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Retrieve "Description" metadata from image with XML

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I'm trying to create an automated workflow for some of my newspaper pages. I've learned how to use XML to import text into different tags on the page, and images into tagged image boxes on the page. My question now is how to generate "Description" info that is located within the images metadata under "File Info." You see, our photographer saves his images as a jpg and adds the caption info under "description" before saving in Photoshop. I want to have this "description" meta data to import in one shot along with my headlines, text and images. Right now I have to manually "Generate a caption" or create a Live Caption." It seems to me like there must be a way to generate the "description" info into and existing text box underneath a photo.

 

See screen shot below for an example of where I am trying to generate the caption. I want to generate the text "An Overall of Village Greens Golf Club" when I import my XML file. I don't like using the "Live Caption" optin because if the text box isn't touching the image box, the info disappears. Is there an alternate way?

 

Thanks a lot!

 

-Steve

 

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