Adobe Photoshop Lightroom CC - Manual (Page 221)

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Slideshows
Last updated 4/20/2015
Add text and metadata to slides
You can add text that appears on every slide, or a unique caption on each slide. For example, you can display the stars
rating that you applied to an image, or the caption that is recorded in an image’s metadata.
1 In the toolbar on the Slideshow module, click ABC.
The Custom Text pop-up menu and text box appear in the toolbar.
2 Do any of the following in the toolbar:
• To create text that displays on all the slides, type the text in the Custom Text box and press Enter (Windows) or
Return (Mac OS).
• To display a caption that is different for each slide, click the Custom Text pop-up menu and choose a metadata
option.
• To use the Text Template Editor to specify the text that appears under each slide, click the Custom Text pop-up
menu and choose Edit. Then, select tokens to create a custom text string. See The Filename Template Editor and
Text Template Editor .
Text Overlays is automatically selected in the Overlays panel, and the text and bounding box appear in the Slide
Editor view.
3 Format the text by doing any of the following in the Text Overlays section of the Overlays panel:
• To choose a text color, click the color box to the right of Text Overlays and choose a color from the pop-up
window.
• To adjust the text opacity, drag the Opacity slider or enter a percentage value.
• To choose a font, click the triangle next to the font name and choose from the pop-up menu.
• To choose a font face, click the triangle next to the face name and choose from the pop-up menu.
4 Do any of the following to position or scale the text or object in the Slide Editor view:
• To adjust the size of the text, drag one of the bounding box handles.
• To move the text to a specific location, drag from within the box.
As you move the text, the bounding box tethers itself to points on the image border. This behavior allows the text to
float next to an image or within an image at a consistent distance from the border, regardless of the size or
orientation of the images.
5 (Optional) If you want to add another text box, click ABC in the toolbar and specify the text options.
Add as many text boxes as needed.
Add a drop shadow to text in a slideshow (Mac OS)
1 In the Slideshow module, click the text in the Slide Editor view.
The text is selected and a bounding box appears.
2 In the Overlays panel, select Shadow.
A preview of the drop shadow with default values appears in the Slide Editor view.
3 Adjust the Shadow options:
Opacity Sets the shadow’s lightness or darkness.
Offset Sets the shadow’s distance from the image.
Radius Sets the hardness or softness of the shadow’s edge.