ExifTool Forum

[Originally posted by pedroparamo on 2009-12-16 13:29:49-08]

How cam I get ExifTool to set my keywords to 'keywords' instead of '"keywords"' (without quotes) in the Photoshop Image info?

To set the keywords I'm using applescript and Exiftool in the following way:

I use applescript to have the user set keywords say "green, blue" as a list called origKeywords.  I set the origKeywords  to "'" & every item of origKeywords & "," & "'" (using applescript).  Then I use "set thisFilePath to quoted form of (POSIX path of thisFile)" (applescript) and finally Exiftool

set cmd to "exiftool -keywords=" & origKeywords & " " & thisFilePath & ""
            
            --display dialog cmd
set theResult to do shell script cmd

It works and my keywords are set to

green, blue,

when I view them using ExifTool.  But when I look at the keywords in the Photoshop Image Info they are

"green, blue," with quotes.  How can I get rid of the quotes?  I'm using a Digital Asset Management application which will NOT read the keywords if they have quotes around them.

Thanks.

Pedro

[Originally posted by exiftool on 2009-12-16 14:48:07-08]

Hi Pedro,

It looks to me as if the extra quotes are coming from your
applescript, so I can't help much with this.  But another problem
is that you are writing all of the keywords together instead of
separately.  The exiftool command line should look like this to
assign keywords properly:


which should be easier from the point of view of quotes
since they aren't necessary on the command line when the
values don't contain spaces or other special characters.

One more point is that you should probably write XMP:Subject
instead of IPTC:Keywords if you want compatibility with the
Adobe products.

- Phil

[Originally posted by exiftool on 2009-12-16 14:52:19-08]

Also, you can read
FAQ
number 17 for some information on this subject.

- Phil