PrintEXIF makes liberal use of ideas and portions of scripts from several DPReview forum members. The origins of this script are in the Digital Photography Review Nikon D1/D2/D100/D200 Forum.
The script is written in JavaScript and will run on both Windows and Mac OS. It has not been tested with earlier versions of Photoshop or other DSLR’s. The script is compatible with Nikon DSLRs. To install, copy the script to the Program Files>Adobe>Photoshop CS2>Presets>Scripts folder (Windows PC) or Applications>Adobe Photoshop CS2>Presets>Scripts folder (Mac) (see Installing & Using PrintEXIF). After editing, the script should be saved as a “.jsx” file. Customizations require the user to edit the script using Notepad (Windows), TextEdit (Mac) or Adobe’s ExtendScript Toolkit (either platform).
At a minimum, the user’s name should be substituted in the script for the default signature, “Your Name Here”. The script can be customized by the user in several ways (see Customizing PrintEXIF, Adding Lenses, and Logos). Finally, a logo can be selected to be printed in the lower right corner of the frame. If a new title is desired, a title can be entered. The script uses the file name, by default, as the title. If a teleconverter was used for the shot, the user can select one of three (Nikon) teleconverters. If the default lens description is not available (“Undetermined lens”) or if the user desires to change the lens description, a new lens can be selected from a drop down list. By default, the script reads the lens description from the information in the IPTC Caption field. The next option that can be changed from the dialog box is the lens description. The three text layers (title, copyright/signature, EXIF info) are flattened at the end of the script (default), but the user can choose not to flatten the layers. The two font sizes can be changed by the user. The font size for the EXIF info is smaller than the font size for the title and copyright/signature. The font sizes for the title and copyright are, by default, the same. Drop down lists also allow the selection of “Copyright/signature font”, “Title font” and “EXIF info font”. The frame color can be selected from one of several options and the “Copyright/signature color” and “Title & EXIF info color” can be selected from drop down lists. If the “Copyright/signature only” option is selected, running the script will produce an image with only that information. One of two positions for the copyright/signature – left or right justified in the photo (default) – can be selected. The main or general options are selected in the top portion of the dialog box, labeled “PrintEXIF Options”. When the script is run, a dialog box offers a variety of user options. It uses both standard EXIF data and data that has been recorded in the IPTC Caption field by Nikon Transfer (see Using Nikon Transfer with PrintEXIF). PrintEXIF creates a frame around the photograph and “prints” shooting information – EXIF data – in the bottom of the frame. PrintEXIF is a script for Photoshop CS2 that automates the presentation of shooting information (EXIF) for either a photo that is targeted for the Web or a photo that will be printed. Here’s an image that was framed using PrintEXIF:Īnd here’s the user interface dialog box: It is written for Photoshop CS2 and will soon will be compatible with CS3.
It will run on a PC running Windows XP and on a Mac running OS X.
The script will not appear in the File>Scripts menu until you restart Photoshop. Once installed, the script can be found in the File>Scripts menu of Photoshop.
Install the script in the Program Files>Adobe>Adobe Photoshop CS2>Presets>Scripts folder (PC) or Applications>Adobe Photoshop CS2>Presets>Scripts folder (Mac). It uses both standard EXIF data and data that has been recorded in the IPTC Caption field by Nikon Transfer. PrintEXIF is a script for Adobe® Photoshop® that automates the presentation of shooting information ( EXIF) for either a photo that is targeted for the Web or a photo that will be printed.