Watermark not showing up... sometimes :-(
I just updated to 14.0.4.101. I am really glad the Export tab it back but... when I try to add my logo as a Watermark, it is not showing up on the image so I can move it around. I can see it, I can see the orange Hand but its not on the canvas. The problem is, sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't work.
System: Windows 10 Pro (All latest patches and updates), 32 GB RAM, 28TB of Disk
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This is driving me nuts but I did find a workaround. For grins, even though I can see my logo on the export dialogue box and NOT see it on the preview screen, I exported anyway. Sure enough, the logo in fact shows up in the JPG. Just not on the preview screen. I had to export each image about 3 times to tweak where it was putting the logo (since I couldn't drag n drop even w the orange hand selected). This is very frustrating CaptureONE people - do better.
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Unfortunately, you now must turn on proofing for the individual recipes to see watermarks. This is a new feature in 14.4 and I cannot come up with a good reason why. Just another click in the workflow, and now you may export a copy of a selected image without knowing there is a watermark, unless you proof each recipe. What is strange is you can still move the watermark even though is is not displayed. With proofing turned off, select a recipe with a watermark, change the curser to the watermark move hand, click and drag anywhere on the image and you will see the x:y coordinates change in the Watermark tool.
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very user unfriendly indeed.... how practical is it to have to tweak the watermark blindly :-(
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Sometimes I wonder if Capture One designers take classes on how to make the most unintuative software features possible. I love the program but things like this drive me nuts. I now have a batch of photographs I need to import into Lightroom because I cannot figure out how to apply a fricking watermark that I can see before exporting. This really sucks...
And talking about sucking I just got a response from support for a ticket that took them almost a month to give me a generic answer.
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Ya Marc - I didn't have the Proof icon checked and exported an entire gallery and didn't realize it until I saw the photos w the watermark on it, that I didn't want. It's a bizarre "feature".
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The feature works perfectly with version 20. Why not with version 21. I can't understand why the developers break a working tool.0 -
The drop down export menu and the Export menu tool bar/tab did not always work the same with Watermarks. I use only the menu tool bar/tab now. The proof check is required as noted already. And the export recipe needs the watermark to exist too. I have not had any issues with watermarks not showing up for at least a year now. But like I mentioned, I use the export tool/tab now. Windows 11 machine.
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Need to enable recipe proofing in the View menu
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The Problem:
Watermark preview is not showing before the image is exported.
The Fix:
The fix is "Cmd⌘ + Shift + \" to enable Recipe Proof or select "View" then Select "Recipe Proofing" from the menu. (the other thing that was (confusing/frustrating) up as a new user was "Original filename" Vs "ImageName" Original file name watermarks as "Empty Name" which is not what the files are called :) ImageName watermarks correctly.
Problem (Sequence Count / 4 Digit Counter)
Trying to get numbers watermarked on my images for clients (to reference as the make selection) When I select Sequence Count (in the Export Watermark tool) show as 0 (on all the images) when i select 4 Digit Counter it shows "EmptyName"
The Fix/work around / better way to doit
Rename / import images with Digit Counter and select "Image Name" in the watermark tool.
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Yes, I've since learned about the Proofing button. What still surprises me, after all of these updates, is that this Proofing button doesnt show up on the ribbon by default. That's odd. Who would ever export an image without first proofing it?
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In general, proofing or soft proofing is to view how an image will look using a specific printer/paper ICC profile using a properly calibrated monitor. If printing Epson P00 on Epson Baryta you would create a recipe TIFF whatever size say 8x10) usually with 360ppi for Epson (300ppi for Canon) the and with proofing turned on, you should see an approximation of how the print will look on screen. Using Epson P900 and Epson Legacy Fiber the softproof will show muted saturation and close approximation of what the printed copy should look like. You would probably never export an image for print based on a printer paper ICC profile though some software required it to view the results (DxO PhotoLab until releae 6). The key is to have a properly calibrated monitor and brightness setting. Proofing can also be used to see how the color might appear online e.g srgb
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Here is a link to Anthony Morganti's youtube video discussing soft proofing. It shows how Lightroom can use soft proofing to identify out of gamut colors based on the profile selected. Though he said it was primarily for reviewig what a print might look like, it also whill show how the colors (or colours) look when used for web display (i.e. srgb)
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