Appending a variable in Copyright URL (or other fields)

[emccainaz]

I am running Photo Mechanic 4.6.8 on Mac OS 10.6.8 on an intel Macbook Pro.

I know the PM supports appending information in the Caption, Caption Writers and Keywords field, but I have a situation where I don't want to erase the data already in the Copyright URL field, but I want to append metadata from another field (using a variable, I suppose) and separate the two strings with a comma. Is there a way to do this so that I don't lose information?

Thanks,

Edward McCain
www.mccainphoto.com

[Kirk Baker]

Edward,

I am running Photo Mechanic 4.6.8 on Mac OS 10.6.8 on an intel Macbook Pro.

I know the PM supports appending information in the Caption, Caption Writers and Keywords field, but I have a situation where I don't want to erase the data already in the Copyright URL field, but I want to append metadata from another field (using a variable, I suppose) and separate the two strings with a comma. Is there a way to do this so that I don't lose information?

You could try the following in your IPTC Stationery Pad's Copyright field:

{copyright}, {other field variable}

Apply it to a single photo and see how it does.  If it works for you then you're good to go.

-Kirk

[emccainaz]

Thanks for your reply, Kirk.

Well, I don't actually want the information from the Caption field in the Copyright URL field. I want to keep the information currently in the Copyright URL field and add the information from the Title field. Perhaps I should do a workaround and copy the metadata in the Copyright URL field and the Title field into another, empty, field and then move the concatenated information back into Copyright URL? I basically wanted to confirm that there was or wasn't some command or function that I could use to do this without any fancy footwork.

Edward
www.mccainphoto.com

[Kirk Baker]

Edward,

Well, I don't actually want the information from the Caption field in the Copyright URL field. I want to keep the information currently in the Copyright URL field and add the information from the Title field. Perhaps I should do a workaround and copy the metadata in the Copyright URL field and the Title field into another, empty, field and then move the concatenated information back into Copyright URL? I basically wanted to confirm that there was or wasn't some command or function that I could use to do this without any fancy footwork.

I mistakenly put {caption} where I meant {copyright}.

There is no append feature for the Copyright field.

-Kirk

[emccainaz]

Okay, but darn it!

Edward
www.mccainphoto.com