Watermark in LR2

Kev R

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Can you watermark an image in Lightroom 2?

Are there any tutorials on-line I can follow?

Kevin
 
nikonuser said:
Kev - Mama Shans tutorial shows you how to do one type of watermark in Photoshop.
not sure if you have PS or whether you can do something similar in LR.
http://www.photoshopmama.net/chores/mamas_quick_wc_part3/mamas_quick_wc_part3.html
Dave
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Thanks Dave, interesting although a bit long winded even when used as an action there is still adjustments etc. so not very good for batch applications. I have just taken CS4 off my laptop due to running issues! I have now gone back to a desk/tower PC which isn't set up yet so my CS4 needs to be put back into service when I'm sorted.
 
I can't see the link above, but if it doesn't say "Look at LR Mogrify" my suggestion would be to look at LR Mogrify ;)
 
Mogrify rocks!!

You could also download the Lightroom 3 Beta! It does it OOTB!
 
As mentioned, there is no onboard watermarking tool in Lightroom 2 but there are a couple of options;

From the print module you can put a graphical watermark onto photos and then print the file as a JPEG - this isn't an ideal solution and worked for me for a while whilst I looked at other options.

From the slideshow module, you can do the same as print and export as a file and then extract the jpegs - again not ideal.

The best option for LR2 users is LR Mogrify (http://www.photographers-toolbox.com/products/lr2mogrify.php). This allows you to not only add watermarks to images but alter the opacity, add inner and outer borders and text lines including EXIF data, images names and web addresses.

Mogrify is available for free if processing under 10 images at a time but it is a great piece of software and I would suggest you give a donation (I just gave £5 as I am tight) and get the unlimited license.

The final option, although one I wouldn't suggest at the moment, is Lightroom 3 Beta which is available for free on a trial basis, probably for the next 6 months. The catalogues will not work with Lightroom 2 so they're suggesting using LR2 as a main image processing tool and simply testing LR3.


Hope this helps, something that really helped me was Lightroom Killer Tips (http://www.lightroomkillertips.com/) and their video podcast which goes through a lot of the tips and techniques.

DB
 
Thanks David

I found your post very helpful, everything points to LR Mogrify so I shall give it a try.

Kevin.
 
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