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Hi Folks,
I've been using Lr for a few years to process images for my businesses social media. I include a basic text/graphic overlay to get the message across to those scrolling through their feeds without pause to read posts. My workflow has been to process in Lr, export to jpeg, open Ai template, place jpeg, edit & position text, export to png.
I would like to revisit these workflows to see if I can achieve the same outcomes more efficiently.
I really should have more experience with Ps than I do at this point in my life. regardless...
Can I setup the edit in Ps option in Lr so that it opens into a template? I would like the export to open into document with my graphic/text layer ready to go, so all I have to do is edit the text & export it for instagram.
These aer a couple of examples of the end goal:
As you can see the overlay is really simple.
Any suggestions welcome, thanks for your time.
You can add text and a logo using the print to file feature in Lr as Chuck explains, but the text editing options are very limited.
Have you played with Adobe Spark Post? It is designed for social media graphics like what you are creating. If you put images in a collection that is synced with Lr Mobile you can use them directly in Spark without having to export anything.
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You can do this in Lr. You don’t need Ps or Ai. Create PNG files of your overlay logos, and then use those as custom watermarks in Lr.
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Dave Cross did that at MAX a while ago. I was scrambling to learn how to do it. Not a big LR user, but the technique Theresa mentioned would be perfect for your workflow.
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Thanks for the reply.
It's my understanding that a .png in Lr (or anywhere else) doesn't allow you to edit text, tracking etc ?
Basic text editing combined with .png logo would be fantastic. I just don't see that as possible in Lr?
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Yea, it's a print feature in LR, and you can only print to the printer or jpg file, so it's baked in, but not in the original.
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You can add text and a logo using the print to file feature in Lr as Chuck explains, but the text editing options are very limited.
Have you played with Adobe Spark Post? It is designed for social media graphics like what you are creating. If you put images in a collection that is synced with Lr Mobile you can use them directly in Spark without having to export anything.
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Here is a link to Spark Make Graphics, Videos and Web Pages for Free in Minutes | Adobe Spark
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Thanks folks. I'll have a look & see how I go.