Titles & Captions in LR Classic

[Gunna]

Lightroom Version Number

14.4

Operating System

1. Windows 11

I want to give extended family copies of photos to which I have added Titles & Captions within LR.
As a test, I exported the photos to a folder in my PC Windows 11. I cant find an app that will show that information on opening the photo.
I want to tell the family which app will enable them to read the Titles & Captions I have attached to each photo.
Any suggestions?

 

[Paul_DS256]

• I take it you are aware that you can print the TITLE and CAPTION on the exported photos using PRINT's print-to-file option. Attached shows a photo with TITLE = Flower and CAPTION = "Trails off Tuclor Ln 43.871212, -79.249023"
• What you want to look for is METADATA viewers for photos. Here's a Google search that lists a number of these.

 

[Gnits]

You can create a collection of images of interest, flag this collection so that it is synched to LrCloud.

You can then create a url link to this collection… which you can include/ share within an email, WhatsApp or social media post of choice to share with friends and family…

Metadata , such as Title can be displayed via the url link.

I would prefer if there were better options to handle displaying and printing metadata with images… but the basic feature is still there.

I will post an example later when I get back to my office.

 

[Gnits]

Here is a sample... using a LrC Collection synched to Lr Cloud.

Note title below the image .. and info panel ...when info button is clicked.

Here is how to setup the collection (very easy).

Here is the url to this test collection...

https://adobe.ly/3TYdxd1

 

[Gnits]

I have given up posting suggestions to Adobe on how to improve usability of metadata (eg Title Captions) with images...
So... I have written my own app to create a jpg, with relevant metadata placed relative to the image, as per this example.

It is also possible to place metadata relative to the image using the slide show module..

 

[vbnut]

FWIW, in Windows Explorer (at least in Windows 10), in the details view, you can change or add columns to show various details, including Title. I don't see an option for Caption, but every piece of software uses different names for the various metadata fields, so maybe they call it something else.

 

[Gunna]

Thank you all, for your input.
I was looking for a simple solution, but it appears there isn't one!
This is what I want to achieve -
* Leave the image file number as is.
* In LR add a Title to a range of photos,
* Add individual Captions, in LR, to each photo.
* Then send the batch of photos to family, most of whom would not be using LR, & would probably open the photos in Microsoft Photos app.
# My test of that app is that the 'Info' button result is hit-and-miss whether it shows the Title or the Caption, or neither.
That was what I was hoping would be the simple way for the non-photographer to have a concise description of the subject of that photo.
That is particularly relevant to family historical images.
# This is the best I can come up with - I tell the family NOT to open each photo, but to right click on the thumbnail, whilst still in its folder.
Then click on Properties - Then click on 4th tab along to Details - There they will see -
Title - [as per LR]
Subject - [as per Caption in LR]

Obviously, I would like them to view the photo in full screen, & see the Title & Caption to a side.
The various EXIF readers Paul pointed me too, gave far too much technical detail, & the Title etc, if there at all, was buried amongst the data.

I cant be the only old photographer that wants to give all his family a SSD with a lot of historical photos [which may never be provided by anyone else!], plus photos of the kids & grandkids, over the years.
If the time-poor generation can't quickly see what that old B&W photo is about, it will be meaningless to them!!

I'm hoping that someone may still provide, not me, but my time-poor family, with an easy way of getting a short description of who that young guy in the WW1 Aussie uniform was - Yep, he was your Great, Great Grandfather, who landed on Gallipoli on 25 April 1915, got shot, survived, & that's why you're here!

 

[ChristineF]

I have been following this post as I would love to be able to do the same thing. I have friends who have also asked me if this is possible.

I have been playing around with it since your post and have come to exactly the same conclusion as you! Stay in the Explorer folder, go to Properties then Details.

I'm not sure how the title and caption would be displayed even if it were possible, to the side as you say would be great.

Photobooks are my next best option!

 

[Gnits]

Learn how to use the Slide Show module.

You can place selected metadata on the screen relative to the image.

Further, you can export the slideshow as individual jpgs… which you can then share. You can also export the slideshow as a video, probably a pdf and other options, but I do not use any of these features.

It takes a little effort to get used to how to place metadata… but once grasped… it is very easy.

The slideshow module is fairly unique in that it has the ability to place metadata relative to the frame or the image.

There is another app called Qimage.. used for printing images. These images have the option to be exported to a file instead of a printer with metadata placed as required,

I have filed multiple requests and suggestions to Adobe over the years to improve this functionality, but to no avail.

I have written an app to generate well formed jpg images with metadata professionally placed relative to the image. This serves my needs very well… but it is not robust enough for me to make it generally available and I do not have the capacity to support it.

I do not understand why Adobe do a good job with the first 80% / 90% of a feature or module and then just abandon any further suggested improvements.


The slideshow module is not perfect (it needs a few simple tweaks to make it much better)… but it is a viable option and an integral part of the Lr Classic.

 

[Paul_DS256]

Then send the batch of photos to family, most of whom would not be using LR, & would probably open the photos in Microsoft Photos app.

I cant be the only old photographer that wants to give all his family a SSD with a lot of historical photos [which may never be provided by anyone else!], plus photos of the kids & grandkids, over the years.

You are bringing up the important aspect of expect behavior in accessing the photos once received.

For adding the TITLE and CAPTION to the photo you've been given one option from myself if using PRINT TO FILE and while @Gnits uses a custom program there are 3rd pary products that will add metadata to photos.

And you are not the only one who has looked at this. In my own case, when I have a project I want to share I save it using LrC WEB pages. These have a TITLE field at the top of a photo and CAPTION field at the bottom that you can choose from a drop down on the metadata fields to use.

When you create the web page set you can make an INDEX.HTML file that can be selected and launced. A little bit of programming would allow for automatic execution.

You can see an example of what LrC WEB creates on a web site here. Normally, I burn this to a DVD but in your case, SSD.

 

[John R Ellis]

...would probably open the photos in Microsoft Photos app. My test of that app is that the 'Info' button result is hit-and-miss whether it shows the Title or the Caption, or neither.

The core library used by Windows File Explorer and Photos to read photo metadata doesn't follow industry standards. What the library displays in what it calls "Title" can be drawn from one of several different metadata fields, using non-standard rules.

Who knows what the Windows product manager was thinking (or if he/she was thinking).

 

[ChristineF]

Thanks @Gnits and @Paul_DS256, I will experiment with your suggestions .