**Function:** Imports images into a new iPhoto album based on IPTC fields. Requires [Photoshop CS Actions](http://www.completedigitalphotography.com/index.php?p=339)
**Author**: [Automator World](http://www.automatorworld.com)
**Notes**: This workflow is intended to facilitate converting photos with IPTC keywords into iPhoto keywords. By importing the images by IPTC keyword into discreet iPhoto albums, the user can then batch-apply the keyword to the album of the same name. Due to an apparent Photoshop bug, the workflow will only take files dragged to it, not folders. Far from a perfect solution, but it's a start; improvements are welcome.
Wow, thanks so much for this! So many people really need it. Of course, it would be even better if the whole process could be automated, but this is way more than has been available before.
Comment by Barbara Brundage — June 8, 2005 @ 10:42 am
Note that there is now basic support for IPTC metadata in iPhoto. I wrote up a short article on how it works here:
http://adam.shand.net/iki/2008/iphoto_now_supports_iptc_metadata/
Comment by Adam Shand — March 8, 2008 @ 7:10 am