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USING PHOTOSHOP LIGHTROOM 2
Exporting photos
Write Keywords As Lightroom Hierarchy
Uses the pipe character (
| ) to indicate parent/child relationships (such as
“Names|Maria”) in the metadata fields.
Add Copyright Watermark
Adds a copyright watermark if a copyright tag is present in the IPTC metadata. This option
is not available for DNG files. To add or edit IPTC copyright metadata, use the Copyright field in the Metadata panel.
The copyright watermark appears in the lower-left corner of the exported photo. The size, placement, and appearance
of the watermark cannot be edited or customized.
Note:
To create and apply custom and graphical copyright watermarks to exported photos, use the third-party plug-in
LR2/Mogrify
, donationware by Timothy Armes. For information about applying copyright watermarks to photos in web
galleries, see “
Display a copyright watermark in web photo galleries
” on page
166.
Choose postprocessing actions
In the Export dialog box, you can specify certain actions be performed as the last step when exporting photos to disk
from Lightroom.
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In the Export dialog box, choose any of the following from the After Export menu:
Do Nothing
Exports the photos with no further action afterward.
Show In Explorer/Finder
Exports the photos and then displays the files in an Explorer (Windows) or Finder (Mac
OS)
window.
Open In Photoshop / Photoshop Elements
Exports the photos and then opens them in Photoshop or Photoshop
Elements.
Open In [Additional External Editor]
Exports the photos and then opens them in the application is specified as an
additional external editor in Lightroom preferences.
Open In Other Application
Exports the photos and then opens them in the application you specify in the Application
pop-up menu.
Go To Export Actions Folder Now
Opens the Export Actions folder, where you can place any executable (application)
or a shortcut or alias of an executable (application).
Put items in the Export Actions folder
You can put any item in the Export Actions folder that can be opened with a set of photo files. For example, you can
place an executable file or shortcut (Windows), or application or alias (Mac
OS) in the Export Actions folder. Items
added to the folder are listed in the After Export menu of the Export dialog box the next time you export photos.
You can also add Photoshop droplets or script files to the Export Actions folder.
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Do any of the following to open the Export Actions folder:
•
In the Export dialog box, choose Go To Export Actions Folder Now from the After Export menu.
•
(Windows XP) Navigate to \Documents And Settings\
[username]
\Application Data\Adobe\Lightroom\Export
Actions\.
•
(Windows Vista) Navigate to \Users\
[username]
\App Data\Roaming\Adobe\Lightroom\Export Actions\.
•
(Mac
OS) Navigate to /
[user home]
/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Lightroom/Export Actions/.
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Add the item to the Export Actions folder.
Updated 03 September 2009