New script: Copy Metadata

[9yz]

Hi all!

I've made a script to fill in a feature missing from Bridge, the ability to copy metadata between files. It currently only supports a limited subset of metadata fields (the ones I use the most), but I'm happy to fufil requests to add more.

Currently, these fields can be copied:

• Headline
• Description
• Keywords
• Alt Text (Alt Text & Extended Description)
• Location (Sublocation, City, State, Country, and Country Code)

Usage:

1. Select a file.
2. Right click > Copy Property... OR Tools > Copy Property...
3. Select the fields you would like to be copied
4. Select the files you would like to paste to
5. Right click > Paste Property OR Tools > Paste Property. You have the option of Overwriting the existing values or Appending, which appends Keywords but overwrites other fields.

Installation:

1. Go to Preferences and select the "Startup Scripts" tab.
2. Click "Reveal Scripts in Explorer"
3. Place the script file in the folder that opens
4. Restart Bridge
5. When prompted upon restarting, choose to enable the script.
6. If the script is not enabled, go to Preferences > Startup Scripts and enable the script, then restart Bridge

You can find the latest version of the script here: https://github.com/9yz/bridge-scripts/blob/main/copyMetadata.jsx

I'm also looking into other useful scripts - my next one will probably be text substitutions (ala PhotoMechanic).

[Stephen_A_Marsh]

@9yz – 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

[9yz]

Hey @Stephen_A_Marsh, thanks for sharing that!

I've saw that script a while ago and tried it out, but it had some problem - it's been a while so I don't remember what. Github shows it as last updated 8 years ago so it may not be compatible with current versions of Bridge.

I wrote my own script to fill this niche, as an excuse to learn ExtendScript, as well as to provide a somewhat cleaner script - Pall Riggott's script is dense, uncommented, and primarially operates out of a single function. My code, while not perfect in this regard, has been separated into multiple functions for readability, has lots of comments, and is structured so that it shouldn't be too difficult to add new metadata fields.

[peres1056407]

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!

[9yz]

Sure thing! I just added it - you can re-download the script from the github repo and install it as normal.

Hope this helps!

[peres1056407]

Many thanks!

[Stephen_A_Marsh]

Sure thing! I just added it - you can re-download the script from the github repo and install it as normal.

Hope this helps!

By @9yz

Thanks again for your contribution, active Bridge scripters are few and far between, so I hope that you can continue to share!

[step31519705xkxe]

Thanks to you all Scripters for scripting and sharing these super helpful addons with us. Chapeau! 

[marcelocplaza]

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