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Bob Rockefeller

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Using Image Title As A File Name?
« on: October 14, 2012, 07:59:06 am »

Aperture's file naming presets give a lot of options, but those don't include using the image title as the file name. There's version name, original file name and custom name, but no title.

Is there a way to use title?
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Re: Using Image Title As A File Name?
« Reply #1 on: October 14, 2012, 08:31:16 am »

Where are you looking, Bob? In Metadata > Batch Change > Version Name Format >Edit? I don't see a way to use any IPTC data in filenaming, but I may not have looked everywhere. I don't know if Aperture allows AppleScript the IPTC info and filenames, but might it do the job?
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Re: Using Image Title As A File Name?
« Reply #2 on: October 14, 2012, 08:35:09 am »

Presets>File Naming...

That's where I'm setting up my file naming export presets.

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Re: Using Image Title As A File Name?
« Reply #3 on: October 20, 2012, 12:21:25 am »

There is not.  This has been a known limitation for some time.

In Aperture you should use the Version Name field for your picture titles.

I've been told that you can populate the Version Name field from the IPTC Title field using Applescript, but I don't know how to do it.

You can use the worthy plug-in BorderFX to put the contents of the Title field on top of or in the border of a picture.  That is not, of course, the same as making the title part of the file name.

Feature requests to Apple for Aperture can be made via "Aperture➞Provide Aperture Feedback".

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Re: Using Image Title As A File Name?
« Reply #4 on: October 20, 2012, 08:00:02 am »

Kirby,

Can it not be done with AppleScript?

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Re: Using Image Title As A File Name?
« Reply #5 on: January 08, 2013, 09:51:52 pm »

Kirby,

Can it not be done with AppleScript?

John
Sorry for the delay -- I was busy at the end of the year, and then picked up every cold in town.

I'd be surprised if it can't be scripted -- but I don't script.   :-[
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