Searching sub folders

[mrmaps]

I am trying out PM and so far so good. But I have a question:
I have divided my pictures into folders all under a root.  When opening that directory as a contact sheet, I can not figure out how to search from the root through all the subs.  I would like to be able to find all color coded files or all files with a simple word in them.  From a forum search, it seems that I can't do this.  But I want to be sure.

Thanks !

[Kirk Baker]

I am trying out PM and so far so good. But I have a question:
I have divided my pictures into folders all under a root.  When opening that directory as a contact sheet, I can not figure out how to search from the root through all the subs.  I would like to be able to find all color coded files or all files with a simple word in them.  From a forum search, it seems that I can't do this.  But I want to be sure.

You are correct in that Photo Mechanic currently doesn't do this.  Photo Mechanic is primarily a browser and not a cataloger.  We do plan to add this capability in the future.

-Kirk

[gajones]

I think Kirk is underselling it slightly - if you're using Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger), you can use PM's Search function, accessible from the Edit menu. This is based on the Spotlight search built-in to the operating system. It allows you to search your entire computer using many different IPTC and EXIF attributes (although you can't search for colour classes), and have the results displayed within Photo Mechanic.

Kirk, as a suggestion, it would be useful to be able to restrict this search to one folder (as you can from the spotlight interface).

Gareth.

[Kirk Baker]

Gareth,

I think Kirk is underselling it slightly - if you're using Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger), you can use PM's Search function, accessible from the Edit menu. This is based on the Spotlight search built-in to the operating system. It allows you to search your entire computer using many different IPTC and EXIF attributes (although you can't search for colour classes), and have the results displayed within Photo Mechanic.

Kirk, as a suggestion, it would be useful to be able to restrict this search to one folder (as you can from the spotlight interface).

Do you mean that you want to only return results that match in a specific path?

-Kirk

[mrmaps]

Maybe I have been not clear:
In PM, under the favorites.  I have one folder A and a bunch of sub-folders B-Z. All my pictures are in B-Z under A.  I would like to search for photos with a particular characteristic and have all of the search results displayed in the viewing window.  I hope this makes sense.

Thanks

[Kirk Baker]

Maybe I have been not clear:
In PM, under the favorites.  I have one folder A and a bunch of sub-folders B-Z. All my pictures are in B-Z under A.  I would like to search for photos with a particular characteristic and have all of the search results displayed in the viewing window.  I hope this makes sense.

What you request is currently not possible unless you open folders B through Z manually into a single contact sheet window.  This can be done manually by right-clicking on each sub-folder and choosing "Open in current Contact Sheet" (on Windows this menu item is found on the 'Photo Mechanic' submenu.)

-Kirk

[mrmaps]

If the search isn't possible, it would be nice if there was a way to select several folders at once using the shift key.  Thanks for the info.

MM

[gajones]

Gareth,

I think Kirk is underselling it slightly - if you're using Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger), you can use PM's Search function, accessible from the Edit menu. This is based on the Spotlight search built-in to the operating system. It allows you to search your entire computer using many different IPTC and EXIF attributes (although you can't search for colour classes), and have the results displayed within Photo Mechanic.

Kirk, as a suggestion, it would be useful to be able to restrict this search to one folder (as you can from the spotlight interface).

Do you mean that you want to only return results that match in a specific path?

-Kirk

yes, that's what I mean

[Wolvie]

If the search isn't possible, it would be nice if there was a way to select several folders at once using the shift key.  Thanks for the info.

MM

I would like to be able to this as well.