P: "smart" watermark to include data (location/name/date/lens/camera - EXIF/metadata etc.)

[acaurora2]

Is there a way to create a watermark in either Photoshop or Lightroom that is "smart" in that you can customize it to pull data from the metadata of the photo (date/time image was taken, lens used, camera body used, etc.) or file information (folder, subfolder, etc.) ?

[iamjwk]

Due to lack of having this flexible/automated watermark functionality I digged into the web and found the plugin "PT Watermark", which works fine for the metadata I use. 

Sill waiting for this functionality in Lightroom

[lylestavast]

8 years guys.  We finally got the ability to put LR menu items in an order, so I guess you can slip this one in now into the Print module (or export).  EIGHT YEARS.   8.  6 of those paid using the subscription model for updates and fixes.  Much is faster the past 2 majors, but some of these workaday requests / things you should be collecting and prioritizing or just telling people it's not going to be done and maybe why.   It makes Adobe look totally unresponsive to paying customer input...  just my $.02.

[FeedbackCommunityMember]

Please add my name to the list of people that have assumed that this functionality would be (a) very easy to add into your products, (b) likely already present from 8 years ago, when btw this thread started, (c) _shocked_ that it's not here.  

Silly Adobe, what could possibly be the reason to not allow custom creation of watermarks using your already quite sophisticated advanced (and still I might highly intuitive) UI (e.g. behind the Edit Watermark option), such that you can add in meta-data fields to the watermark in the same way you can do so for the filename.  Seems to me, you've already got all the code right there and ready to be stitched together, probably even have a 50% complete test suite too!  

Please consider the update!

Thanks

-Ken

[Rikk Flohr: Photography]

Reimporting files is probably not the best way forward as it will lose your edits.  You would be better served to use the Import from another catalog... menu option as it will retain all your work.

It sounds like you have a corrupt catalog. Do you have a backup you can use?

[FeedbackCommunityMember]

You can use LR/Mogrify plugin for achieving this with LR Classic 9.4. I just tried it and it works like a charm. If you want to export more than 10 images you have to donate 3.5 euros min else it works for free with less than 10 images.

[FeedbackCommunityMember]

The link to the plugin is https://www.photographers-toolbox.com/products/lrmogrify2

[FeedbackCommunityMember]

Thank you.
This plugin is really powerful but the UI lacks a preview.

[RichardLaBella]

It would be great if we had more capabilities in building text-based watermarks similar to what we can do with the Filename Template Editor where we can incorportate fields from the exif to build the watermark.

My current watermarks include the year, so I am forced to create a separate watermark for each year.

If we were able to input an expression such as:   {Year Taken}, My Name    

I could have ONE watermark that would automatically show the Year the photo was taken and my name. 

[Rob_Cullen]

I doubt that Adobe would add such a feature when it is so easy to amend text in a watermark preset. Once a Year!

IMO It would take 10x longer to construct the preset as in the Filename Editor.

[RichardLaBella]

Not exactly.  I don't just process photos in the year they were taken.   I often re-process images years later as improvements arrive in postprocessing software.   When I export them I need to use the watermark for the year the image was taken.   I also create multiple watermarks each year positioned in different spots on images (left corner, center, right corner).  

Hence with about 20 years of work I can have 60 watermarks in the list.  

If the watermark was "intelligent", I would only need three.

[FeedbackCommunityMember]

After printing my pictures, I spend a lot of time writing the date of shot behind every picture.

It would be very useful to insert some kind of variable watermark that adds some EXIF data during the export phase. So it would be printed on every picture automatically.

Thank you

[FeedbackCommunityMember]

You can use Photo info in Print - Page options

[Cletus]

*cicciodylan I use the Photo Info in the Print module and print (nearly) borderless prints I reserve a small margin along one edge of the print (small enough to be covered by a matte or frame), My Print information includes the file name so that I can tie each print back to the cataloged image.  Capture date could be used as well but there is nothing in the capture date to tie back to the catalogued image.  A renamed image file could include the capture date in the name and achieve both a time stamp and a tie back to the catalog file.

[Cletus]

Why merge this feature request into a feature request that is 9 years old?  Is there any expectation that Adobe is going to act on a 9 year old feature request.  Or is the attempt to bury the new request so deep that it will never see the light of day.  

I think a 9 year old feature request should be closed with a notice that Adobe is or is not going to take action on the feature request.  Or is Adobe unwilling to admit that they will consider such feature request as meritless?

[Rikk Flohr: Photography]

@cletus_lee  It is none of these.

If a request will not be acted upon - it is tagged as Not Planned with a badge at the top of the thread.  That has not happened here. 

Regardless of the age of the original request all new requests are merged with the authoritative thread so that Product Management can review, in one place, the aggregate counts & comments. We don't bury things. 

This request remains active and collecting votes.  

[Emmanuel_Molia]

As we say in France "Better late than never"! 

[Daniel_800101]

This is primarily for Watermarks, but I imagine it would be useful elsewhere in the application.

When using a text watermark, I would like to be able to use metadata in parts of the watermark. Here is a common scenario, preparing photos for an online gallery:

Build an export preset for the gallery, using pixel dimensions, file type, compression, and watermark. The watermark is a copyright notice to appear in the corner of the image.

I want to be able to build a watermark that says "© [YYYY] [Copyright Holder]"

Both the year of creation/modification and copyright holder can be metadata items for a photo. I want to be able to use them to build watermarks. Thus, I can export photos from multiple years with multiple accurate copyright years.

Another example, exporting a photo for technical uses with location and date as a watermark:

[Sublocation], [City], [State]. [GPS]. [Creation date].

There are certainly more possibilities. This is worth exploring, unless it's too difficult for the Adobe folks to program.

[johnrellis]

Why conversations get merged:

https://feedback.photoshop.com/conversations/lightroom-classic/lightroom-auto-import-to-folders-orga... 

[johnrellis]

While waiting for Adobe to implement this, you might check out the LR/Mogrify plugin. 

[Moiriche]

When I export my files, I need, in addition to the watermark, print the file name.
I've installed the LR/Modify 2 plugin, but it always crash during the export process
Is there any other way to do this?
Thanks

[cmgap]

This is a very old plugin - has it been updated to work with the current version of Lr? Tim's website says: "Compatible with Lightroom 2 to Lightroom Classic CC" We are many versions into Lightroom Classic (it's no longer called cc). Have you contacted him?

Can you provide more details with what you are trying to accomplish? There may be other users that can add some thoughts here.

[Moiriche]

Thank you for comment.
Basically in the export I need to put the file name as you can see in that attached photo. I can put the watermark but not the filename

[cmgap]

If you can add text can you also add the file name at the same time?

[Moiriche]

Yes, I've done with the slideshow and after export as a JPEG, work well.

I want to show proofs to friends and clients or post images online, the ability to watermark images with a logo or text is invaluable. The file name is the way to tag the pic

[cmgap]

If this is about sharing images you may want to consider using collections, you can learn more here: https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom-classic/help/lightroom-mobile-desktop-features.html

This will give your clients and/or friends visibility to any images you choose. You will create a collection, sync the collection, create a link to share the collection and you can text or email that link. With the link anyone can view the images with the file name and any other text you have added to the image. Not sure if this will work for you but it useful and a time saver.