Batch Append XMP to TIFFs

Thanks Bob.

Jorge,

Ah, I see.

It's a natural for a scripted feature. I'll put it on our list of scripts to do, but there's a limit to how many we can get done.

I would hope that some enterprising scripter out there would see this message and get going on it.

Bob
Adobe Workflow Scripting

This is not what I am trying to do Bob. Each photo will have different descriptive information and each photo will at this point have a RAW and a converted tiff. I know how to make Templates.

In other words I would like to be able to apply the unique descriptive information to the XMP files associated with the RAWs for each photo and later apply them as a batch to the TIFFs.

The way I am doing it now is to create a "Find Results" pane in Bridge. I then highlight the RAW and TIFF which will be together side by side in the "Results Pane" and apply my IPTC edits to the two files together as a set. The problem with this method is that it really slows down Bridge to a grind. Updating the XMP sidecar files of the individual RAWs first and then being able to Append the updated information to the TIFF in a batch would be much more efficient.

You do not need a script to do this.

There is a batch apply of metadata templates.

To use it:

1. create a blank/empty PSD file in Photoshop.
2. Open it's file info in Bridge.
3. Set the keywords you want.
4. Save the metadata as a template.
5. Select files in bridge.
6. Tools -> Append Metadata -> [your template name]

Bob Adobe WAS Scripting