Sequence number within an Caption Number

[FairfieldPhoto]

I am organizing images by an Subject ID in the caption field and would like to assign a sequence number within each caption number.  The resulting image IPTC data would look like

Image 1 - Caption field contains "512"...Suppcat1 contains "1"
Image 2 - Caption field contains "512"...Suppcat1 contains "2"
Image 3 - Caption field contains "512"...Suppcat1 contains "3"
Image 4 - Caption field contains "512"...Suppcat1 contains "4"

Image 5 - Caption field contains "513"...Suppcat1 contains "1"
Image 6 - Caption field contains "513"...Suppcat1 contains "2"
Image 7 - Caption field contains "513"...Suppcat1 contains "3"
Image 8 - Caption field contains "513"...Suppcat1 contains "4"

Any ideas how do that with meta data in PM?  I have the ability to sort the images prior to assigning IPTC data and this would only be done after the event is complete -- no hot folder/on-the-fly processing needed.

Thanks!
Mike

[Kirk Baker]

Mike,

I am organizing images by an Subject ID in the caption field and would like to assign a sequence number within each caption number.  The resulting image IPTC data would look like

Image 1 - Caption field contains "512"...Suppcat1 contains "1"
Image 2 - Caption field contains "512"...Suppcat1 contains "2"
Image 3 - Caption field contains "512"...Suppcat1 contains "3"
Image 4 - Caption field contains "512"...Suppcat1 contains "4"

Image 5 - Caption field contains "513"...Suppcat1 contains "1"
Image 6 - Caption field contains "513"...Suppcat1 contains "2"
Image 7 - Caption field contains "513"...Suppcat1 contains "3"
Image 8 - Caption field contains "513"...Suppcat1 contains "4"

Any ideas how do that with meta data in PM?  I have the ability to sort the images prior to assigning IPTC data and this would only be done after the event is complete -- no hot folder/on-the-fly processing needed.

I know of no way to do what you're asking in a single apply of the IPTC Stationery Pad.  If you use the sequence number, it will increment after each file is updated.

-Kirk

[FairfieldPhoto]

Thanks Kirk...

In case anyone follows this thread in the future, the closest I could get was to work the Star Rating value into SuppCat1 field like I want.  I am limited to just 5 incremental values (which works for this one project now).

Basically, I organize the sequence of the images the way I want, then I set 1 star for the first image in the sequence, 2 stars for the second image..etc... until I get to 5.

Then I put just the number of the star rating value ({rating:0,1}) into SuppCat1.

Now I can access when I do renaming by referencing the SuppCat1 field.

Not elegant, but sorta gets the job done for now.

-M