Today’s Question: I thoroughly enjoyed watching your presentations and have learned a few tips along the way. I would also be grateful if you could share how you managed to show your logo in the panel of Lightroom Classic.
Tim’s Quick Answer: You can add a custom panel end mark in Lightroom Classic by creating a PNG file for this purpose, saving it to the appropriate folder, and selecting it from the “End Marks” popup in Preferences.
More Detail: Panel end marks are graphics that appear at the bottom of the left and right panels in all modules in Lightroom Classic. By default you can choose between a small flourish or “None”. But you can also create your own custom graphic for these end marks. I use my GreyLearning logo as the end mark as a bit of branding, but you can create any end mark you’d like.
The first step is to create a PNG file of no more than 250 pixels wide (I find that a width of 150 pixels works great). You can use transparency for this PNG file if you’d like a logo to blend into the background of the panel. You can also use a simple graphic and save it as a PNG. Photoshop is a good tool for creating, editing, and saving an image as a PNG.
With the PNG file created, you can go to the Preferences dialog in Lightroom Classic and select the Interface tab. Click the End Marks popup in the Panels section and choose “Go to Panel Marks Folder”. This will take you to the applicable folder in the operating system, creating it in the process if it doesn’t exist. Copy your PNG file to that folder, and then restart Lightroom Classic.
Return to the Preferences dialog, and on the Interface tab you’ll now be able to choose your image from the End Marks popup. Once you’ve done so, your graphic will appear at the bottom of the left and right panels.
