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Title: Efficient way to searching files by keywords?
Post by: rene on August 21, 2012, 19:08: Now I have thousands of jpg files, all with embedded IPTC keywords, stored on a network drive. . I use freeware like Xnview or Infranview to manage jpgs. It works great but searching files by keywords is extremely long. Is there any method to accelerate researches? Do you know any software which are efficient, maybe with indexing system?
Thanks.
Title: Re: Efficient way to searching files by keywords?
Post by: rene on September 03, 2012, 18:27: It seems there is no solution to my problem :-\
Title: Re: Efficient way to searching files by keywords?
Post by: zimmytws on September 03, 2012, 18:54: Adobe Lightroom indexes/catalogs files and searching on keywords is very fast, much faster than in Photoshop. LR is expensive though :(
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Post by: leaf on September 04, 2012, 02:12: In windows in file explorer you can just search for keywords in the search bar and it'll find the images.
Title: Re: Efficient way to searching files by keywords?
Post by: rene on September 12, 2012, 18:57: I will download Lightroom trial version and see if it works for me.
I never know that in Windows we can search by keywords. I have to figure out how it works and if it's fast.
Thank you Zimmytws and Leaf.
Title: Re: Efficient way to searching files by keywords?
Post by: Suljo on September 13, 2012, 21:06: Quote from: rene on September 12, 2012, 18:57
I will download Lightroom trial version and see if it works for me.
I never know that in Windows we can search by keywords. I have to figure out how it works and if it's fast.
Thank you Zimmytws and Leaf.

Never forget that in Windows you always have FORMAT C: option
very usefull too...
Title: Re: Efficient way to searching files by keywords?
Post by: Microbius on September 14, 2012, 01:05: Windows search seems much faster than Bridge for keyword searches, it's what I go for
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Post by: rene on September 14, 2012, 05:42: Quote from: Microbius on September 14, 2012, 01:05
Windows search seems much faster than Bridge for keyword searches, it's what I go for
But I still cannot figure out how to do it... I tried in Windows XP and in Windows 7 and didn't find it.
Title: Re: Efficient way to searching files by keywords?
Post by: Microbius on September 14, 2012, 06:05: get your start menu up and just type the words in the box, click "see more results"
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Post by: Perry on September 14, 2012, 06:07: Switch to Mac. I just search the keywords and add "jpg" to find just images. The results are practically instant.