Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
If you want to add text to your print layouts, it's pretty easy, as well, and
like the Web and Slideshow modules, you can have Lightroom automatically
pull metadata info from your photos and have it appear on the photo print, or
you can add your own custom text (and/or Identity Plate) just as easily. Here's
what you can add, and how you can add it:
Adding Text to
Step One:
Select a photo, then choose the Fine Art
Mat template in the Template Browser and
turn on the Zoom to Fill checkbox. Now,
the easiest way to add text to your print
is to go to the Page panel and turn on the
Identity Plate checkbox, and your name-
plate appears on your print (jump back to
Chapter 3 for how to set it up). Once it's
there, you can click-and-drag it right where
you want it (in this case, drag it down and
position it in the center of the space below
the photo, as shown here). Here's how I got
two lines of text with different fonts (Trajan
Pro on top; Minion Pro Italic on the bottom):
Once you set the top row of text (I hit the
spacebar once between each letter), then
press Option-Return (PC: Alt-Enter) twice
to move down two lines. Then, hit the Space-
bar 20 times (to center the text) and type
the second line. Then highlight everything
under the first line, and change the font.
It's a workaround, but it works.
Step Two:
Besides adding your Identity Plate, Light-
room can also pull text from your metadata
(things like your exposure settings, camera
make and model, the filename, or caption
info you added in the Metadata panel of
the Library module). You do this in the Page
panel by turning on the Photo Info checkbox
and choosing which type of info you want
displayed at the bottom of your cell from
the pop-up menu on the right (as shown
here). You can change the size of your text
right below it, but the largest size is 16 points,
and on a large print, it's pretty tiny.
