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Your copyright notice is very important. It lets would-be infringers know that you take your copyright seriously. See our blog on © is for Copyright, if you haven't already read it. This is very important, as there are only three legal forms of a copyright notice, and even seasoned photographers often list their copyright incorrectly. Arghhh! Also, for those who don't know how to make the © symbol, directions are here for that, too. Remember (c) is not acceptable as the copyright symbol. You really need that "c" enclosed in a circle! Making a template in Lightroom for your copyright notice is actually easier than you might think. For those who come to our workshops, please set yours up before you arrive, and I will double check it to make sure you haven't missed anything. These directions are for the latest version of Lightroom. If you have an earlier version, the principles are the same, although the path may be slightly different. If you do not have any images "in" Lightroom, "import" just one from this year. I use quotes, as your photographs are not actually imported into Lightroom, only thumbnails for the images and the ability to work on the photographs. Your photographs are exactly where you put them, onto either your computer or your external hard drive. For those to whom this sounds like some obscure language, there are some great tutorials on different functions and aspects of Lightroom by Adobe developer and guru Julieanne Kost listed on our Resources page. Now that you have at least one image from the current year visible in Lightroom, make sure you are in Library module, grid view (multiple images showing in main box), and click on the image to select it. If you have a folder with more than one image, click on the first image in the folder. (Figure 1)
In the right panel (check out some Lightroom basics on our blog if the panel doesn't show), scroll down to the Metadata section and make sure it is open (click the triangle to the right of "Metadata" if it is closed). (Figure 2) Click on the up-down arrows to the right of the field on the left and select EXIF and IPTC. Now click on the up-down arrows to the right of the field labeled Preset and select Edit Presets ... at the bottom. (Figure 2)
The fields are already filled in below (Figure 3), because none of my images is without a copyright notice. Hopefully, you will follow this same example. Be sure to click on the Check None button at the bottom left before you start filling out fields. The critical sections are the ones highlighted in yellow. The underlined and other sections are a matter of personal preferences. For those who have already made a copyright preset, click the down arrow to the right of the Preset field, and select your saved preset, then mimic, where appropriate, the example below.
Unless you sell rights to your images, you may want to alter the Rights Usage Terms to read: No rights granted without prior written permission. You will also see how I have modified my e-Mail addresses to make them less identifiable to web robots that harvest e-mails for Spamming. Any real person with a real brain can figure out what your e-mail is, and if they can't, you don't want to be dealing with them anyway! Generally, I do not recommend putting in your cell phone. The idea of Spammers eating up my minutes is not appealing! (Figure 3) When you are finished, click on the Done button at the lower right. Depending upon whether you are starting from scratch or editing an existing template, a box will pop up like one in the two rows below. In the case of the first row, when you click on Save As ... (Figure 4), the second box wil pop up, in which you'll type your name and Copyright (Figure 5). For those who are modifying an existing copyright, you will see something similar to what is shown in the second row (Figure 6).
Up to now, you have only created or modified your copyright preset. It's time to apply the preset to all your images in that folder. In Library module, select All your images (CTRL-A for PC and CMD-A for Mac), and in the right panel, just under the Metadata heading, click the up-down arrow beside Preset "None" (Figure 2) and select your own copyright preset. Ta-daaa! After a moment, you will see your copyright information appear in the appropriate fields under the Metadata bar in the right panel. Be sure to both Save (CMD-S or CTRL-S) all the images, then Deselect (CTRL-D or CMD-D) all of them, lest you mistakenly apply your next rating to all your images instead of just one! Now, every time you import your images through Lightroom, you may apply your copyright as part of the import process in the Apply During Import section in the right panel of the Import window. Don't forget that before January 1 of each year, you should return and edit your preset so that it is updated with the new year for future imports! Or, you might do what I do, and that is make a new preset for the new year, just making the year adjustments in my template and saving it as a new template. First, go to the previous/current year's template and change the year wherever it appears in your template. You will now see (edited) appear next to the name of your template. (Figure 7)
In order to create a new template, click on the drop-down arrow next to Preset: and select Save Current Settings as New Preset. You will see a new window pop up that says the Name is already in use. (Figure 8)
Don't panic. Simply type in your new year's copyright template name and click on the Create button, and you're all set for next year! (Figure 9)
Congratulations! You have taken an important step in protecting your images from would-be thieves.  |
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