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January 11, 2018
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How to "print"photos with filenames as captions to PDF?

  • January 11, 2018
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Are there suggestions, links, etc on how to do something like this?

I have Creative Cloud, but so far have only used Photoshop, so forgive me if this is too newbie.

Someone suggested Lightroom might be a way to do this. However, if there is a Windows 10 or other simpler way to do it I would be glad to hear of that.

My Creative Cloud has 3 version of Lightroom. If Lightroom is the tool which should I try?

Lightroom CC

Lightroom Classic CC

Lightroom CC (2015)

I have a set of photos of seniors in a facility.  The file names are the names and room numbers. e.g.,

PUBLIC, John Q. (Bubba) 123A.jpg

DOE, Joan 456C.jpg

SMITH, William S. (Bill) 341B.jpg

WASHINGTON, George (G.W.) 321D.jpg

The goal is to print a set of the photos 1 time to verify that the picture, name, and room are correct.

I would like to print 12 (or so) photos  to a 8.5 * 11 page with the filename as the caption. (could live the whole path as caption if need be.)

There is not a printer with color ink on my computer, so I want to "print" to CutePDF so a document can be printed on a friend's computer.

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Correct answer 99jon

This is quite simple to do in Lightroom Classic using the slideshow module. Choose text overlay. Lightroom will pull the filenames from the metadata fields. Then simply export a batch to PDF.

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99jon
99jonCorrect answer
Genius
January 30, 2018

This is quite simple to do in Lightroom Classic using the slideshow module. Choose text overlay. Lightroom will pull the filenames from the metadata fields. Then simply export a batch to PDF.

Kanikas
Community Manager
Community Manager
January 29, 2018

Moving to Lightroom CC

[Moved again to Lightroom Classic - mod]

BigArtK3Author
Participant
January 30, 2018

thank you.

Are there links etc, that would help me get started with this task?

john beardsworth
Community Expert
Community Expert
January 30, 2018

The simplest way is to use LR's Print feature.

There is a template called 4x5 contact sheet which puts the filename under the thumbnail. In the Photo Info box, choose Edit and then you can add other fields (that's the Text Template Editor in this screenshot).

One little trick is to use Ctrl J on Windows, Cmd J on Mac to insert a line break.

Mylenium
Legend
January 12, 2018

You can create contact sheets using scripts or the Bridge preview functions.

Mylenium