New script: Copy Metadata

Below is a script to sync ALL metadata between files.

/*
Utility Pack Scripts created by David M. Converse ©2018-21

This script is a demo of syncing metadata

Last modified 6/3/2021

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at

    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
limitations under the License.
*/
#target bridge
if(BridgeTalk.appName == 'bridge'){
    var metaSyncMenu = MenuElement.create('command', 'Sync Metadata', 'at the end of Tools');
    var cmetaSyncMenu = MenuElement.create('command', 'Sync Metadata', 'after Thumbnail/Open', this.menuID); //add to Contextual menu
    metaSyncMenu.onSelect = function(){
        SyncMeta();
        }
    cmetaSyncMenu.onSelect = function(){
        SyncMeta();
        }
    function SyncMeta(){
        try{
            if (ExternalObject.AdobeXMPScript == undefined)  ExternalObject.AdobeXMPScript = new ExternalObject('lib:AdobeXMPScript');
            var thumbs = app.document.selections;
            if(thumbs[0].hasMetadata == true){
                //if(confirm('Apply all metadata from ' + thumbs[0].name + ' to selected files?') == true){
                    var ftMeta = thumbs[0].synchronousMetadata;
                    var ftXMP = new XMPMeta(ftMeta.serialize());
                    var ftUpdatedPacket = ftXMP.serialize(XMPConst.SERIALIZE_OMIT_PACKET_WRAPPER | XMPConst.SERIALIZE_USE_COMPACT_FORMAT);
                    for(i = 1; i < thumbs.length; i++){
                        thumbs[i].metadata = new Metadata(ftUpdatedPacket);       
                        }
                    //}
                }
            }
        catch(e){
            alert(e + e.line);
            }
        }
    }

Thank you so much. I was desperate to have this functionality for my workflow. Is there a way to have this script modified to include: Creator,  Credit Line, Source and Copyright status? Or is there a way to edit the script on my end to do this?

HI, nice script. Is it possible to change it so I can copy metadata från multiple pdfs to other pdfs. If you have the same filenames in diffrent folders?

Example i have several pdf from a catalog containing metadata and whant to transfer all metadata to new pdf from an uppdated catalog.

Best regards Bengt Schröder

Thank you, I'm almost sure they had this feature in Bridge ages ago.

Hi @9yz,

 Thank you very much for sharing this script! I've tried it and works great! I am very happy because I've been waiting for Adobe to make this option available for years hopelessly and had also tried the script referred by @Stephen_A_Marsh but it never worked for me. In my workflow I basically copy and paste description, title and keywords from one image to another but unfortunately title is not included in your scripts. Is there any chance you can update the script to include this field? Many thnaks!

@dashz63429591 – Thank you for sharing!

On a related note:

https://github.com/Paul-Riggott/PS-Scripts/blob/master/Copy%20Metadata.jsx

https://github.com/Paul-Riggott/PS-Scripts/blob/master/Copy%20Paste%20Metadata.jsx