NAMING PHOTOS WITH IDENTITY PLATES
5 The default colour for the text in your identity plate is a
light grey. To change the colour, click in the Override Colour
check-box and then click on the small black rectangle next to
it. This will bring up a colour palette. The default options are all
shades of grey but if you want to choose a brighter colour, click
on the saturation slider on the right.
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You can edit the text in your identity plate. Click in the
box on the Page panel that shows your current plate
and select Edit from the drop-down menu. The Identity Plate
Editor panel will appear, in which you can change the text
and font of your plate. You can drag the editor panel out
wider if you need to fit in more text.
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You can personalise more than just your prints with
identity plates; you can personalise your Lightroom
workspace as well. Go to the Edit menu (PC) or Lightroom
menu (Mac) and select Identity Plate Setup. You can see a panel
like the one from step 6. If you saved your Identity Plate, you
can see it available as an option in the drop-down menu.7 If you have a company logo, you can use that as your
identity plate instead. In the Identity Plate Editor panel,
click on the button labelled ‘Use a graphical identity plate’,
then click on the Locate File button. Navigate to your logo
and double-click in to add it to Lightroom. Use a PNG file with
transparency for the best effect.
10 If you click on the Show Detail button, you can also
customise the module picker buttons. You then have the
option to use a graphical logo as the Lightroom identity plate.
Using these options, a professional photographer can create a
matching company identity for their Lightroom workspace as
well as their printed output.8 If you are printing a multi-image page, there is an option
to add an identity plate to every image. Unfortunately,
it will place the plate in the centre of the image and it cannot
be moved. Alternatively, you can just have a single ID plate
but set it to render behind the images. Obviously, this will only
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