Crop in one move
Edit, group and link crops at your fingertips.
macOS app · version 1.0.22
Crop a whole shoot
in minutes.
Place your crops in one move, reuse them across an entire series, export files already named and filed. All without touching your originals.
- Full 30-day trial
- No account to create
- Works offline
Banner16:9
Portrait4:5
Detail1:1
5 images · 11 crops · originals untouched
Reuse
Sync crops, copy and paste them, save them as presets.
Deliver
Rename and file automatically, then export.
Features
What you can do
CropPlanner lets you choose your crops at any point between the shoot and the delivery.
Reusable crop lists
Portrait, packshot, 4:5 for social: build your sets of crops once, apply them to a whole selection. They follow you from one shoot to the next.
See every crop at a glance
The sheet lays out every image and every crop side by side. What is missing, what runs off the edge, what has not been done yet: you spot it in a moment — and it goes out as a PDF for sign-off.
Photoshop round trip
Pick up the crops already drawn in a PSD, or send one back ready-made to your retoucher. Everyone stays in their own tool, nothing gets lost on the way.
Crop on previews
A screenshot, the PDF brief, a mock-up PSD: CropPlanner recognises the same image in high resolution and carries your crops straight over to it.
Logos and templates on top
Drop a logo, a template or a safe zone onto a crop to see right away how it sits — and find it again, unchanged, on export.
Several sources per image
The studio file, the retoucher's PSD, the client's alternate: declare the versions of one image and CropPlanner aligns them, so crops follow from one to the next.
High-resolution export
Start a series and keep working while it runs. Formats, sizes and colour profiles are set once and for all.
Naming and filing, handled
Every file comes out with the expected name, in the expected folder. You can also batch-rename your source images without breaking any of the work already done.
Also inside Snapping that lines crops up with each other · an undo that reaches back across several images at once · portable shoot folders to assemble and check (Pro).
Plugin
On the Photoshop side
Move from CropPlanner to Photoshop and from Photoshop back to CropPlanner in the blink of an eye.
- Crops are imported and organised in Photoshop
- A dot flags a crop that has drifted; one click puts it back
- Recordable in an Action, so it works in batch processing
Photoshop 2023 (v24) or later · version 0.4.0 · no licence
Pricing
Two editions, one subscription per seat
One application, two editions. Essentials decides the crops and hands them over; Pro adds sources and file export. Moving from one to the other is a new key pasted in — nothing to reinstall. All prices are exclusive of tax and cover a single seat.
Trial
Every Pro feature, for 30 days.
Free
From first launch, nothing to sign
- The complete application, nothing held back
- No account, no card
- Works offline, studio included
Essentials
Decide the crops, and hand them over.
190 €/ year
228 € incl. VAT
12-month term — that is 15.83 € a month
19 €/ month
22.80 € incl. VAT
No commitment, cancel from one month to the next
Launch pricing
- Crops, reusable lists, guides and safe zones
- Contact sheet and PDF to send for sign-off
- “Source + crops” PSD for your retoucher
- Import crops from a PSD, a PDF or a screenshot
- 17% saved over the year
Pro
All of Essentials, plus sources and export.
490 €/ year
588 € incl. VAT
12-month term — that is 40.83 € a month
49 €/ month
58.80 € incl. VAT
No commitment, cancel from one month to the next
Launch pricing
- Everything Essentials does
- High-resolution export: formats, ICC profiles, layouts, overlays
- Naming and filing of output files, handled
- Several sources per image, aligned to each other
- Shoot sessions to assemble and check
- 17% saved over the year
Prices shown including VAT use the French rate of 20 %. The exact amount depends on the buyer's country and is shown at checkout, where EU businesses can enter their VAT number.
FAQ
The questions that keep coming up
Are my original files modified?
No, never. CropPlanner keeps your crops in a small file sitting next to the image: the original is not re-saved, not recompressed, not moved. Stop using the app tomorrow and your files are exactly as you handed them over.
What is the difference between Essentials and Pro?
Essentials is for deciding the crops and handing them over: you place the crops, produce a contact sheet and a PDF for sign-off, and give your retoucher a “source + crops” PSD they open as is. Pro adds export of the finished files (formats, profiles, layouts, naming and filing), multiple sources for one image and shoot sessions. It is the same application: moving between editions means pasting in a new key — nothing to reinstall and no work lost, since the crop files are identical on both sides.
Does my retoucher need a licence?
No. The Photoshop plugin is free: it reads the crops you hand over and lays them back into the PSD as shape layers. Only the machine that decides the crops needs a subscription; the people receiving them work in Photoshop, paying for nothing and installing nothing else.
Can I crop on something other than the final file?
Yes — that was one of the starting ideas. Crop on a screenshot, on the PDF brief or on a mock-up PSD: CropPlanner recognises the same image in high resolution and carries your crops straight over, in the right place and at the right size.
Does it work without internet?
Yes. Your images never leave your machine and nothing is sent anywhere: a shoot in a studio with no wifi runs exactly like a day at the desk. The app only connects to renew your subscription and to check, at launch and then once a day, whether a new version is out — a few bytes, in the background, and if the network is missing it simply tries again later without ever blocking you.
What is disabled during the trial?
Nothing at all. Thirty days, every feature, no watermark and no file limit. A cropping tool is judged on a real series: you have to be able to use it for real, under your own deadlines.
What happens if I stop paying?
The app still opens and your work stays readable. A late invoice is settled with an email, not with a lock that drops on a Tuesday morning mid-shoot.
How many seats does a licence cover?
One. The price shown is for a single seat: to equip a team you take as many subscriptions as there are seats, each at the same price. A seat can be added mid-year without starting over.
Which files does CropPlanner open?
JPEG, PNG, TIFF, WebP and HEIC, Photoshop PSD and PSB, and the common RAW formats (Canon, Nikon, Sony, Fujifilm, DNG). Photoshop files are displayed without needing to open Photoshop.
Does it replace Photoshop or Capture One?
No, and that is not the point. CropPlanner does not retouch and does not develop: it decides the crops, gets them signed off and hands them on. The rest of your pipeline stays exactly as it is.
Why does macOS ask me to confirm on launch?
The app is not yet notarised by Apple: the first time you launch a version received by email or link, macOS asks for confirmation in System Settings ▸ Privacy & Security ▸ “Open Anyway”. Once per version, then never again.
How do updates work?
You replace the app with the new version, like any macOS app. Your settings, your crop lists and your licence are kept, and your work depends on no installed version.
Windows or Linux?
macOS only, from macOS 12, on Apple Silicon Macs. The app relies on macOS-specific machinery to display multi-hundred-megabyte PSB and RAW files instantly — part of what makes it fast on large volumes.
Try it on your next shoot.
Thirty days, every feature, no account and no card. Cropping a real series — your files, your deadlines — is the only way to tell whether a tool holds up.
macOS 12+ · Apple Silicon · version 1.0.22