Hi. I help to run a not-for-profit, International Photography competition and would like to use Applescript to automate some of the processing of thousands of files. But I don't know where to start! Long-time Mac user - but no programmer!
Ideally, these are the steps that I hope to automate
If possible to trigger a script as a folder action, activated when a number of files are added to
- Modify the filename of all files in the batch by adding a string (user response to a dialogue, representing the entrant reference number) at a fixed number of characters from the start of the filename.
- Modify some of the metadata fields of all files in the batch (author and country) as a result of user response to a dialogue.
- Move the files (individually) to a series of designated folder (based on characters 1 and 2 of the filename, i.e. if filename starts with D1 then the file is moved to a folder of that name).
If it is possible to be really sophisticated, then the ability to modify an additional metadata field, based on a result of user response to a dialogue, on an individual file basis, when the filename starts with a given character (i.e. D) would also be very useful. This would be a step between 2 & 3.
I have looked in the archive but can't find anything directly relevant. I'm not sure if OSX can write to metadata but I have access to Extensis Portfolio, Graphic Converter and Adobe Photoshop if it is necessary to call an application. Thanks in anticipation. |