Copy keywords into description-field

Question

Hello,
I have to work on many pictures so i don't want to do every step for every picture. I have no experience with scription so i ask you.
I'm searching for a script (or somthing else) that copies the keywords of one file into the description-field of the same file automaticly.
Yours Robin from Germany

Answer 1

I have just done a quick test and this seems to work.<br />Copies the keywords to the description field.<br />Make sure that you do a test first!<br />NB:Folder.userData Adobe/XMP/Metadata Templates, folder must exist.<br />Paul<br /><br />#target bridge<br />var items = app.document.selections; <br />      for (var i = 0; i < items.length; ++i) { <br />         var item = items[i];       <br />var m = item.synchronousMetadata; <br />m.namespace = "http://ns.adobe.com/photoshop/1.0/"; <br />var Des = m.read("http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/","dc:description");<br />var Keywords = m.Keywords;<br />if(Des.length >0) {<br />     var Description = Des + ";"+Keywords;<br />     }else{<br />               var Description = Keywords;<br />          }<br />          KeywordsToDesc(m, Description);<br />      }; <br /><br />function KeywordsToDesc(metadata, Description) <br />{ <br />var strTmpl = "TempTmpl"; <br />var strUser = Folder.userData.absoluteURI; <br />var filTmpl = new File(strUser + "/Adobe/XMP/Metadata Templates/" + strTmpl + ".xmp");  <br />var fResult = false; <br />try <br />{ if (filTmpl.exists) <br />filTmpl.remove(); <br />fResult = filTmpl.open("w"); <br />if (fResult) <br />// CS3<br />{ filTmpl.writeln("<x:xmpmeta xmlns:x=\"adobe:ns:meta/\" x:xmptk=\"Adobe XMP Core 4.1-c036 46.276720, Mon Feb 19 2007 22:40:08        \">");<br />//CS2<br />//{ filTmpl.writeln("<x:xmpmeta xmlns:x=\"adobe:ns:meta/\" x:xmptk=\"3.1.2-113\">"); <br />filTmpl.writeln(" <rdf:RDF xmlns:rdf=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#\">"); <br />filTmpl.writeln(" <rdf:Description rdf:about=\"\" xmlns:dc=\"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/\">"); <br />filTmpl.writeln("<dc:description>");<br />filTmpl.writeln("<rdf:Alt>");<br />filTmpl.writeln("<rdf:li xml:lang=\"x-default\">"+Description+"</rdf:li>");<br />filTmpl.writeln("</rdf:Alt>");<br />filTmpl.writeln("</dc:description>");<br />filTmpl.writeln(" </rdf:Description>"); <br />filTmpl.writeln(" </rdf:RDF>"); <br />filTmpl.writeln("</x:xmpmeta>"); <br />fResult = filTmpl.close(); <br />metadata.applyMetadataTemplate(strTmpl, "replace"); <br />filTmpl.remove(); <br />} } <br />catch(e) <br />{ fResult = false; } <br />return fResult; <br />};