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September 1, 2015
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copy filename to the Headline field in the IPTC

  • September 1, 2015
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I'd like to copy filename to the Headline field in the IPTC, can anyone help me? I am using Bridge CC, but could do it in CS6. I am on a Mac. I need to do this to all images in a folder.

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Stephen Marsh
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July 5, 2018

For historical record, this 3 year old unanswered question is now covered in another post:

Re: Copy Filename to IPTC Keywords

// https://forums.adobe.com/thread/656144  

// https://forums.adobe.com/message/9744916  

// https://forums.adobe.com/message/9745231  

#target bridge  

addNametoMeta = {};  

addNametoMeta.execute = function(){  

  var sels = app.document.selections;  

  for (var i = 0; i < sels.length; i++){  

var md = sels.synchronousMetadata;  

    md.namespace = "http://ns.adobe.com/photoshop/1.0/";  

    var Name = decodeURI(sels.name).replace(/\.[^\.]+$/g, ' '); //remove extension  

    md.Headline = md.Headline + Name;  

  }  

}  

if (BridgeTalk.appName == "bridge"){  

var menu = MenuElement.create( "command", "Filename to XMP and IPTC Headline", "at the end of Tools");  

  menu.onSelect = addNametoMeta.execute;