Getting file name to show on photo: New to group. I am an engineer, sorry. Work related this time. Picasa is no longer available. Used to use that to have file name print on report...

MoJoeFrey

New to group. I am an engineer, sorry. Work related this time. Picasa is no longer available. Used to use that to have file name print on report photos. Is there a way to do this? Thanks in advance.

John_F Loc: Minneapolis, MN

I don’t know of any automatic way of doing this. As a temporary but time-consuming fix, take image into Photoshop, then enlarge the Canvas size and check the ‘up’ button. This will leave a white space where you can use the Text tool to put in the words without compromising the image. The type will be on a layer so flatten before saving.

edrobinsonjr Loc: Boise, Idaho

You can get the final version of Picasa here:

https://1drv.ms/u/s!AuE8ZYzPkfMfiEzdlKtVVjN-MReT

rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona

Would any of these work for you?
https://photomarksapp.com/blog/top-10-apps-for-batch-watermarking-photos-on-windows/
--Bob

MoJoeFrey wrote:

New to group. I am an engineer, sorry. Work related this time. Picasa is no longer available. Used to use that to have file name print on report photos. Is there a way to do this? Thanks in advance.

dsmeltz Loc: Philadelphia

You can do it on export in lightroom. What post processing products do you have?

bsprague Loc: Lacey, WA, USA

How do you put the filename on the printed photo in Lightroom Export? I see custom watermarks but don't see how to do the file name.

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Out of curiosity I looked in the Lightroom Classic Print module and there is an option to print the filename on the border. I've never noticed it before!

dsmeltz Loc: Philadelphia

bsprague wrote:

How do you put the filename on the printed photo in Lightroom Export? I see custom watermarks but don't see how to do the file name.

(On edit...)

Out of curiosity I looked in the Lightroom Classic Print module and there is an option to print the filename on the border. I've never noticed it before!

Sorry. I was thinking of a plugin, Mogrify. It lets you pull in EXIF data. I have not done it in a while.

bsprague Loc: Lacey, WA, USA

dsmeltz wrote:

Sorry. I was thinking of a plugin, Mogrify. It lets you pull in EXIF data. I have not done it in a while.

No issues here. Your post did get me to look because I though I knew the Lightroom features! The Print module has a list of EXIF data that can be put on a white margin/border.

The OP wrote he needed it on prints for work. So this would be OK if he has the CC. Maybe is work will let him rent it!

MoJoeFrey

Thank you Ed!

DirtFarmer Loc: Escaped from the NYC area, back to MA

MoJoeFrey wrote:

New to group. I am an engineer, sorry. Work related this time. Picasa is no longer available. Used to use that to have file name print on report photos. Is there a way to do this? Thanks in advance.

IrfanView (Windows only) can produce contact sheets that can easily write the file name under the image (don't know of a way offhand to write the file name ON the image). You can make a contact sheet with only 1 photo on it or you can place several photos on a single page and label each one with the file name.

FastStone might be able to do that, I don't use it so I'm not sure. Both IrfanView and FastStone are freeware.

Lightroom or photoshop can do it but it costs $10/month. If this is the only thing you need the software for, the cost effectiveness will depend on the value of the labelled images to your budget.

via the lens Loc: Northern California, near Yosemite NP

MoJoeFrey wrote:

New to group. I am an engineer, sorry. Work related this time. Picasa is no longer available. Used to use that to have file name print on report photos. Is there a way to do this? Thanks in advance.

Lightroom box, in Print Module. There are several options.

(Download)

Barny

uMark does watermarks which can include metadata ie file name and it is free. Can do multiple images

Patw28 Loc: PORT JERVIS, NY

John_F wrote:

I don’t know of any automatic way of doing this. As a temporary but time-consuming fix, take image into Photoshop, then enlarge the Canvas size and check the ‘up’ button. This will leave a white space where you can use the Text tool to put in the words without compromising the image. The type will be on a layer so flatten before saving.

Wouldn’t this distort the image, Squashing it to provide. a text band within the original image size? e.g. if I shot the image at 3:2 and I add one inch text band to the canvas, then print it at 4x6, doesn’t that squash the original image?

wrangler5 Loc: Missouri

When I used a Windows box I printed with QImage, primarily for its ease in creating layouts of one or many images on a page. It has a feature that lets you put a file name (or most any other EXIF item, IIRC) pretty much anywhere, in any orientation and in any size font.

That software, and particularly that feature, are the principal things that I missed when I switched to a Mac 6 or 7 years ago. I believe there is a Mac version of QImage now, but I don't know if it has the EXIF-in-the-margin facility of the Windows version. (I have discovered a way to use Lightroom collections to accomplish what I used to do with file names, and so have not pursued QImage for the Mac.)

DirtFarmer Loc: Escaped from the NYC area, back to MA

Patw28 wrote:

Wouldn’t this distort the image, Squashing it to provide. a text band within the original image size? e.g. if I shot the image at 3:2 and I add one inch text band to the canvas, then print it at 4x6, doesn’t that squash the original image?

By expanding the canvas you don't change the image. You add white space to the bottom (or top, or either side) of the image. It doesn't preserve the aspect ratio unless you add both vertical and horizontal space.