Remove Canon 5D Cropping Information when opening in raw

[maaglide]

I misunderstood my Canon 5D mk3's  "cropping information" custom function thinking it was just a visual guideline but when I download the images they are already cropped when viewed in Bridge and Raw. I know the cropped info is there as I can retrieve it as jpgs via other software, or in Canon's DPP but I want to edit the raw images w/o the crop in ACR. Can anyone tell me how to remove the Canon cropping info when downloading the raw images?

[John Waller]

Do you have Lightroom?

One method using Lightroom:

1. Install the Adobe DNG Recover Edge plugin
2. Convert the CR2 files to DNG
3. Recover the cropped info in Lightroom via the plugin

Uncrop Canon 5D MKIII RAW files in Lightroom shot with custom aspect ratios - YouTube

Plug-ins for Adobe Photoshop Lightroom | Adobe Labs​

See also: Images unexpectedly cropped in Lightroom

[maaglide]

Thanks for the tip but no I dont have lightroom. Can this be done in camera raw? I went thru the various crop options in ACR but could not restore the original image.

[John Waller]

Everything I've read online suggests that Camera Raw takes the CR2 and applies the crop before opening the file.

The only non-Lightroom method I've seen is using Exiftool

cropping - How Do I Restore Aspect Ratio In Adobe Camera Raw - Photography Stack Exchange

[Jeff Arola]

What about in camera raw clicking and holding on the Crop Tool icon and clicking on Clear Crop.

[maaglide]

the clear crop does not restore the image or any other choices in ACR. I think for this project I will just edit in Canon's DPP and cleqr the crop in that software, then save to jpg for photo distribution. Not ideal but simpler than going the LR route (which I dont currently own).

Thanks for your help and suggestions. I will hopefully remember not to use that custom function again!

[jonc90663046]

Do as in Jeff Arola's reply but hit "Set to Original Crop" then "Done".  Then process on the image from Bridge as normal.  Crop all gone.  No need for LR.

[Stephen_A_Marsh]

Can you provide a sample image for download or point to one existing on the web somewhere?

[Matthew Hartshorn]

Found this post looking to remove the crop also. March 2020, It's easy to do on individual photos in RAW. Right click and hold the crop tool and it will produce a list of options including to clear the crop. Here's a link to that solution.

Pretty easy to apply to all photos in RAW from my experience. 250 files fixed in seconds with no pixel loss.