On Wed, 03 Dec 2003 18:11:33 -0800 Rod Wynne-Powell wrote: >Hello Nigel, >There is a way in Photoshop CS, and in fact since I answered this one earlier, I decided I would write a HowTo for the Help menu in Photoshop CS. I have just finished it! It is very straightforward.
Rod: PMFJI, but from my understanding, changing the File Info from the Browser File menu is not "durable", as this only changes the "sidecar" XMP data. This sidecar data can accidentally get clipped off when moving files around from what I've heard. I believe that it's also not readable until the file is opened and then resaved(or as Nigel Andrews, mentioned, running an action and or droplet). Is this your experience? Another thing to think about, before (as you say) you get your knickers in a knot, is that the "copyright status" is only readable within photoshop as it's not a part of the "official" IPTC standard. Thus most imagedatabases won't see, and or display this field in a database. What this means is that if the agency you are working with "catalogs" (ok, catalogues) your image(s) using Canto Cumulus, or iView, etc,(rather than opening within Photoshop) they aren't going to see that particular field. However they will see the copyright, credit and source fields, which ARE part of the official IPTC fields. There is a PDF on the Controlled Vocabulary site that "maps" the IPTC data between several versions of photoshop and other IPTC editors that might be worth a look. You can access it via the IPTC page (http://ControlledVocabulary.com/imagedatabases/iptc_naa.html). Hope that helps. David -- David Riecks (that's "i" before "e", but the "e" is silent) http://www.riecks.com , Chicago Midwest ASMP member http://zillionbucks.com "The Webhost for your Creative Business" =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
