How to add numbers on the photos in LR

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I need to add numbers to the bunch if images and can't see that its possible to do in LR ( there are various items on the photo that I need to add numbers on)

Can anyone help me with that?!

Thanks
 
Select the photos, go to Library | Rename Photos
In File Nameing box select 'Custom Name - Sequence'
In the Custome Text box type the name you want to assign and then in Start Number type whatever number you want to start with.
Then click Ok and that's it, done.
 
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Iren said:
I need to add numbers to the bunch if images and can't see that its possible to do in LR ( there are various items on the photo that I need to add numbers on)

Can anyone help me with that?!
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It might be possible to do it in LR, but not easily. Mogrify would be a very tedious tool for doing it.

I'd do it in Skitch, but if you run Windows and don't have a legacy install of that you'd need an alternative (Google throws up a few, "alternatives to Skitch for windows").
 
Alastair said:
It might be possible to do it in LR, but not easily. Mogrify would be a very tedious tool for doing it.

I'd do it in Skitch, but if you run Windows and don't have a legacy install of that you'd need an alternative (Google throws up a few, "alternatives to Skitch for windows").
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I am on Mac, so will check if there is alternative
 
ecoleman said:
I was watching a video on the new Capture one the other day and it can do what you want.

You can download Capture One on a 30 day trial if this is just a one off exercise.

Here's the video. This is explained at around 28 minutes.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LENpb-bqsTQ
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great! thanks! looks like exactly what I need. I assume there would be no problem to import images there and export the with the same quality etc just with added numbers?!
 
Ploddles said:
Select the photos, go to Library | Rename Photos
In File Nameing box select 'Custom Name - Sequence'
In the Custome Text box type the name you want to assign and then in Start Number type whatever number you want to start with.
Then click Ok and that's it, done.
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its not exactly what I need, but looks like I already have the answer
 
Iren said:
I am on Mac, so will check if there is alternative
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Skitch is still available for Mac, it's a very handy app - I'm hunting around trying to find my legacy install package for Windows for a new laptop as it's an app I'm going to miss if I can't find it!
 
You can add text, numbers, arrows etc in Preview on any Mac.
 
Alastair said:
It might be possible to do it in LR, but not easily. Mogrify would be a very tedious tool for doing it.
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Where do the numbers come from? If they're in the image tags or other metadata, e.g. filename, then Mogrify should make it straightforward.
If it's just sequential then Capture One is probably simpler, once you've worked out how to have lightroom and captureone catalogues co-exist.
 
Iren said:
great! thanks! looks like exactly what I need. I assume there would be no problem to import images there and export the with the same quality etc just with added numbers?!
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I don't use C1 but I suspect you would need to export from LR as a tif to retain any LR edits.
Bring those into C1 and without applying any edits or presets, export from C1 with the watermark as per the video.

You may need to check that C1 doesn't apply some sort of default settings to the k age such as additional sharpening etc.
 
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juggler said:
Where do the numbers come from? If they're in the image tags or other metadata, e.g. filename, then Mogrify should make it straightforward.
If it's just sequential then Capture One is probably simpler, once you've worked out how to have lightroom and captureone catalogues co-exist.
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Irina's a bit vague.. I assumed it was something along the lines of tagging items in the scene.. 1 = tree, 2 = cow, 3 = mountain.. that sort of thing. If it's metadata numbers that's a different ball game and can be automated in LR several different ways.

But as Irina's also got PS, it seems that would be the obvious solution - rather than burn a trial of C1.
 
Thanks everyone!
Sorry I was not very specific, it turned out to be easier than I thought, thanks Richard!
Preview on Mac does it and I completely forgot about it a I don't use it much.

Here is the example of what I wanted to do, there is only 1 doll here, but on some other photos I have few items, so needed to add number next to each of them
IMG_0788.jpg
 
Preview is always forgotten but is surprisingly competent -- the name implies it doesn't do much. I use it all the time for annotating OS maps with instructions and constructing multi-page PDFs for instance.
 
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