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Raw & Post Processing, Printing => Adobe Lightroom Q&A => Topic started by: soboyle on October 16, 2016, 09:27:55 pm

Title: Adding text to prints
Post by: soboyle on October 16, 2016, 09:27:55 pm

I have a series of photographs (4 images on each print) that I want to add a title to the bottom center of each print.
When I use Identity Plate in teh print module I can't get consistent font sizing, the font changes size depending on how many letters are used.
Am I missing something here?
Is there a setting that I need to make to get consistent print to print font size?
I would normally just send the file to Photoshop and add the tile there, but these prints are each a 2x2 grid of different images, and that would take a lot of fiddling to get to work in Photoshop, but easy in Lightroom using the print layout tools.
Any suggestions?

Title: Re: Adding text to prints
Post by: Hoggy on October 17, 2016, 03:52:22 am

I may very well be misunderstanding what you're after, but wouldn't the "Photo Info" section be more what you're after - rather than the Identity Plate?  ... Lower down on the same "Page" panel, in conjunction with the font size setting below it.

Title: Re: Adding text to prints
Post by: soboyle on October 17, 2016, 03:07:02 pm

Thanks, but the Photo info adds info to each photo being printed, I'm printing a 4 image grid on each sheet (picture package, not single image printing), and want to add 1 caption below the 4 image grid in the bottom center of the print.

Title: Re: Adding text to prints
Post by: Ken Bennett on October 18, 2016, 01:27:49 pm

Can you "print to jpeg" then open that file in Photoshop and add the caption?

Title: Re: Adding text to prints
Post by: Rand47 on October 18, 2016, 02:36:18 pm

Quote from: Ken Bennett on October 18, 2016, 01:27:49 pm

Can you "print to jpeg" then open that file in Photoshop and add the caption?

+1, or just send the images to PS and create a collage on the appropriate size image.  Text to your heart's content, save as Tiff.  Print in LR.  I do this regularly.  Lightroom is powerful, flexible, but is not suitable for text beyond the very rudimentary.

As an aside, since I'm already in PS with multiple image collage, I'll often give each of them a small and light drop shadow and / or stroke border to make them pop a little.  Text also can have drop shadow.

Here's an example. One of the advantages of this approach is being able to partially rotate images, etc.  I had done some restoration for a friend and then made a collage of the collection:

(https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-WWTtrLp/0/X2/i-WWTtrLp-X2.jpg)

Rand

Title: Re: Adding text to prints
Post by: soboyle on October 24, 2016, 07:49:57 pm

Thanks all, I think the print to JPG is the best way, then go to PS.

Title: Re: Adding text to prints
Post by: davidlandry on October 27, 2016, 03:09:04 pm

Rand - very nice restoration and collage.