filename to metadata, but not "title"

[thorirv]

i'm trying to find a way of automatically write my filenames to the files' metadata. i did a search, both here and a general google search, and all the options (scripts) i found wrote the filename in the iptc "title" field. since my filenames are somewhat boring as titles, i'd like to write them as keywords (to be able to title the pics i feel worth giving a title, without losing the filename from the meta).

does anyone know how this can be done?


oh, i use bridge (cs3) and iview media 3.1.2


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thorir v.

[johnbeardy]

Easiest way would be in iView. What OS?

John

[thorirv]

oh, mac os 10.5.6

th

[johnbeardy]

OK, I tried something quickly for Bridge (cross platform) and it seems to work. Did you find my Filename to Title script? You would need to modify one of the "for loops" :

Code:

{ var thumb = thumbs[i];
   var md = thumb.synchronousMetadata;
   md.namespace ="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/";
  md.subject = md.subject + ',' + thumb.name ;
}

John

[thorirv]

john (and thanks for taking the time to reply),

i did find yours, but backed out when i saw windows only.
i'll go back and have a look, and see if i can make it work (scripting is a bit ancient greek to me)..

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th

[johnbeardy]

Thorir, my iView/ExMedia stuff in almost all Windows-oriented, but all my Bridge scripts are cross-platform.

The key bits of that code are lines 3 and 4 which first set the namespace where keywords are held, and then set the field (known as subject) to whatever it already is, plus the filename. I'm not sure what happens if you run it two or more times on the same file, though Bridge may be smart enough to work out that the filename is already shown as a keyword and doesn't need adding again. Have fun.

John

[thorirv]

john, thanks again.

fwiw, i ended up using your bridge script as it is. guess i found out that for me to become script litterate was too ..ehh, time consuming ,-)


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thorir v.