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Maxal Tamor
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May 28, 2011
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P: A better search/find in the library module (Library Filter)

  • May 28, 2011
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I have used for many years iView, and then Expression Media to catalog my files, and I must say that even today I did not find nothing better from this point of view (on Mac).

As the actual one is very limited, it will be very nice to implant some more powerful search/find function in the LR Library module.

Something that allow to make very precise researches like, for example:
"Find all the tif or pdf files with a weight > 1 000 000 bytes, a resolution of 300 dpi, an Adobe RGB profile and 16 bits of depth..."


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It will be very nice too to have the possibility to personalize more the info on the preview module (for example somebody could be interested to see the weight in MB of each file, of the embedded color profile, or the resolution, or the depth of the file):


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    garethjjones
    Inspiring
    September 16, 2012
    In Lightroom, though you can show the exposure bias in the view options, you can't filter by this metadata. I frequently want to mark all the -1ev images one colour and all the +1ev images another colour. I imagine others using HDR type techniques may want this too.

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    Maxal TamorAuthor
    Known Participant
    May 29, 2011
    Thank you John and Rod, I shall take a look to these plugins as soon as possible
    Victoria Bampton LR Queen
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    Victoria Bampton LR QueenCommunity Expert
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    May 29, 2011
    Settle down guys, there's no need for this
    Victoria - The Lightroom Queen
    areohbee
    areohbee
    Legend
    May 29, 2011
    You're wrong Geoff. I wasn't familiar with this plugin of Jeffrey's. How about you get off my back too?
    Geoff the kiwi
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    Geoff the kiwiCommunity Expert
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    May 29, 2011
    Rob, if you weren't pushing yours you would have mentioned others like Jeffrey's as well.
    areohbee
    areohbee
    Legend
    May 29, 2011
    No John - I am not.

    And I won't stop mentioning my plugins to people, nor yours, nor anybody elses, nor any solutions that don't involve plugins, as long as I think the people who have posted about their needs and desires might benefit from them and appreciate knowing about them. So, you might as well stop riding me...
    john beardsworth
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    john beardsworthCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    May 29, 2011
    I agree with the original post. Anyone who has used iView/ExMedia misses their search capability. If data is in a database, sooner or later someone will have a very good reason to search on it, so don't second guess which fields they need - make them all searchable.

    Take a look at Jeffrey’s “Extended Search” Lightroom Plugin which is specifically designed to fill gaps in Adobe Lightroom's image-search capabilities.

    John

    PS Rob, you are pushing your plug-ins. You've posted enough about them already.
    areohbee
    areohbee
    Legend
    May 28, 2011
    I realize your idea is for native support in Lightroom, and I agree this would be a good feature.

    But just so you know, you can do *most* of the search part of this now with the help of DevMeta and ExifMeta.

    I say "*most*" because plugins do not support numeric metadata comparisons yet (nor date/time...)

    PS - I'm not pushing my plugins, I just thought the OP and/or other readers may be interested in a partial interim solution, that's the only reason I bring it up.

    Also, in case you didn't know, you can do some limited customization of the grid view now using 'Library View Options" grid view preferences.
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