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Anonymous
July 19, 2010
Question

Copy filename to iptc description with changes

  • July 19, 2010
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Hello,

I'm looking for a script for copying the filename of a tiff to the description in that same file's iptc, with a couple of contextual changes to the name.

Those changes are:

replace any = with :

replace any * with /

add the prefix "CMS:"

So here's an example:

input

filename: 87*37=6.tif

description:

output

filename: 87*37=6.tif

description: CMS:87/37:6

I had a script that did some of these things for a while, but it was quite slow and I don't know how to rewrite it.

Thank you in advance for any help,

Lewis

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Paul Riggott
Paul Riggott
Inspiring
July 19, 2010

This is the same script as before with an extra line to change the asterisk..


#target bridge   
   if( BridgeTalk.appName == "bridge" ) {  
FileNameToDesc = MenuElement.create("command", "Add FileName to Description", "at the end of Thumbnail");
}
FileNameToDesc.onSelect = function () { 
   updateFileName();
   }
      
function updateFileName(){
 loadXMPLib();
var Prefix = "CMS:";
var sels = app.document.selections; 
for(var a in sels){
var thumb = new Thumbnail(sels); 
   if(thumb.hasMetadata){ 
      var selectedFile = thumb.spec;    
      var myXmpFile = new XMPFile( selectedFile.fsName, XMPConst.UNKNOWN, XMPConst.OPEN_FOR_UPDATE);       
      var myXmp = myXmpFile.getXMP();    
      var Name = decodeURI(sels.name).replace(/\.[^\.]+$/, '');
      Name = Name.replace(/\*/g,'/');
        Name = Prefix + Name.replace(/\=/g,':');
      myXmp.deleteProperty(XMPConst.NS_DC, "description"); 
      myXmp.setLocalizedText( XMPConst.NS_DC, "description", null, "x-default",Name ); 
      if (myXmpFile.canPutXMP(myXmp)) { 
    myXmpFile.putXMP(myXmp);
         myXmpFile.closeFile(XMPConst.CLOSE_UPDATE_SAFELY); 
         } 
      } 
}
unloadXMPLib();
}
function loadXMPLib(){
if (ExternalObject.AdobeXMPScript == undefined) {
    ExternalObject.AdobeXMPScript = new ExternalObject("lib:AdobeXMPScript");
 }
}
function unloadXMPLib(){ 
   if( ExternalObject.AdobeXMPScript ) { 
      try{ 
         ExternalObject.AdobeXMPScript.unload(); 
         ExternalObject.AdobeXMPScript = undefined; 
      }catch (e){ } 
   } 
}
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