@Angus5EBE the Exiftool is the simplest and fastest solution. If you still need a Bridge UI solution, here is a script that will find JPEG and PSD files with the same (exact) name and copy the Label, if there is one, from the JPEG to the PSD. The file extension is not case sensitive.
Once the script is installed, look for "Copy Labels (JPEG to PSD)" in the Tools menu. Test it thoroughly before using it on your production files. Info on installing scripts.
#target bridge
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// This script will find JPEG and PSD files with the same (exact) name and copy the Label, if there is one, from the JPEG to the PSD. The file extension is not case sensitive. To change which files are processed., change the values of search1 and search2.
// create menu item in Tools
if (BridgeTalk.appName == 'bridge') {
var copyLabels_Label = "Copy Labels (JPEG to PSD)"; // use unique variable names at this level to avoid conflicts with other StartupScripts
var copyLabels_Version = "2022-10-22";
copyLabels_MenuItem = MenuElement.create("command", copyLabels_Label, "at the end of tools");
}
// when the menu item is clicked, run the script
copyLabels_MenuItem.onSelect = function () {
copyLabels();
}
function copyLabels(){
// UI window
var mainWindow = new Window ('dialog', copyLabels_Label);
mainWindow.alignChildren = ['center','top'];
mainWindow.preferredSize = [300,200];
mainWindow.spacing = 10;
var statictext1 = mainWindow.add('statictext', undefined, "When file names match exactly:");
statictext1.preferredSize.height = 40;
statictext1.alignment = 'fill';
statictext1.justify = 'center';
var statictext2 = mainWindow.add('statictext', undefined, "Copy Label from JPEG to PSD");
statictext2.alignment = 'fill';
statictext2.justify = 'center';
var statictext3 = mainWindow.add('statictext', undefined, "(file extensions are not case senstive)");
statictext3.alignment = 'fill';
statictext3.justify = 'center';
var spacer1 = mainWindow.add('statictext', undefined, "");
var group3 = mainWindow.add('group', undefined);
group3.orientation = 'row';
group3.spacing = 20;
var group3button1 = group3.add('button', undefined, "Run");
group3button1.preferredSize = [80,30];
group3button1.onClick = editXMP
var group3button2 = group3.add('button', undefined, "Cancel");
group3button2.preferredSize = [70,25];
group3button2.onClick = function(){mainWindow.close();}
mainWindow.show();
// Functions
function editXMP(){
// Load the XMP Script library
if ( ExternalObject.AdobeXMPScript == undefined ) {
ExternalObject.AdobeXMPScript = new ExternalObject( "lib:AdobeXMPScript" );
}
var filePass = 0; // variable to count files successfully updated so it can be reported at the end
var items = app.document.visibleThumbnails // array of all visible thumbnails in the active content panel
var itemsCopyFrom = [];
var itemsCopyTo = [];
var search1 = ".jpg|.jpeg"; // primary file - label will be copied to search2 file
var search2 = ".psd"; // copy label to this file
for (var L1 = 0; L1 < items.length; L1++){ // loop through each thumbnail
if(items[L1].name.match(new RegExp( search1, "i" )) != null){ // get just the jpg files
itemsCopyFrom.push(items[L1]);
}
if(items[L1].name.match(new RegExp( search2, "i" )) != null){ // get just the psd files
itemsCopyTo.push(items[L1]);
}
} // CLOSE for (var L1 = 0; L1 < items.length; L1++)
// Since it is much faster to search for an element in an array by its key rather than its value, we create an index array, 'lookup', and copy all of the values from list2 as keys in lookup
var lookup = {};
for (var j in itemsCopyTo) {
var noExt = itemsCopyTo[j].spec.fsName.substring(0, itemsCopyTo[j].spec.fsName.lastIndexOf (".")); // remove extension from file path/name for matching
lookup[noExt] = itemsCopyTo[j];
}
for (var i in itemsCopyFrom) { // find items in itemsCopyFrom in itemsCopyTo
var noExt2 = itemsCopyFrom[i].spec.fsName.substring(0, itemsCopyFrom[i].spec.fsName.lastIndexOf (".")); // remove extension from file path/name for matching
if (typeof lookup[noExt2] != 'undefined') { // if there is a matching file name
// set same label in itemsCopyTo
var label = itemsCopyFrom[i].synchronousMetadata.read("http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/", "Label") // read itemsCopyFrom[i] label
var label2 = lookup[noExt2].synchronousMetadata.read("http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/", "Label") // read itemsCopyTo label
if (label.length > 0 && label != label2){ // if the jpeg has a label. if the png has a label, only write if it is different from the jpeg
// TODO add options to only copy if JPG has a label or only copy if PNG doe not already have a label?
// TODO if JPEG does not have a label and PNG does, should PNG label be deleted?
var xmpFile = new XMPFile(lookup[noExt2].spec.fsName, XMPConst.UNKNOWN,XMPConst.OPEN_FOR_UPDATE); // create an XMP file
var xmp = xmpFile.getXMP(); // get the XMP data
xmp.setProperty (XMPConst.NS_XMP, "Label", label);
if (xmpFile.canPutXMP(xmp)) { // write new XMP to file
xmpFile.putXMP(xmp);
}
xmpFile.closeFile(XMPConst.CLOSE_UPDATE_SAFELY);
filePass++
} // CLOSE if (label != label2)
} // CLOSE if (typeof lookup[noExt2] != 'undefined')
} // CLOSE for (var i in itemsCopyFrom)
mainWindow.close();
alert(filePass+" files updated")
} // CLOSE function editXMP()
} // ClOSE function copyLabels()
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