Can Lightroom add a visible timestamp from EXIF data to exported photos for a timelapse?
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I’m creating a long timelapse and want each exported frame to show the capture time in a corner of the image, using the photo’s EXIF date/time metadata. Can Lightroom or LRTimelapse do this directly during export, or do I need a plugin or external tool?
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Imagemagik's mogrify tool is ideal for this. And with the LR adding "LR/Mogrify 2": https://www.photographers-toolbox.com/products/lrmogrify2.php you can make it part of your export process in LR. I use it to stamp preview images with an image number so customers can identify which pictures they want.
The command you want to use is mogrify -annotate: https://www.imagemagick.org/script/command-line-options.php#annotate
The command line attributes for mogrify look daunting but their use forum are helpful and once you get it working you can just leave it :-). Here is an example form their users forum that is a good starting point for what you want: https://www.imagemagick.org/discourse-server/viewtopic.php?t=20673#p82956
Note further in the post is discussion around running this on Windows - so depending on what platform you are it may or may not be relevant.
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Lightroom itself isn’t described here as doing this natively, but you can add a visible EXIF-based timestamp as part of your workflow with external tools.
Two options mentioned:
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ImageMagick + LR/Mogrify 2
This integrates with Lightroom’s export process and can overlay text onto exported images. The relevant ImageMagick command ismogrify -annotate, which can be configured to place timestamp text on each image. -
FastStone Image Viewer
FastStone’s batch conversion tools can also stamp date/time text onto image files. It’s a separate step, but useful if you don’t need direct Lightroom integration.
For a timelapse, the usual approach is to export your frames, apply the timestamp overlay in batch, then assemble the video. Test on copies first so your originals remain untouched.
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