Copyright - is there a way to put it on all files?

[Paul_Graham]

how do I get a standard copyright with my name into the metadata of every image my camera takes?
can it be done in camera?
or is there a way to do it in Capture One Raw processing?

t.i.a.

[Johan_Elzenga]

Yes, you can do that in the camera. You do need to connect the camera to a computer and use EOS Capture.

[Omke_Oudeman]

Paul
Use Eos File Viewer Utility while your camera is connected to the computer, now you are able to fill in your name (owners name) that will appear in the metadata but NOT in the IPTC standard fields for copyright.

In PhotoshopCS go to file info and fill in the desired fields you want to be shown, you can make a template of this and use this for an action in photoshop so you can batch process or you can select the image in Filebrowser and use the template in the metadata palet.

regards
Omke

sorry Johan, cross posted...

[Paul_Graham]

ok - so I can put my 'owners name', but really is it asking so much to have the meta data show my name in the copyright field for every image I take?
then its there from the beginning in every photo...

[DJ_Garcia]

I just set it as part of my "Save As TIFF" action in PS.

[EricWelch]

I use Photo Mechanic and have Stationary to include that information. Another choice is if you have a Mac, you can use Applescript or Javascript, or on a PC Javascript or whataever that lame :-D programming environment is (VBA) to add it. There's some kind of new Javascript environment with Photoshop CS2, but I haven't checked that out yet. (You can download a free 30 day demo from Adobe, wouldn't know know I did, and it arrived the next day!)

Also Adobe Bridge seems very fast in adding metadata to even RAW images. I'm going to have to explore that some.

And speaking of Macs, if you have OS X 10.4 Tiger, there is already an automator action out that can add information to the IPTC fields in a photo - although he hasn't added the "Caption" field yet, but he will with the next iteration. You can get it from:

http://www.automatorworld.com

[Waleed_Alzuhair]

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ok - so I can put my 'owners name', but really is it asking so much to have the meta data show my name in the copyright field for every image I take?
then its there from the beginning in every photo...

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I don't think it is possible to edit the owner's name from the original file after the camera writes it. So, it's better protection for the photographer. However, the copyright field can be easily edited or stripped out. I actually prefer it this way and add my copyright tag during post processing..

Waleed