Image Meta data Question
Image Meta data Question
- Subject: Image Meta data Question
- From: Oakley Masten <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2008 12:32:11 -0700 (PDT)
Image Meta data Question
On 16 Apr 2008, at 20:49, Oakley Masten wrote:
> Is it possible to get Meta data out of a PhotoShop
> file without opening the file? If so where do I
look
> to do it?
On: Wed, 16 Apr 2008
Martin Orpen Said
Yes.
Look at using mdls:
--
Martin Orpen
Idea Digital Imaging Ltd
On 17 Apr 2008, at 18:05, Oakley Masten wrote:
> tell application "Finder"
> set theFile to choose file
> set foo to POSIX path of theFile --(selection as
> alias)
> display dialog (do shell script "mdls -name
> kDMItemKind " & quoted form of foo)
> end tell
>
> This returns only the File Path but nothing else.
> I don't understand the parameters for shell
scripting
> so could not make it work
> I tried using several of the choices but none
worked.
>
> How do I get it to give me only the fields I want?
All you need to do is check that you've spelled them
correctly ;-)
And you don't need the Finder tell block as this is
all from
StandardAdditions:
set foo to POSIX path of (choose file)
set bar to do shell script "mdls -name kMDItemKind " &
quoted form of
foo
--> kMDItemKind = "NEF Image"
Regards
--
Martin Orpen
Idea Digital Imaging Ltd
Thanks Martin
That works just great.
Oakley
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