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June 30, 2018
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Incorrect file info

  • June 30, 2018
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I took a number of photos and processed them in Photoshop. Now the file info says author/copyright is somebody who I have never heard of. I can correct the info one file at the time but not simultaneously correct the info for every file in a folder or every file in a set of folders in a single operation. I have dozens of files with this problem. but there are dozens of files with this error. How did this error occur. What is a fast way to correct the author and copyright fields for all the photos.

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    Correct answer SuperMerlin

    If it is a second hand camera it could contain the last owners information, so check the camera.

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    Kukurykus
    Legend
    June 30, 2018

    Paste it to Notepad and save as "Author and Copyright.jsx" (incl. double quotes) in Adobe Startup Scripts folder, so 'C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Startup Scripts CC\Adobe Bridge CC 2018', and then reopen Bridge. Right click on the folders containing (subfolder with) images where (some) have written Author and Copyright fields and select last item from the commands list: "Author and Copyright". This functionallity will be always available in your Bridge as far as you keep the 'Author and Copyright.jsx' script in mentioned folder.

    If the 'Author and Copyright' item won't be at its place then go to Edit/Preferences/StartupScripts. Then find checkbox with item name and check it. Reopen Bridge and script should be loaded.

    #target bridge

    NtC = new MenuElement('command', 'Author and Copyright', 'at the end of Thumbnail')

    NtC.onSelect = function() {

         function rec(sF, dst, i) {

              if (fld = io(sF)) sF = sF.getFiles(); for(; i < sF.length; i++) {

                   if (io(fof = sF)) dst.push(fof.name), rec(fof, dst, 0)

                   else if((r = /.jpe?g$/i).test(fof)) {

                        (md = new Thumbnail(fof).synchronousMetadata)

                        .namespace = 'http://ns.adobe.com/photoshop/1.0/'

                        md.Author = '', md.Copyright = ''

                   }

              }

              return dst

         }

         function io(v) {return v instanceof Folder}

         if (len = (sel = (ad = app.document).selections).length) {

              for(h = 0; h < len; h++) if (io(spec = sel.spec)) rec(spec, [], 0)

         }

    }

    Participant
    June 30, 2018

    Thanks for the script. I decided to just correct the info in blocks of 10-20 files at a time which always worked. Got it all done. Bridge sporadic if I tried to change more than about 20 files at once.

    Kukurykus
    Legend
    June 30, 2018

    What do you mean by blocks? A folder with 10 - 20 files? So you mean you did that with a script or other way? and if by a script I understand it failed for more than 20 files when running it on a folder (with subfolders) containing your files?

    If there was more than 20 files I guess it could take a time before script finished its job, so at the time of working you saw Bridge freezes. If there were many files it wouldn't let for interaction untill metadata in all files was changed.

    I didn't try it on more than 20 files though, I have to try it. Btw how many files in sum you had to get processed?

    Participant
    June 30, 2018

    I discovered that the previous owner of the D810 had set the copyright and author in the camera. I fixed that issue. Now I am hunting for a fast way to correct all the photos in Bridge. If I go into a folder and select all photos and try to change the data in mass I find I can't type any characters into the Author and Copyright fields.

    SuperMerlin
    SuperMerlinCorrect answer
    Inspiring
    June 30, 2018

    If it is a second hand camera it could contain the last owners information, so check the camera.

    Participant
    June 30, 2018

    You are right - that was the case. thanks.

    D Fosse
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    June 30, 2018

    daniels40941523  wrote

    Now the file info says author/copyright is somebody who I have never heard of.

    That would probably be the person who originally created them and therefore holds the copyright -

    JJMack
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    June 30, 2018

    I would think that would be easy to do using the bridge select all the file then edit their metadata bridge should change all the selected files metadata to what you edited.

    JJMack