Where is the batch description in the new Photo?

Question

Where is the batch editing description and title we used in iPhoto? I did find how to edit description in a single image, but where is the batch? I really need it in my workflow, having to expor lots of photo's on a daily basis to external corporate systems, that sort on descriptions.

Answer 1

There was a post that discussed some ability to automate titles based on filenames:
Where are photo file names?
From that inspiration I wrote this little Applescript that will take all items selected, ask you for a description, and then apply it to all selected:
tell application "Photos"
  activate
  set imageSel to (get selection)
  if imageSel is {} then
  error "Please select an image."
  else
  set theAnswer to text returned of (display dialog "Title:" default answer "")
  repeat with im in imageSel
  -- set the name of im to theAnswer
  set the description of im to theAnswer
  end repeat
  end if
end tell
you can see from the commented out line that you could do the titles (names) as batches the same way.
I haven't finished it out yet, but wanted to post it here to give you a start. I have tested it on a handful of items, so I know it at least works. You could save this as an app from within applescript editor, and then just run it after making a selection, or you could paste it into an automator action and tie it to the services menu as mentioned in the forum post above.
Photos luckily does seem to have applescript hooks for the following when dealing with a "media item" - looks like you can add/edit most of the metdadata you have access to in the GUI. I initially missed this when I looked, so was very glad to see the forum post that pointed me in  the right direction.
Property
Access
Type
Description
altitude
get
real
The GPS altitude in meters.
date
get/set
date
The date of the media item
description
get/set
text
A description of the media item.
favorite
get/set
boolean
Whether the media item has been favorited.
filename
get
text
The name of the file on disk.
height
get
integer
The height of the media item in pixels.
id
get
text
The unique ID of the media item
keywords
get/set
list of text
A list of keywords to associate with a media item
location
get
list of real
The GPS latitude and longitude, in an ordered list of 2 numbers. Latitude in range -90.0 to 90.0, longitude in range -180.0 to 180.0.
name
get/set
text
The name (title) of the media item.
width
get
integer
The width of the media item in pixels.