Other Caption Options for Indesign CC

[BenBrownJr.]

Hello one and all. 

I would like to use the caption from metadata feature in indesign to a better extent than what is default currently. Among the many choices, there is none listed for time. My goal is to use the static metadata caption as a date and timestamp for a particular image. Is this a feature available I have yet to update to, or is there an easy script I need to run to obtain this option? My IT dept. doesn't allow for massive changes in default configuration of products, so any advice is welcome. 

Thanking you in advance. 

[Steve Werner]

I believe that InDesign captions require the use of XMP metadata. You can read about it here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extensible_Metadata_Platform

Are you able to get your IT department to create custom XMP for your project?

[BenBrownJr.]

Thank you Steve. The answer to custom XMP isn't an option, but this opens up another question, of a sorts: the metadata I am hoping to capture in the creation date from Photoshop. The data I am looking for are from screenshots to track the project of a particular project. The exact data I need to capture is listed Creation Date and Modification Date in Photoshop, and yes, it is XMP data (I never noticied the logo in the left-hand corner prior). However, when I attempt to dram that data into InDesign, the naming conventions are not exact (which I know isn't always an issue), but the result is nonetheless the same: I get the date just fine, but not the time. I am enclosing images if that helps matters any.

It also just might be that this functionality does not yet exist as a caption option in InDesign at this time. Again, thanks. XMP Data In PhotoshopMetadata Caption in InDesign

[Geоrge]

>> static metadata caption as a date

https://books.google.ru/books?id=k8_pXErxOdoC&pg=PA190&lpg=PA190&dq=insert+date+caption+indesign&sou...

[BenBrownJr.]

Hello George. Yes, I am able to obtain that data, but for some reason, the time associated with the data isn't porting over, and it isn't an option in InDesign for some reason. I did reply to Steve in this thread with screenshots to hopefully illustrate my challenge, and thank you for responding. 

[Steve Werner]

XMP metadata is used the most in Adobe Bridge, and it may be that you could get in touch with an expert in that forum. Worth a try:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/bridge/bd-p/bridge?page=1&sort=relevance&filter=all

[Geоrge · Accepted solution]

I think you're just not extend your text frame over the image. 

It looks normal on my side (ID 2020):

[BenBrownJr.]

Thank you George! I was using Captions, when I should have been using Variables.