Write IPTC info to EPS files

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[Originally posted by tkordick on 2006-03-01 15:33:13-08]

I need to write a few IPTC tags to EPS files that will not be rewritten with another app,  just used in read-only mode.   I know the tool doesn't support writing to EPS files,  but is there a workaround I could do?  I was brainstorming and don't know if this is feasible,  but could I extract the jpeg preview from the EPS,  write the IPTC info to the jpeg and then replace the jpeg preview in the EPS with my updated jpeg?

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

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[Originally posted by exiftool on 2006-03-01 16:28:58-08]

Adding the ability to write EPS files has been slowly rising to the top of my list of things to do.

The preview image isn't really the place to store information information in an EPS file.  It should be stored either as XMP, or as IPTC or EXIF in the Photoshop data.  I may be able to add this ability within a week or two.  Let me know if you're interested in helping with testing when I have something to try out.

- Phil

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[Originally posted by tkordick on 2006-03-02 15:38:23-08]

That would be great if you are able to add this capability within a week or two.  I would be happy to help with testing.

Thanks

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[Originally posted by exiftool on 2006-03-06 19:40:37-08]

OK, here you go.  Adding EPS/PS write support was a bit trickier than I had hoped.  There are many flavours of PostScript, and an infinite number of different ways to embed meta information.  I have chosen to write information in the same style as Photoshop, which I think should be most compatible since Photoshop tends to set the standard.

One concern is that since I'm not writing the PS code itself, but just adding meta information to an existing PS document, there may be compatibility issues when writing information to some documents.

For this reason, the update will require significant testing before official release.  Until the code is fully tested, I have inserted the following minor error when writing PostScript files:

Code:

   "PostScript writer currently in beta testing"

You will need to use the "-m" option to downgrade this error to a warning in order to write PostScript files.

You can download the 6.04 test version here.

I would appreciate help from anyone who wants to test out this version.  Please send your comments to me via e-mail (philharvey66 at gmail.com).

Thanks.

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[Originally posted by tkordick on 2006-03-08 22:39:44-08]

I'll download and start testing.   Writing the information as the photoshop flavor seems the safest route.  That will make it more compatible with other adobe products also.  

Thanks for the quick turn around.

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[Originally posted by exiftool on 2006-03-23 15:28:10-08]

Maybe no news is good news, but I would like confirmation that the EPS writer is working under a variety of different conditions before I take this feature out of beta testing.  My local tests went well, but I only have a limited number of applications which support EPS.

Does anyone have any experiences (positive or negative) that they can report concerning writing to EPS files?