Access to EXIF data

bacton · Post by **bacton** » Sat Aug 18, 2012 4:51 pm

I am not a script writer but I have benefited enormously from assistance that I've received from the folks on this forum. Thank you for that.

Recently I've identified a possible new situation that might be addressed by a script(s).

But first I need to clarify a couple of issues.....

Two questions:
1) With a file open in PS, is it possible to access and manipulate the EXIF data associated with that file? For example, might it be possible to create a text layer containing the contents of the 'Description' field?

2) Similarly, if a PSD file in PS is composed of multiple image layers that were originally independent image files, might it be possible to access the EXIF data that is associated with the original independent layers? For example, change the name of the layer to correspond to the filename of source image for that layer??

At this point I'm simply looking for "Yes", "No" or "Maybe" answers.

Thank you.

Bob

larsen67 · Post by **larsen67** » Sat Aug 18, 2012 5:04 pm

1. Yes
2. May be ( how did you do this I thought file name was default for this )

bacton · Post by **bacton** » Sat Aug 18, 2012 6:26 pm

re Question 2): I'm referring to the situation where 2 files are open in PS and I drag/drop one file onto the other..... wherein it creates a new layer with the name "Layer #". Could I then access the original filename of the content in this new layer? ....and rename the layer to that name?

Thanks.

BA.

larsen67 · Post by **larsen67** » Sat Aug 18, 2012 6:40 pm

In short to question 1 Photoshop has access to document info which covers some metadata if you require something other than this then you can load the external library and get more…

Im not sure about your methods here… You may be better off loading into stack or some other method using smart objects, save you the trouble of doing this…?

bacton · Post by **bacton** » Sat Aug 18, 2012 7:51 pm

Thank you so much for your feedback on my questions here.

It does give me hope to proceed further with my idea.....

Thanks again.

Bob.

csuebele · Post by **csuebele** » Wed Aug 29, 2012 3:11 pm

If you drag a layer from an open document to another, you will get layer #. If you drag a file from bridge onto on open document, you will get the file name as the layer, and the layer will be a smart object.