XMP text injection.

[rob art | illustration]

Hi

Is there a way to inject plain text into a XMP namespace via a plugin created in UXP Developer Environment? I have a textarea, and want to have the text in the text area be saves into the documents XMP metadata when it's saved. Can this be done and how?

[creative explorer · Accepted solution]

@rob art | illustration Yes, this technically can be possible be done using the UXP (Unified Extensibility Platform) API in Photoshop. The uxp module provides access to the Adobe XMP Core and XMP Files libraries, allowing you to read, create, and modify metadata within a document. Maybe this video will give you a better context of creating and running your own plugin. Developing a Photoshop Plugin with UXP #1 https://youtu.be/QP_0VzcFOa4?si=uiFuKPmfLatiBDcY

[rob art | illustration]

Yes, thanks I managed to achive my goal, so all is good now.
Thanks for the input!

[Stephen Marsh]

@rob art | illustration 

It would help others in the same position if you were to share in more detail.

[rob art | illustration]

Yep. I wrote a PDF document outlining it all, I will post to my site and share when it's up.

Rob

[rob art | illustration]

Hi Stephen
Sorry for the delay. Here is the link to the document:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1e4skNSb5uQ9KVTcYva4hWgdIW7v7BMBE&usp=drive_fs

[Stephen Marsh]

@rob art | illustration 

Thank you for coming back with an update, I'll check it out. Did you intend to make the link private or public? You should receive an email requesting access.

[rob art | illustration]

I just dropped it in my desktop alias of Google Drive and copied the link. When I release the plugin I will probably make public. I allowed viewer access to you.

[Stephen Marsh]

Thanks, I use both Mac and Win, so I do have access to the Apple Pages app. I have not had time to digest, it looks like you have published the mother of all docs on this! When the scripting community asked for something beyond ExtendScript, I don't think that they expected how much things would change with UXP.

[rob art | illustration]

Oops!
I shared the wrong file. This is the PDF
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1VcF-UUMGLzMXbAQp8u-xSuVhBskECrZo&usp=drive_fs

Sorry

Rob