By: E&P Staff WoodWing Software, Detroit and Zaandam, The Netherlands, has introduced Smart Image, an Adobe InDesign plug-in that aims to save time on the repetitive, error-prone work of manually adding captions and credits to images, by applying descriptions and copyright information already contained in most files, according to the company.
When placing an image in InDesign, the attached caption and/or credit text frames are created and filled with text automatically with a single mouse-click, according to WoodWing.
Professional photographers and stock agencies typically add metadata to their photos in XMP or IPTC format. They add their own copyright information, and fill out fields to describe and catalog their images with locations, subjects and keywords. In most cases, says WoodWing, credit information can be placed by Smart Image without the need for modification by the user. Descriptions can be fine-tuned. After inserting an image, the created text frames are ready to edit.
Settings, styles and templates can be used to add the text frames according to company/publication style or user preference. Text position, alignment, rotation and size can be set in advance. Caption and credits may be combined in one frame. Standard prefixes and suffixes are available, for example, to automatically create credits such as: "Photo by [author]. All rights reserved."
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