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h e Metadata popup menu (see
Figure 7-15) gives you a very
basic selection of what metadata
to embed within the jpg i les. h is
is independent from any metadata
you may also be displaying on the
pages; this setting refers specii cally
to what gets included in the image
i les themselves. “All” will include
all metadata you've assigned
to the i le, including keywords,
captions, titles and ratings, etc. “Copyright Only” is just that—everything else will
be stripped from the exported image i le that ends up in your Web gallery (but, of
course, will remain on the original image within the Lightroom catalog).

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Figure 7-15

Depending on the amount of metadata you've applied to a i le, using Copyright
Only can help reduce the size of the resulting i les. h is can be important in cases
where fast loading is a priority over complete metadata, or where there are i le
size limitations. Unfortunately, Lightroom does not show you what the dif erence
in i le size will be without all the metadata; you'd need to compare the i le sizes on
your hard drive to see where they end up.

Watermarking: you can also apply a watermark to the photos in your Web
gallery. Check the box to enable the option, then choose a watermark from the
popup menu. Watermarks are covered in detail in Chapter 5.

Finally, to apply output sharpening to the i les, tick the Sharpening box and
choose a strength from the menu. You only have three choices: Low, Standard
or High. With these simple controls Lightroom is pretty good at applying the
optimal amount of sharpening for the size of the images being output for the
gallery. h is is especially true if you've done a good job sharpening the images at
earlier stages of the workl ow. Lightroom applies sharpening as the last step, at er
rendering the thumbnails and large images at the sizes specii ed by the Layout
Style. I usually use High sharpening.

⌘ +N or Ctrl+N
Make a new
template

Saving a template
At this point, if you've made
changes to the layout that
you want to save for later, be sure to either create a new template or update the
settings for the current template. To make a new template, click the + button at
the right of the Template Browser panel header; see Figure 7-16. Or, to update an
existing preset using the current settings, right-click or Ctrl+click on the template
and select that option from the popup menu.

Figure 7-16