but when add in the image, it will appear with white background, I dunno u get what I mean? as in it will appear as a rectangular shape image instead of words shape. I wonder can make the white background transparent or not

You have to save the watermark in a transparent .png file.

Hihi, new LR user.. mine is v3.2.. wanna ask, hw i edit watermark in batch ? thx

Go into the export options and tick watermark

But some i need them in certain position... hw to align it differently ?

if like that i think you need to do one by one leh...

thought LR would b better for photo editting. Anyway, i heard if put RAW photos to LR, it will automatically adjust.

Btw, hw to do a B&W photos with certain part (eg. the background is B&W, the model in color) in LR ?

This post has been edited by louis6: Dec 27 2012, 02:27 PM

that is do not think you can do it in LR... that is Color isolation but if cannot means u need to use PS already...
that involves layer if not mistaken, sorry duno much as i do not do it...

Easy job , use brush tools, set ur saturation -100 and brush ur background, then ur bg will be b&w and ur model stil remain colour

that will be a lot of work, consider those small gaps and hairs

It will also be a lot of work in Photoshop. However it's faster in PS because, well, better performance, and it is more flexible. Usually I say general editing/adjustments to the whole image and gradients: Lightroom. Editing certain regions of an image, actual manipulation? Photoshop.

LR shines for example when you are working with many RAW files, you can just synchronize the settings. You can also always go back to the photo and change any setting. In PS at least the RAW developing part is done once done, you'd have to start all over if you need to change something. And you will need to do everything for each file individually, rather than edit once and apply to the rest.

Basically if you can do it in LR you can probably also do it in PS, the other way doesn't always work. However PS is much more expensive, difficult and time consuming.

Thanks for all sifus, I'll try after I'm done with my finals and upload here

can.. why not
go down to the saturation part which has diff color for it
lets say ur object is red color, then set red to 0 or more, the rest of the color drag to -100

if got hairs and small gap.. i think need to switch to PS ad

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Added on December 30, 2012, 12:22 pmlike this one, everything done in LR

Merc SL65 by Song laa, on Flickr

This post has been edited by teetaatee: Dec 30 2012, 12:22 PM

Only works when your subject has a totally different colour from the rest of your picture (works best if your subject consists of only 1 colour).

Trying isolating your human subject from other human subjects in a picture?

ya.. if thats the case, then need to use PS liao

I'm no sifu in Lightroom or Photoshop, but I can tell you that it depends on the complexity of the subject you're trying to isolate.

If there are no tricky situations such as micro details like hair and stuff, you can just:

1) Grab a brush tool and set saturation to -100 and brush off the entire picture.
2) Then use an eraser and erase off the effects on your subject. This is a lot easier than grabbing another brush tool just to saturate your subject back.

This is a simple method to use in Lightroom but the result won't be as good as in Photoshop lar, especially if you're picky with the finer details

For Photoshop, I believe it's by using masking and layers. For the methods, can try youtube

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Added on December 30, 2012, 4:42 pmUntil now, I'm still so n00b in using Photoshop, except for cloning off some stuff

This post has been edited by -kytz-: Dec 30 2012, 04:42 PM

for PS, its quite easy
set the entire pic's saturation to -100
then grab the "History brush" under brush
then just brush the object that u want it to be in color

I add a saturation and dunno what adjustment layer, set saturation to 0. Then I use a brush and select the masking thing of the adjustment layer. Depending on what is less work I either fill the masking thing white or black, and then use the other color to paint in the saturation (or remove it). Advantage is I can use the x key to switch from white to black and vice versa, so I can easily add or remove if I have done too much. Also this way I can still adjust the amount of saturation I want, and I can change the brush size and the sharpness all the time depending on what I am painting on. I do have a graphics tablet, so that also helps a lot.

I think the most important skill in PS is to know how to work with layers and this masking thing, and to do it ALL THE TIME. It's very easy, and it makes life so much easier. Do it for everything, because you'll be able to adjust later. You just have to get used to it. I've had a photo with about 100 layers, where I was then told to change something that was done long time ago. Took me a minute to find the layer, and then a few seconds more to do the actual change, rather than having to select etc. from scratch.

Question.
I noticed that the JPEG files I exported from RAW->JPEG are way smaller than JPEG I got directly from my camera. ~2mb vs ~7mb. Any idea why?

Photo size is the same (4928 x 3264).