Time stamp with PS CS4?

[Git]

I would like to add a time stamp a copies of my edited photos for use in photoalbums (I only use copies for this purpose not to ruin my optimized originals).

Is there a way to do this in PS where you can just copy the exif information onto the text layer?

If you could make this as a batch process it would of course be even better.

Thank you,

Git

[csuebele]

You can add a date/time stamp through lightroom in the print module. I'm still learning lightroom, so don't know how to do it well. I put a time stamp on my images using photoshop scripting, which is a bit more involved, but I can make it just the way I want using javascript.

[Git]

Thank you very much for your answer. Unfortunately I don't own the Ligthroom software but only PS CS4 + Bridge.


Git

[Doug Nelson]

Not a plugin, but if you make a folder with the images you want stamped this might help
http://www.kozasoft.com/ps/

[csuebele]

Here is a script file you can use. Unzip the attachement and place the file timestamp in the subfolder of photoshop CS4\presets\scripts. Start photoshop. Open an image and then go to file>scripts>timestamp. This will place the date and time in the lower right corner. You can and should add this to an action. After you run the script in the action, you can adjust the layer style and such to make it more visable.

[Git]

Thank you both.
Git.

[EngineNo9]

csuebele

The script works great! Is there anyway to change it so the timestamp shows the "seconds" as well? So it read HH:MM:SS not just HH:MM. Thanks!

[csuebele]

Originally Posted by EngineNo9

csuebele

The script works great! Is there anyway to change it so the timestamp shows the "seconds" as well? So it read HH:MM:SS not just HH:MM. Thanks!

Yes, open the script in the extendscript toolkit (comes with photoshop) and on line 24 change the very last number from 35 to 38). so line 24 should look like this (all one line):

timeDate = dateString.substring(24,26) + '-' + dateString.substring(27,29) + '-' + dateString.substring(19,23) + '  ' + dateString.substring(30,38)

I would also change the first line to read:

#target photoshop

Chuck

[whoisjian]

Hi, cool stuff works great.

About the Timestamp text, i tried to put put a different font/color to the timestamp by using something like this:

textItemRef.fontcolor (f48009)

or

textItemRef.fontcolor (244,128,9)

both don't work, i guess i should create a "color" object.

A bit hard to find info online...

any ideas?

Thanks

[csuebele]

Originally Posted by whoisjian

Hi, cool stuff works great.

About the Timestamp text, i tried to put put a different font/color to the timestamp by using something like this:

textItemRef.fontcolor (f48009)

or

textItemRef.fontcolor (244,128,9)

both don't work, i guess i should create a "color" object.

A bit hard to find info online...

any ideas?

Thanks

Yes, you have to create a color object such as:

var foregroundC = new SolidColor();
	foregroundC.rgb.red = 0;
	foregroundC.rgb.green = 0;
	foregroundC.rgb.blue = 0;
	foregroundColor = foregroundC;

[whoisjian]

cool, thanks a lot !!!

so, I have this line running in the script:

textItemRef.color(foregroundColor)

when running:
it says: Error 24: SolidColor() is not a function, Line 42 ->
textItemRef.color(foregroundColor)

I also tried with:

textItemRef.fontcolor(foregroundColor)

when running: same error.

??

Jian, Thanks

[csuebele]

The code I gave in my earlier post changes the foreground color. It is used prior to creating a text layer. The text should then use whatever color the foreground color is set to. If you want to change a text layer's color after the fact, you can use the scriptListener plugin and record changing the color, then copy and pasting from the log file it creates into your script. Here's what scriptListener produces when the color of a text layer is changed:

var idsetd = charIDToTypeID( "setd" );
    var desc22 = new ActionDescriptor();
    var idnull = charIDToTypeID( "null" );
        var ref5 = new ActionReference();
        var idPrpr = charIDToTypeID( "Prpr" );
        var idTxtS = charIDToTypeID( "TxtS" );
        ref5.putProperty( idPrpr, idTxtS );
        var idTxLr = charIDToTypeID( "TxLr" );
        var idOrdn = charIDToTypeID( "Ordn" );
        var idTrgt = charIDToTypeID( "Trgt" );
        ref5.putEnumerated( idTxLr, idOrdn, idTrgt );
    desc22.putReference( idnull, ref5 );
    var idT = charIDToTypeID( "T   " );
        var desc23 = new ActionDescriptor();
        var idClr = charIDToTypeID( "Clr " );
            var desc24 = new ActionDescriptor();
            var idRd = charIDToTypeID( "Rd  " );
            desc24.putDouble( idRd, 230.000001 );//red rgb value goes here
            var idGrn = charIDToTypeID( "Grn " );
            desc24.putDouble( idGrn, 17.140078 );//green rgb value goes here
            var idBl = charIDToTypeID( "Bl  " );
            desc24.putDouble( idBl, 17.140078 );//blue rgb value goes here
        var idRGBC = charIDToTypeID( "RGBC" );
        desc23.putObject( idClr, idRGBC, desc24 );
    var idTxtS = charIDToTypeID( "TxtS" );
    desc22.putObject( idT, idTxtS, desc23 );
executeAction( idsetd, desc22, DialogModes.NO );

[whoisjian]

//Change the foreground color----------------------------------------------------
var foregroundC = new SolidColor();
foregroundC.rgb.red = 244;
foregroundC.rgb.green = 128;
foregroundC.rgb.blue = 9;
foregroundColor = foregroundC;
//------------------------------------
var dateString = ''
var timeDate = ''

for (var i = 0; i <docRef.info.exif.length; i++)
{
dateString = docRef.info.exif[i].toString()

if (dateString.substring(0,18) == 'Date Time Original')
{
timeDate = '2011' + ' / ' + dateString.substring(27,29) + ' / ' + dateString.substring(24,26) + ' ' + dateString.substring(30,35)
}
}

var artLayerRef = docRef.artLayers.add()
artLayerRef.kind = LayerKind.TEXT
var textItemRef = artLayerRef.textItem
textItemRef.position = [inW,inH]
//else {textItemRef.position = [2240,3100]}
textItemRef.justification = Justification.RIGHT
textItemRef.size = 16
textItemRef.contents = timeDate
artLayerRef.name = 'timestamp'
------------
when I run this, text came out to be black, and foreground color changed to what I wanted.

I am running photoshop cs5, I imagine there should be a simple property set like:

textItemRef.color = foregroundColor *or something....

Thanks again for your lightning fast help!!!

[csuebele]

If that is the case, I would put the bit of code I posted about changing the color after the fact at the end of the script, and change the color values to what you want. It also might be that when you run the script, you have the text tool selected and the color remains as is and is not affected by a change in the foreground color.

[andrewrodney]

Coming into this late but I wanted to point out, you can do this using File Info which brings up all the EXIF data fields you can view and edit. There are a number of fields you could enter this data: IPCT> Date Created, Origin Video Data>Date shot . Same with Audio Data. All have a cool little calendar popup to enter the data. You can make a template of this if you want, import into doc’s etc.

[whoisjian]

Great, Thanks, I been playing around, recorded an Action to change font and color, not perfect yet, but getting there.

Thanks a lot

Jian

[brolis13]

Originally Posted by csuebele

Here is a script file you can use. Unzip the attachement and place the file timestamp in the subfolder of photoshop CS4\presets\scripts. Start photoshop. Open an image and then go to file>scripts>timestamp. This will place the date and time in the lower right corner. You can and should add this to an action. After you run the script in the action, you can adjust the layer style and such to make it more visable.

How do I add this to an action?

[csuebele]

Originally Posted by brolis13

How do I add this to an action?

Create a new action, run the script, stop the action.

[dcast99]

Coming into this late, and I dont know if this was answered or not but, I found out how to change the font color, first set the foreground and dont forget that "foregroundC" is now an object

var foregroundC = new SolidColor();
			foregroundC.rgb.red = 255;
			foregroundC.rgb.green = 255;
			foregroundC.rgb.blue = 255;
			foregroundColor = foregroundC;

so then in this line, you can refer to that object:

textItemRef.color= foregroundC

I put that under the line for font size and it worked.

[DannyRaphael]

Originally Posted by dcast99

Coming into this late, and I dont know if this was answered or not but, I found out how to change the font color, first set the foreground and dont forget that "foregroundC" is now an object

var foregroundC = new SolidColor();
            foregroundC.rgb.red = 255;
            foregroundC.rgb.green = 255;
            foregroundC.rgb.blue = 255;
            foregroundColor = foregroundC;

so then in this line, you can refer to that object:

textItemRef.color= foregroundC

I put that under the line for font size and it worked.

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