A lot of what I do uses Extendscript and Action Manager code, which is not really for beginners. Actions are great but have limited logic available.
I have numerous scripts, this is just one example. In this case the script is written to process all open files but I could have it set to do just one and then batch from Bridge. For metadata. I use TransmissionReference to store vendor part number and description to store weight, then write the weight into the headline field because Save for Web deletes description. I have another script to fix that in the finished JPEG.
If you aren't at this level of coding then you may not be able to do what you want and may need to look for other solutions.
//Demo only, not licensed for public use
//Copyright 2024 David M. Converse
#target photoshop
testText();
function testText(){
if(documents.length > 0){
var originalDialogMode = app.displayDialogs;
app.displayDialogs = DialogModes.ERROR;
var originalRulerUnits = preferences.rulerUnits;
preferences.rulerUnits = Units.PIXELS;
var docRef = app.activeDocument;
var fileNameNoExtension = docRef.name;
//text formatting
var size1 = 96;
var size2 = 60;
var size3 = 54;
var size4 = 42;
var font1 = 'Calibri';
var font2 = 'Calibri';
var style1 = 'Bold';
var style2 = 'Regular';
var texth = 220;
var textw = 660;
try{
var vendorItem = '';
var itemWeight = '';
var newText = '';
var LayerRef = null;
var TextRef = null;
if (ExternalObject.AdobeXMPScript == undefined) ExternalObject.AdobeXMPScript = new ExternalObject('lib:AdobeXMPScript');
var xmp = new XMPMeta(docRef.xmpMetadata.rawData);
for(var x = 0; x < documents.length; x++){
activeDocument = documents[x];
docRef = documents[x];
fileNameNoExtension = docRef.name;
vendorItem = '';
itemWeight = '';
newText = '';
LayerRef = null;
TextRef = null;
xmp = new XMPMeta(docRef.xmpMetadata.rawData);
if(xmp.doesPropertyExist(XMPConst.NS_DC, 'description')){
itemWeight = xmp.getLocalizedText(XMPConst.NS_DC, 'description', null, 'x-default');
docRef.info.headline = itemWeight.toString();
}
if(xmp.doesPropertyExist(XMPConst.NS_PHOTOSHOP, 'TransmissionReference')){
vendorItem = xmp.getProperty(XMPConst.NS_PHOTOSHOP, 'TransmissionReference').toString();
}
if(itemWeight == null){
preferences.rulerUnits = originalRulerUnits;
app.displayDialogs = originalDialogMode;
return;
}
vendorItem = vendorItem.toUpperCase();
preferences.rulerUnits = Units.PIXELS;
for(var i = 0; i < docRef.artLayers.length; i++){
if(docRef.artLayers[i].kind == LayerKind.TEXT){
docRef.artLayers[i].remove();
}
}
fileNameNoExtension = docRef.name;
fileNameNoExtension = fileNameNoExtension.split('-');
if(fileNameNoExtension.length > 1){
fileNameNoExtension.length--;
}
fileNameNoExtension = fileNameNoExtension.join('-');
fileNameNoExtension = fileNameNoExtension.split('.');
if(fileNameNoExtension.length > 1){
fileNameNoExtension.length--;
}
fileNameNoExtension = fileNameNoExtension.join('.');
if(vendorItem == ''){
newText = fileNameNoExtension;
}
else{
newText = fileNameNoExtension + '\r(' + vendorItem + ')';
}
if((docRef.name.search('-front') != -1) || (docRef.name.search('-back') != -1)){
if(fileNameNoExtension.length > 6){
app.doAction('2000','Set 1');
}
else{
app.doAction('1800','Set 1');
}
}
LayerRef = docRef.artLayers.add();
LayerRef.kind = LayerKind.TEXT;
TextRef = LayerRef.textItem;
TextRef.kind = TextType.PARAGRAPHTEXT;
TextRef.contents = newText + '\rWeight: ' + itemWeight;
TextRef.position = new Array(425, 425);
preferences.rulerUnits = Units.POINTS;
TextRef.size = size1;
TextRef.useAutoLeading = false;
TextRef.leading = size4;
TextRef.font = font1;
TextRef.style = style1;
TextRef.justification = Justification.CENTER;
TextRef.autoKerning = AutoKernType.METRICS;
layerUpdate();
function setFormatting(start, end, fontName, fontStyle, fontSize){ //format text per input
var idsetd = app.charIDToTypeID('setd');
var action = new ActionDescriptor();
var idnull = app.charIDToTypeID('null');
var reference = new ActionReference();
var idTxLr = app.charIDToTypeID('TxLr');
var idOrdn = app.charIDToTypeID('Ordn');
var idTrgt = app.charIDToTypeID('Trgt');
reference.putEnumerated(idTxLr, idOrdn, idTrgt);
action.putReference(idnull, reference);
var idT = app.charIDToTypeID('T ');
var textAction = new ActionDescriptor();
var idTxtt = app.charIDToTypeID('Txtt');
var actionList = new ActionList();
var textRange = new ActionDescriptor();
var idFrom = app.charIDToTypeID('From');
textRange.putInteger(idFrom, start);
textRange.putInteger(idT, end);
var idTxtS = app.charIDToTypeID('TxtS');
var formatting = new ActionDescriptor();
var idFntN = app.charIDToTypeID('FntN');
formatting.putString(idFntN, fontName);
var idFntS = app.charIDToTypeID('FntS');
formatting.putString(idFntS, fontStyle);
var idSz = app.charIDToTypeID('Sz ');
var idPnt = app.charIDToTypeID('#Pnt');
formatting.putUnitDouble(idSz, idPnt, fontSize);
textRange.putObject(idTxtS, idTxtS, formatting);
actionList.putObject(idTxtt, textRange);
textAction.putList(idTxtt, actionList);
action.putObject(idT, idTxLr, textAction);
app.executeAction(idsetd, action, DialogModes.NO);
}
function layerUpdate(){
try{
preferences.rulerUnits = Units.POINTS;
TextRef.textComposer = TextComposer.ADOBESINGLELINE;
if(TextRef.size == size1){
TextRef.size = size4;
TextRef.font = font2;
TextRef.style = style2;
TextRef.useAutoLeading = false;
TextRef.leading = size4;
var l = TextRef.contents.split(/\r/);
setFormatting(0, l[0].length, font1, style1, size1);
var textFragmentLen = l[0].length + l[1].length + 1;
if(l.length > 2){
setFormatting(textFragmentLen, (textFragmentLen + l[2].length -8), font1, style1, size4);
}
else{
var sectextFragmentLen = l[1].split(':');
setFormatting((textFragmentLen - l[1].length), l[0].length + sectextFragmentLen[0].length + 2, font1, style1, size4);
}
preferences.rulerUnits = Units.PIXELS;
if(TextRef.kind == TextType.PARAGRAPHTEXT){
TextRef.height = texth;
TextRef.width = textw;
TextRef.useAutoLeading = false;
TextRef.leading = size4;
}
app.doAction('Align title', 'Set 1');
app.doAction('Save', 'Set 1');
app.doAction('SFW', 'Set 1');
}
}
catch(e){
alert(e + ' ' + e.line);
return;
}
}
}
}
catch(e){
preferences.rulerUnits = originalRulerUnits;
app.displayDialogs = originalDialogMode;
return;
}
preferences.rulerUnits = originalRulerUnits;
app.displayDialogs = originalDialogMode;
}
else{
alert('You must have a document open to run this script.');
return;
}
}
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