Last summer, we ran a piece on this blog about the XMP/IPTC metadata standards that included a link to a datasheet from iptc.org that explained - step by step - how to automate adding this information with Photoshop.

We’d certainly encourage you to take a look at the IPTC’s published information on the subject, but here’s the highlight of that previous piece’s mention of Photoshop metadata automation:

Iptc4xmpCore_1.0-doc-CpanelsUserGuide_13.pdf (600kb PDF download)

It’ll walk you through the usage of all those fields and explain the how and whys of XMP tagging - but wait, there’s more.

On page 19, they describe how to batch process (automate) the loading of basic file information using Photoshop. It’s a step-by-step thing about a paragraph long. Easy.

Questions? Please ask.