RE: Photoscripting IPTC captions
RE: Photoscripting IPTC captions
- Subject: RE: Photoscripting IPTC captions
- From: Hellum Timothy <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 13 May 2001 19:28:51 -0400
I'd be interested in reviewing the scripts you mention, Ed.
If you like, I can respond with a script I have that checks colour space
of files saved into a folder and moves them if they don't meet preset
colourspace criteria...
Timothy
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From: Ed Stockly
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Sent: Sunday, May 13, 2001 2:52 PM
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To: email@hidden
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Subject: Re: Photoscripting IPTC captions
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>> My Ambitious-Scripting-Project-for-2001 is to write a script that
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>> will do exactly that, and more.
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I have scripts that will read IPTC headers from PhotoShop with
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photoScripter
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and Graphic Converter. I'd be happy to pass them on to anyone interested.
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>>>Currently in progress, my script will hopefully be able to batch
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process
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files, reading IPTC data directly from the file's resource fork, so you
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don't actually have to "open" the files at all... Please let me know if
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anybody is interested in my venture, and may be able to give advice on how
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to best use - or bypass - several OSAXen.
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Well, the immediate problem is that there are a wide variety of image file
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formats and, I believe, each uses different methods for sorting the
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headers.
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For example I don't believe JPEGS GIFS or EPS use a resource fork to store
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the headers.
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>>>>It may fail too often to be practical if you deal with a lot of files
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comming in from various sources (like PC for example)
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I've found the most reliable method to use PhotoScripter. Also Main Event
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has a fairly responsive support list that can provide answers to most
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PhotoScripter questions.
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>>>> Graphics Converter is reliable and light when you decide that you
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would
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want to wait for files to open....
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I've noticed a problem with Graphics Converter where IPTC headers are lost
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if the file is of certain types or if it's opened from a script command
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rather than a user opening the file.
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ES
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