Joexx

Suggestions for a LR plugin or stand alone software product, please:
I am using LR Classic (current version on desktop). I would like to have the ability to apply a watermark to the photo with any of the EXIF data when I export to a JPEG. The fields I most likely want to use are the (LR names) "Label", "Title","Caption" and perhaps "GPS" fields. It would be a plus if I could choose any of the EXIF data fields.

I mostly just want the ability to have on my photos a description of where/what the photo is. A watermark at the bottom works fine. I know you can add this data thru the print option, but that puts the info outside of the picture. I want it on the picture. I display photos on a photo screen and it is nice for viewers able to see what/where they are from.
I have found quite a few products/add-ons that are available. Most of them have many functions to do additional changes to the exported JPEG (resize, change, fix etc). I do not need any of that, I just want to put info on the photo at the bottom. Any suggestions are appreciated.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Interesting desire. Could come in handy.
Maybe multiple EXIF fields?

Joexx

I do not understand your suggestion.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Not a suggestion, per se.
If you found software to print info from the EXIF data, as you stated, why should they stop at being able to use just one or two fields from the EXIF information? Being able to select multiple fields would be nice.

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

I suspect ImageMagick might have that capability. Haven't tried it but maybe I'll do some experiments in my Copious Free Time.

ImageMagick is open source software. I have used it on Windows but haven't tried it on my MacBook yet.

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

Mogrify
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0OFBA_vK18

Thread from dpreview.com, 2017
https://www.dpreview.com/forums/thread/4132694

Joexx

Yes, I agree. I did look at several solutions that will allow you to select a few of the EXIF fields. All of them just had a limited number of fields. From a programming pov, why not code for all or most of the fields. All of the solutions I looked at had a very poor selection of EXIF data. Most did allow multiple fields to be selected. But, most of the fields you could display, I can see no reason to ever put on a photo.

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

There are a LOT of data in the EXIF fields that would probably not be very useful on the photo (I'm generalizing here, there could always be special needs for special photos).

Camera serial number (although you MIGHT want to know which camera you used if you have multiple bodies)
Maximum aperture for the lens
Pixel X and Y dimensions
EXIF Version
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Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Agreed, but if someone wanted to do so, it would be nice to be able to select the fields, or even concatenate them.
I can see all the EXIF info on the computer, but if I make a print....

Joexx

Yes, good, that turned out to be a solution. You need 2 products (in Windows) installed. ImageMagic and LR/Mogrify 2 as a plugin to Lightroom that essentially adds some additional options to the LR 'Export" page. At first, looking at the online descriptions of it, I thought it had the same limits as other products. The online samples showed a very limited of EXIF data selections in the 'drop down'. But I decided to install it and see if there were other items. It turns out they also have quite a few IPTC fields, which have all the fields I really want such as Title & Caption. Thanks for the solution.