LR v2 & LR Mogrify, adding text annotation

[MMarz]

I'd like to include text down the right side of an image, on a white border that is only on the sides, outside a narrow black border around the image.

I followed Timothy's example as it appears in the middle of the Quick Guide as a start, but my I am unable to include a text annotation on Export.

I then tried every possible combination of settings in the Text Annotation dialog and still can't seem get the combo right.

Any suggestions are appreciated.

Result...

 

[stasber]

By your screenshot it looks to me like you're trying to add white text onto a white border, no?

 

[Kiwigeoff]

By your screenshot it looks to me like you're trying to add white text onto a white border, no?

Looks like that to me

 

[MMarz]

You're both correct... a matter of mis-matched screen caps. For certain I tried every combination of text color, solid background, border color, checked and unchecked before border is applied, resized the borders, omitted the borders, changed the location and direction of text, even made the text huge in case it was sized down.

When I mean every combination, I mean every combination. I deleted 41 attempts of exports of combinations...

 

[Kiwigeoff]

You're both correct... a matter of mis-matched screen caps. For certain I tried every combination of text color, solid background, border color, checked and unchecked before border is applied, resized the borders, omitted the borders, changed the location and direction of text, even made the text huge in case it was sized down.

When I mean every combination, I mean every combination. I deleted 41 attempts of exports of combinations...

You may have to wait for Tim......

 

[MMarz]

You may have to wait for Tim......

Emailed Tim in addition to confirming the settings.. Tried again confirming black text on white border... Mogrify borders, resize etc all work, but text annotation does not..

 

[Kiwigeoff]

Emailed Tim in addition to confirming the settings.. Tried again confirming black text on white border... Mogrify borders, resize etc all work, but text annotation does not..

Thanks for the update mate !!

 

[MMarz]

At Timothy's suggestion, I changed fonts and it now works. Oddly, with as many fonts as are available in Vista, I found only two that worked!!

Thank you Timothy!!

 

[Kiwigeoff]

At Timothy's suggestion, I changed fonts and it now works. Oddly, with as many fonts as are available in Vista, I found only two that worked!!

Thank you Timothy!!

Pleased you have some sort of resolution Michael !!:lol::lol:

 

[Brad Snyder]

Don't leave us hanging..... which two fonts worked?

 

[theMusicMan]

Hi Michael

I notice you have three instances of text annotation. Can I ask how you accomplish this please and I assume this allows you to have three separate lines of different size/font of text... is that right?

 

[MMarz]

Angsana New Bold and Angsana New Bold Italic...

Once I found these, I stopped looking..

 

[MMarz]

Hi Michael

I notice you have three instances of text annotation. Can I ask how you accomplish this please and I assume this allows you to have three separate lines of different size/font of text... is that right?

While there are three instances of Text Annotation available in the Post Process Actions dialog window, you'll notice in this instance I only checked off one to be used.

That said, what I have been doing is using two Text Annotations, the first is to add a copyright inside the image, white text, lower left, 6'% opacity; Then for the web, I apply three borders, first is very small and in a color that works with the image, or white, then the larger black border and then a third white border that is top and bottom only. (Paging Tim!!! it would be cool to be able to adjust the border width at each side...IE Fine Art mattes, or just one wide white border on the bottom...hint, hint). Then the second Text Annotation is applied with EXIF. Sometimes I add a third Text Annotation with a caption if appropriate.

If it helps to see the export screen caps, let me know.

 

[theMusicMan]

I didn't have the latest version unfortunately, but do now! D'oh!@!@!

 

[MMarz]

I didn't have the latest version unfortunately, but do now! D'oh!@!@!

Glad you have it figured out!!

 

[Wolfgang Wernet]

Don't leave us hanging..... which two fonts worked?

Had same problem. In my case ARIAL worked. Stopped further searching then.

 

[Brad Snyder]

Wolfgang, welcome, and thanks....

 

[markande]

I have a problem with the add on too. In my case I don't even see the "Font List" as seen in the attached screen shot. I am using LR 2.' and latest LR/Mogrify and ImageMagik. I am on Windows Vista, can anybody help?
thanks
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[Halfje-Bruin]

Maybe a stupid question, but did you look inside the dropdown box? I've seen programs that didn't show any text because no initial selection was made.

 

[markande]

yes I did click but there is no item in that dropdown, it is completely empty.
It is as if the plugin did not find any fonts on my system that it could use?

 

[kryz70fr]

I have an problem. I want to put an border (85px) on the bottom of my picture and put an annotation on it ...

impossible to do that, the border is always gone at the opposite of the text ? i don't understand why ... (the only way for me is to put the same border size in the top and the bottom)

(LR 2.3 and LR2/Mogrify 1.63)

 

[Mark Sirota]

Welcome to Lightroom Forums.

I'm not sure what you mean by "the border is always gone at the opposite of the text", but this seems to work for me. I put a border of 85 pixels on the bottom, and 2 pixels for top, left, and right.

Then I added a text annotation (leave "before border is applied" unchecked), located it bottom center, and the annotation goes into the border area as expected, and the border width is as expected all around.

Can you be more specific about what's happening (or not happening)?

 

[matonanjin]

I hope this is the place to post this rather than starting a new thread. If I look at the quick start guides of LR/Mogrify and LR2/Mogrify it looks like the latter is able to add up to 3 text annotations where LR(1)/Mogrify is only able to add one. Am I reading this correctly?

I am going to need to add a model's name to bottom of a white border and then my © to the bottom right (or right edge). So it looks like I need version 2.:?

Ron

http://www.fourwindsphotography.com

 

[Denis de Gannes]

I hope this is the place to post this rather than starting a new thread. If I look at the quick start guides of LR/Mogrify and LR2/Mogrify it looks like the latter is able to add up to 3 text annotations where LR(1)/Mogrify is only able to add one. Am I reading this correctly?

I am going to need to add a model's name to bottom of a white border and then my © to the bottom right (or right edge). So it looks like I need version 2.:?

Ron

http://www.fourwindsphotography.com

Quite simple LR2/Mogrify is for LR 2.x.; LR/Mogrify is for if you are using LR 1.x

 

[matonanjin]

Quite simple LR2/Mogrify is for LR 2.x.; LR/Mogrify is for if you are using LR 1.x

Duh:roll: I need to know if LR2/Mogrify will, as I asked, allow multiple (3) text annotations. That is one more reason to motivate me to upgrade to LR2, which I probably need to do anyway.