Photoshop has all this and more, if your camera has a GPS (Global Positioning System) it will also show where you took the picture at foot
accuracy.
You can also embedd your own data.
Read the Manual. look under Metadata,IPTC, File Properties,Exif.
Danny
What do you mean an alternative to a scripting solution? I’ve been developing a program (for fun) which does what you are talking about in VB.NET. It is a Windows program, using the Windows file system etc but it uses the scripting interface behind the scenes to do the Photoshop bits. However, the user sees none of this – it just looks like a normal Windows program. I haven’t tried reading EXIF yet (the next challenge) but reading and writing the Document Info is straightforward. Let’s know what you are trying to do and I might be able to help you out.
Update. Just found a bit of VB script code to read EXIF data, translated to .NET and it worked first time – a miracle.
Norbert:
Nowhere in PS7 help or PS7 hard copy users guide does it address my specific request, but I did appreciate your reply. In researching it I learned a couple things along the way. Thanks for the suggestions.
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Mick:
To clarify some 3rd party apps can print an image that includes its file name inside or below the image. I was looking for something beyond this (taking the file name and populating a field in the File Info dialog with it):
* Actions are "out" since an action can’t grab a file name * I was ass-u-me-ing this could be scripted (or programmed) in some way, shape or form, but for mortals [like me] without the skills to do this type of programming…
….I was looking for a 3rd party application that had this type of functionality.
Good luck on the VB.net solution. You, of all people, deserve a little luck sometimes!
Mick,
How about sharing the location of that VB code.
Larry
Larry, the code I found was in the Scripting forum archive from a guy called Paul Heisholt – link below. I’ve spent the last few hours playing about with it and what I have works no problem in VB.NET but I don’t think it is the best example of tight, best practice code. I’m still struggling with some of the syntax with objects and arrays in .NET. Perhaps I’ll struggle a bit more and then post it on the scripting forum tomorrow evening. Bedtime here for me.
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Danny, that’s very easy to do in a script. You just need to capture the filename and then write it to the doc info. A few lines of script would do that. If you don’t have any luck elsewhere, I’d be happy to help you out.
Mick: I appreciate the offer. It’s not a personal need. It was a hypothetical question based on an unanswered query from afar that piqued my interest.
When I dust off VBA, I’ll probably come knocking on your door frequently! 🙂
Cheers Danny. Knock whenever you like.