Photoshop: Default Custom Metadata?

[shift studio]

Looked through the documentation a bit, then decided someone here would likely know the answer.

Is there a way to have PS add copyright (and other) metadata to my files without manually doing it?

Thanks,
--Shift Studio.

[creativeretouch]

I have created an action to do it for me ...

[shift studio]

Yes - I was thinking that too. Its not quite automatic though. Have you determined there is no automatic way?

--shift studio.

[Der_W]

You could use an action/script in combination with the "File"-"Scripting"-"Script Events Manager" (the correct event would probably be "Save file"), that should work :-).

[mistermonday]

Hi Shift, in Bridge, you can use Tools>Create Metadata Template then shift click to to select as many files as you want and then Tools> Append Metadata Tepmlate or you can use the created template to completely replace the entire metadata, which may be useful if you want to strip info out of existing metadata.
Regards, Murray

[shift studio]

Hey I knew I came to the right place!

@Der_W - I've almost got this working as you recommended.
@mistermonday - good advice. Der_W's solution works good for me as its a more automated approach.

Thanks you guys.
--Shift Studio.

[shift studio]

Der_W your method is close, but it forces me to save everything twice. I guess the event runs the action after the save
Oh well I'll debug it somehow.

--shift studio

[Der_W]

I didn't think about this ;-).
But probably you could as well run the script/action when a new document is created or opened, that should also work and you don't need to save twice (hopefully :-)).

[shift studio]

Originally Posted by Der_W

I didn't think about this ;-).
But probably you could as well run the script/action when a new document is created or opened, that should also work and you don't need to save twice (hopefully :-)).

Yup, I chose when its opened. It works well. Thanks for the help.

--Shift Studio.