[Last update: February 26, 2009]

IPTCViewer 1.0.2

  • View image metadata in Indesign on MacOSX
  • Create automatic byline and caption text

Are you a print-media designer, perhaps on a daily or weekly newspaper? Do you work in Adobe Indesign on MacOSX? IPTCViewer eliminates some annoying tasks from your workday.

  • Simple: Select an image in Indesign: its metadata is displayed in IPTCViewer's panel.
  • Save time: Never hunt for a caption or a photographer's name again. The panel displays three IPTC fields of your choice. Additionally, it displays byline and caption text constructed to your needs from one or more arbitrary IPTC fields.
  • Create bylines automatically: Never fiddle with the placing of byline frames again. IPTCViewer does it for you at the touch of a key.
  • Advanced options: Sometimes you want things just so. IPTCViewer does it all: Extract and assemble text from multiple IPTC fields, in whole or in part. Check for garbage data. Search and replace. Add your own text.
  • Publication settings: Do you work on multiple publications, with different requirements for what bylines should look like? IPTCViewer was written with that in mind.
  • Multiple image formats: IPTCViewer reads image metadata in JPEG, TIFF, EPS and native Photoshop files.

Preferences panel 1: Adapt IPTCViewer to your needs.

Preferences panel 2: Create completely configurable photo bylines in Indesign at the touch of a button.

Assemble text: Advanced conditional text editor constructs byline text with a consistent appearance.

Create text frames: Place byline frames at arbitrary distance from image frame, with arbitrary text direction.

Preferences panel 4: Lots of fine-tuning possibilities under the hood.

System requirements: IPTCViewer should work with MacOSX 10.3 and newer (PowerPC and Intel Macs), and Indesign CS/CS2/CS3. Not tested with CS4.

Languages: IPTCViewer's user interface is provided in English and Swedish. The manual is provided in English only.

Pricing: Registration is 50 EUR (on a single computer or for a single physical user).

The unregistered version is free. It appends the text "*IPTCViewer" on all bylines and captions created in Indesign.

Current version: 
1.0.2 [February 26, 2009]
  • Fixed error handling for missing and unparseable files.
  • Some changes to the parsing engine.
Previous versions: 
1.0.1 [February 11, 2009]
  • Fixed some cosmetic user interface glitches in the English version.
1.0 [February 10, 2009]
  • Fixed endianness issues to make IPTCViewer work on Intel Macs.
  • Revamped text instruction editor interface.
  • Fixed various image parsing, stability and Cocoa Bindings bugs.
  • Added CS3 support.

Copyright (c) 2006-2009 Joakim Braun

Download IPTCViewer 1.0.2

Register IPTCViewer!

  • Payment by PayPal to account joakim.braun@jfbraun.com.
  • Use button below! Major credit cards accepted.
  • Upon receipt of payment, you will receive a registration confirmation with a serial number and further instructions within 24 hours.
  • Registered version users are entitled to 2 years of free updates (starting on the registration date). Upgrade by downloading the current IPTCViewer version here.