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Photologist User's Guide

Finding Photos

Finding Photos
Access the Photo Finder from the Windows menu or click the magnifying glass icon in the Gallery window's toolbar.

Setting the "Where" search parameter:
In the "Where" box select the area to search. Selecting "Gallery Images" means that the search will be confined to the images currently displayed in the Gallery window (if a folder or album has not been selected in the Gallery window this option will be greyed out). To select any folder click the radio button beside the Select button. Click the Select button to navigate to the desired folder. If a search has already been made then the "Results" radio button will be enabled. Clicking this button confines the search to the image listed in the Results list (see Broadening or Narrowing Searches below).

Setting the "How" search parameter:
In the "How" box choose the search type. A "Simple" search searches only the top level of a folder or album. Nested folders are not searched. To search a folder and all folders nested within it choose "Recursive". If "Recursive" is selected the Skip iPhoto Library check box is enabled. Since this folder may contain a large number of items checking this check box can speed things up if you are searching your Pictures folder.

Setting the "What" search parameter:
In the "What" box choose to search by photo names, parameters, or date. If you choose "Names" you will see a field in which you should enter the words to be searched for. If you choose "Date" you will be able to set a start and end date. The search will find any images created between the start and end date. Choosing "Parameters" allows you to search by keywords, comments, and/or categories. See "Editing Search Info" for information about adding keywords, categories, and comments to pictures.

Displaying the results:
To have the found images displayed in the Gallery window click the Display in Gallery button.

Clearing the results:
If you have performed a search and wish to conduct a new search you may want to clear the Results list (see Broadening or Narrowing Searches below). Use the Clear Results button for this purpose.

Aborting a search:
To abort a search in progress type Command + "."

Broadening or Narrowing Searches
Broading a search:
You may want to search for more than one word or group of words. For example, say you want to find all photos with names that contain "Vancouver" OR "Stanley Park". Choose your Where, How, and What parameters and type "Vancouver" in the Search For field. Click the Search button. Any photos found with "Vancouver" in their names will be listed in the Results list. Do not click the Clear Results list button. Now enter "Stanley Park" in the Search For field and click the Search button. Any photos with "Stanley Park" in their names will be added to the Results list. You can change any parameters between searches, broading your search results in any way you desire.

Narrowing a search:
Perhaps your search has returned more results than you need. To narrow in your search click the "Results" radio button in the "Where" box. Subsequent searches will only look at those photos listed in the results list. For example, suppose you have done a search for photos with "Bob" in their names. Now you decide you would like only those items that have "Bob" AND "Mary" in their names. Do not click the Clear Results list button. Click the Results radio button in the "Where" box. Enter "Mary" in the Search For field and click the search button. Only those items with "Bob" and "Mary" will remain in the list. You can continue to narrow down the results in this way as you wish.

Opening Photos From the Results List
To open a photo directly from the results list double-click on it in the list.