adding the image no as a copyright in photoshop

[pauls64910549]

I use photo mechanic to download my memory cards and renumber the images to something appropriate to the images on the card, and also a date.
so for instance the images number will look like - 
2116021-Bgrove-nnnnn.jpg. this translates to yr day month download-loctaion- and sequential number.

What I would like to do is have this number as part of my copyright notice on the image - so in effect every copyright notice is unique to the image.

This way is someone screen shots the image on their phone and then sends me the screen shot I can easily identify the image

[Stephen Marsh]

Ah, that should be easy enough to fix, JJMack touched upon this earlier but I was hoping to avoid having to factor this in, oh well.

[Stephen Marsh]

I can't reproduce your results, does this slight adjustment produce a different result?

/* 

Ultimate Images Watermarker v1B.jsx

adding the image no as a copyright in photoshop
https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop/adding-the-image-no-as-a-copyright-in-photoshop/td-p/11834851

Original script modified by Stephen Marsh 2021

*/

#target photoshop

function waterMarker() {

    if (documents.length > 0) {

        // Save the original dialog display
        var originalDialogMode = app.displayDialogs;
        app.displayDialogs = DialogModes.ERROR;
        // Save the original ruler units
        var originalRulerUnits = app.preferences.rulerUnits;
        // Set the working units
        app.preferences.rulerUnits = Units.PIXELS;
        // Save the original resolution
        var originalRes = app.activeDocument.resolution;
        // Set the working resolution
        app.activeDocument.resolution = 72;

        try {

            // Add copyright metadata
            app.activeDocument.info.copyrighted = CopyrightedType.COPYRIGHTEDWORK;
            app.activeDocument.info.copyrightNotice = "Copyright \xA9 Ultimate Images 2021";

            // add a text layer
            var LayerRef = app.activeDocument.artLayers.add();
            LayerRef.kind = LayerKind.TEXT;
            var textRef = LayerRef.textItem;

            var fileNameNoExtension = app.activeDocument.name;
            fileNameNoExtension = fileNameNoExtension.replace(/\.[^\.]+$/, '');

            // Escaped copyright symbol = \xA9
            textRef.contents = "\xA9 Ultimate Images 2021 \xA9" + "\r" + "Please respect our copyright" + "\r\r" +
                "\xA9 Ultimate Images 2021 \xA9" + "\r" + "Please respect our copyright" + "\r\r" +
                "\xA9 Ultimate Images 2021 \xA9" + "\r" + "Please respect our copyright" + "\r\r" +
                "Code: " + fileNameNoExtension;

            textRef.position = new Array(0, 0);
            app.preferences.rulerUnits = Units.POINTS;
            textRef.size = 30;
            textRef.useAutoLeading = false;
            textRef.leading = 25;
            textRef.font = 'Times-Italic';
            textRef.justification = Justification.CENTER;
            var textColor = new SolidColor;
            textColor.rgb.red = 255;
            textColor.rgb.green = 255;
            textColor.rgb.blue = 255;
            textRef.color = textColor;

            app.preferences.rulerUnits = Units.PIXELS;

            // Blend mode
            app.activeDocument.activeLayer.blendMode = BlendMode.DIFFERENCE;

            // Opacity
            app.activeDocument.activeLayer.opacity = 100.0;

            // Conditional resize layer by portrait or landscape orientation
            if (app.activeDocument.height > app.activeDocument.width) {
                scaleP();
            } else {
                scaleL();
            }

            // Reset the original settings
            app.preferences.rulerUnits = originalRulerUnits;
            app.displayDialogs = originalDialogMode;
            app.activeDocument.resolution = originalRes;

            function scaleP() {
                var iLayer = app.activeDocument.activeLayer;
                app.activeDocument.activeLayer = iLayer;
                var scale = Math.min(app.activeDocument.width / (iLayer.bounds[2] - iLayer.bounds[0]), app.activeDocument.width / (iLayer.bounds[3] - iLayer.bounds[1]));
                // Scale to 90% of canvas
                iLayer.resize(scale * 90, scale * 90);
                // Centre the text layer on canvas
                iLayer.translate(app.activeDocument.width / 2 - (iLayer.bounds[0] + iLayer.bounds[2]) / 2, app.activeDocument.height / 2 - (iLayer.bounds[1] + iLayer.bounds[3]) / 2);
            }

            function scaleL() {
                var iLayer = app.activeDocument.activeLayer;
                app.activeDocument.activeLayer = iLayer;
                var scale = Math.min(app.activeDocument.width / (iLayer.bounds[2] - iLayer.bounds[0]), app.activeDocument.height / (iLayer.bounds[3] - iLayer.bounds[1]));
                // Scale to 90% of canvas
                iLayer.resize(scale * 90, scale * 90);
                // Centre the text layer on canvas
                iLayer.translate(app.activeDocument.width / 2 - (iLayer.bounds[0] + iLayer.bounds[2]) / 2, app.activeDocument.height / 2 - (iLayer.bounds[1] + iLayer.bounds[3]) / 2);
            }

        } catch (e) {
            // Reset the original settings
            app.preferences.rulerUnits = originalRulerUnits;
            app.displayDialogs = originalDialogMode;
            app.activeDocument.resolution = originalRes;

            return;
        }
    }
}

// Create a single history step
app.activeDocument.suspendHistory("Watermarker Script", "waterMarker()");

[pauls64910549]

Many thanks to all - this is now working as needed, both standalone and in batch