in fact, I'd like to be able to move the zoomed section equally while watching the two images. Hasn't happened.

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