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.
The easiest way to add text is to go to the
Page panel and turn on the Identity Plate
checkbox, and it appears on your print (see
Chapter 4 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 bot-
tom): Once you set the top row of text (I
hit the spacebar once between each letter),
then press Option-Return twice to move
down two lines. (
Note:
This doesn't work
on a PC, but you can create it in Photoshop
as a graphical Identity Plate.) Then, hit the
Spacebar 20 times (to center the text) and
type the second line. Then highlight every-
thing 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 exposure settings, camera make
and model, filename, or caption info you
added in the Library module's Metadata
panel). You do this in the Page panel by
turning on the Photo Info checkbox and
choosing which type of info you want dis-
played 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.
