Scripting PhotoShop.. and IPTC text (file info in JPG pictures)
Scripting PhotoShop.. and IPTC text (file info in JPG pictures)
- Subject: Scripting PhotoShop.. and IPTC text (file info in JPG pictures)
- From: "Mohamed Shams" <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 18:38:39 -0500
Hello Everybody..
I have some questions and some information to share with you..
Info and context of my question...
I work for a photo agency in NY... our standard picture format is JPG... I use
some applescript to automate things like mail and file transfers... some
resizing....... etc... The biggest need is in photo editing/manipulation
as you might figure out... We have Cumulus based archive... and we fill in
every darn field in IPTC headers on pix... (for people not familiar with the
term.. it is like the fields you have access to in photoshop file info...
actually Adobe implements a subset of the IPTC standard)..
- The most fully scriptable image editor I've seen so far is Corel
Photo-Paint... (problem... you can do everything to an image but you loose
text headers... it doesn't even deal with it)
- Graphics Converter ... some scripting and full manipulation of IPTC text
but the headers are readable on macs only.. and if your audience includes PC
users they won't see the header text...
- PhotoShop... I can't get the point... why the hell is not scriptable
till now... what are they thinking? and when is it going to be?
- PhotoScripter... Heard about it and read the reviews... but I'm hesitant
to buy it for the hefty cost of license on an establishment like ours before I
test it and make sure it works... (they have a licensing plan that grows
exponentially with your usage of the software... rediculous)... and they don't
have demos....!!! Does anybody know of a downloadable demo of
PhotoScripter????
I would like to have access to Scriptability for image
manipulation/resampling/basic editing and file headers... Does anyone have
any advise on this....
Please feel free to contact me directly for any feedback or questions..
cheers..
Mohamed Shams
email@hidden
BigPicturesUSA.com