Automate File Info Metadata extractions in Photoshop

[sjwhittman]

I'd like to take a collection of photographs and extract the same descriptive piece of metadata from IPTC (photoshop file->file info) for each photo, create a Text layer, copy the info to it, and then save as a JPG as a means of creating titles for each photo.

I can do this on an individual photo but have not been able to find a way to batch up this process as no "Actions" are capable of recording the events of "opening the file, file info MENU, selecting the IPTC data component, and copying & pasting the data into the Text layer.

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[Abambo]

May be you should try Javascript?

The scripting subforum may be of help.

[Chuck Uebele]

You can use this script to put the info in the description field into a text layer. Of course, you would want to change the script to format the size of the font, and the position.

#target photoshop
var doc = activeDocument;
var txtLayer = doc.artLayers.add()
txtLayer.kind = LayerKind.TEXT;
var textItemRef = txtLayer.textItem;
txtLayer.position = [100,100];
textItemRef.contents= doc.info.caption
textItemRef.size=50

[Tomasz_MW]

Hi, how could I extract data from exif file (eg. date, time, focal lenght) to text layer. Is there something like doc.info.exif [date]? I was trying a few different things, I typed :

textItemRef.contents= doc.info.exif[]

all I got is text "Array".

[Tomasz_MW]

ok, I've figured it out: 

textItemRef.contents= doc.info.exif[i][j];

i - number of records in exif file, can vary between different cameras, each record has 2 "j" values: 0 and 1 (eg. 0 - Make, 1 - Nikon ; 0 - ISO, 1 - 800) 

[richardcastro125]

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