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catherinee70709450
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September 7, 2018
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Watermarks not appearing

  • September 7, 2018
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I've set up a watermark. When I export photos, I tick the watermarking box. Nothing appears on the photo! I've tried several times, also checked for updates, as suggested by Adobe.

I did added watermarks fine a few months ago (with the same watermark), no idea what's going wrong this time.

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    jameso84872201
    jameso84872201
    Participant
    July 31, 2022

    I'm having the same problem. Been using LR for ten years and never had a problem until this summer - and I cant figure it out. 

    Rob_Cullen
    Community Expert
    Rob_CullenCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    July 31, 2022

    We will need more information from you if you are to get an answer!

    Is your watermark 'Text' or a 'Graphic'?

    If a Graphic, is the image file available and in the same folder location when the watermark was designed?

    Please provide every detail that you can.

     

    Regards. My System: Windows-11, Lightroom-Classic 15.1.1, Photoshop 27.3.1, ACR 18.1.1, Lightroom 9.0, Lr-iOS 10.4.0, Bridge 16.0.2 .
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    keithl95902252
    Participant
    August 15, 2022

    I am having the same issue with a feature that has workied in the past. When exporting I select the "Simple Copyright Watermark" from the EXport setting Watermarking. This in the past appeared to take the text from the Copyright field metadata. I want to use this because I have images from different photographers as part of a competition results set and want their name to appear on their image. Is this a know bug?

    Configuration LR Classic 11.4.1 running on Apple Macbook Pro 2021, Monteray 12.3.1

    Thanks for any help

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    annemettekuhl
    Participating Frequently
    December 3, 2018

    I seem to have a similar problem.
    Since I updated to Lightroom 8 Classic CC it wont add my watermarks anymore.
    I have used watermarks in Lightroom always and know my way around creating them and adding them to my photos - web-files/jpeg-files - but when I create a watermark (on the preview it looks just fine) it doesn't show on my exported jpegs.

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      YasmineBen
      Participant
      September 5, 2022

      I have the same problem! It is driving me crazy!!!!! No clue so far....

       

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        Leeza26177173ngfc
        Participant
        October 6, 2022

        Seriously!! I am going nuts I have been trying to get my personal logo I paid to have made for my business to export! My JPG of the watermark works, but not my PNG! Which is what I want since it's no background... Have you had any luck, yet? 

        J
        Community Expert
        Jao vdLCommunity Expert
        Community Expert
        September 7, 2018

        What kind of watermark are you using? If it is the "simple copyright watermark" it gets its info from the copyright field in your photo's metadata and if that is not set, it will not export anything. Also, if you export at original size, this simple copyright watermark can end up being very small and almost invisible.

        catherinee70709450
        catherinee70709450Author
        Participant
        September 7, 2018

        Thanks. I added it in >edit >edit watermarks. No idea what type of watermark that makes it, there doesn't seem to be a different option to the one I used?

        I've never gone into the metadata of any of my photos, and I've managed to download them with watermarks fine before so I'm not sure it's that.

        It could be worth trying setting copyright info to the metadata though (maybe Lightroom has changed something since I last did this 6 months ago?) - how do I do that?

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        Community Expert
        Jao vdLCommunity Expert
        Community Expert
        September 7, 2018

        In the export panel, where you click on the watermark option, there will be a popup next to the watermark checkbox. Make sure it has your watermark selected. If it says "simple copyright watermark" in that popup it just takes the metadata in the copyright field. This is set in the metadata panel in the library view. Make sure it says "Default" left of the word Metadata and you will see a copyright field that you can fill out. I have this always populated by using a metadata template on import that makes sure to populate this field with my name for every imported image. That way it is always included in the metadata on any exported image and gets imprinted on any exported image if I select the "simple copyright watermark" option.

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