topic Re: Adding copyright information in EOS DSLR & Mirrorless Cameras

Adding copyright information

Sandesh1 — Thu, 14 May 2020 07:10:28 GMT

I owned Canon EOS 77D, and I am trying to add copyright information but unable to find the option to add.
Pls can someone help me to find the solution.

Re: Adding copyright information

Peter — Thu, 14 May 2020 09:17:25 GMT

Re: Adding copyright information

kvbarkley — Thu, 14 May 2020 14:05:06 GMT

See the star in the heading of the manual exerpt Peter helpfully supplied? That means you must be in one of the creative modes, like P or M, to see these options

Re: Adding copyright information

ebiggs1 — Thu, 14 May 2020 14:14:42 GMT

"Pls can someone help me to find the solution."

If you were asking how to put it on a photo, that requires a post editor like Lightroom. Remember the EXIF does not display.

Re: Adding copyright information

RobertTheFat — Thu, 14 May 2020 15:30:58 GMT

@ebiggs1 wrote:
"Pls can someone help me to find the solution."

If you were asking how to put it on a photo, that requires a post editor like Lightroom. Remember the EXIF does not display.

BTW, Canon, that would be a simple and very helpful enhancement to DPP.

Re: Adding copyright information

Waddizzle — Thu, 14 May 2020 17:49:00 GMT

This task is a piece of cake when you use the EOS Utlity and a USB cable.

Re: Adding copyright information

BurnUnit — Thu, 14 May 2020 20:56:03 GMT

Irfanview (free to download) will also allow you to bulk process and watermark your images with copyright information.

Re: Adding copyright information

RobertTheFat — Thu, 14 May 2020 23:42:06 GMT

@Waddizzle wrote:
This task is a piece of cake when you use the EOS Utlity and a USB cable.

Depends on what you mean by "this task". Adding it to the Exif data, yes. Imprinting it on the picture, no.

Re: Adding copyright information

Sandesh1 — Mon, 18 May 2020 08:23:19 GMT

Thanks Peter and KV berkley for your solution. I find that option and added my information in my camera.
But that copyright information is not showing in image. Should I do anything more in the settings or did I done anything wrong?

Re: Adding copyright information

Peter — Mon, 18 May 2020 08:57:17 GMT

The copyright information is saved in Exif. Take a picture and upload it to, for example Jeffrey's Image Metadata Viewer.

Compare the Exif from my jpeg.

Re: Adding copyright information

Sandesh1 — Mon, 18 May 2020 09:59:34 GMT

Peter, I didn’t get this. I should upload it to where?

Re: Adding copyright information

Peter — Mon, 18 May 2020 12:40:07 GMT

There are many Exif viewers. I just picked the one I prefer.
If you use DPP4 I think Ctrl+I will show you the Exif data.

Exif is embedded and not visible when looking at the picture. If you want your name on the picture you should search for watermark instead.

Re: Adding copyright information

Stephen — Mon, 18 May 2020 12:36:23 GMT

This doesn't add a watermark - the copyright information will not be visible on the image, it's in the embedded EXIF information of the image. For a watermark, you will need to use your post-processing (editing) software of choice.

Re: Adding copyright information

BurnUnit — Mon, 18 May 2020 13:07:58 GMT

I get the impression that he wants his copyright information to show somewhere on the face of the image itself. Like a small imprint at the bottom of his photos that states something like "Sandesh1, © 2020". This would have to be applied after the fact to a copy of the image as a watermark. It can be done in Photoshop and probably any other of the better photo editors.

Or without buying any additional software it can also be done with a free download of Irfanview. Plus Irfanview has a lot of other handy features for things like file renaming and image resizing. I've never seen anything in the Canon software that will add a watermark to your images.

. . .And once again, Stephen is on the case.

Re: Adding copyright information

RobertTheFat — Mon, 18 May 2020 13:51:55 GMT

@Stephen wrote:
This doesn't add a watermark - the copyright information will not be visible on the image, it's in the embedded EXIF information of the image. For a watermark, you will need to use your post-processing (editing) software of choice.

Ah, but what if your post-processing software of choice is DPP4 (as it is in my case)? Wouldn't it be a fine idea to add that capability to that otherwise highly capable editor? AFAIK, it isn't there now.

Re: Adding copyright information

ebiggs1 — Mon, 18 May 2020 13:51:03 GMT

Correcton....

"Wouldn't it be a fine idea to add that capability to that otherwise ~~highly~~ slightly capable editor?"

Re: Adding copyright information

RobertTheFat — Tue, 19 May 2020 00:41:03 GMT

@ebiggs1 wrote:
Correcton....
"Wouldn't it be a fine idea to add that capability to that otherwise ~~highly~~ slightly capable editor?"

Yeah, Ernie, we all know how you feel about DPP. We also know that you've barely tried it. So your opinion is worth about as much as my opinion of Lightroom. But FWIW, I do acknowledge that LR is probably very good at what it does best.

Re: Adding copyright information

ebiggs1 — Tue, 19 May 2020 14:51:54 GMT

And...."But FWIW, I do acknowledge that LR DPP4 is probably very good at what it does best. Just not enough!

"We also know that you've barely tried it."

Robert you might be surprised there, my friend.