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Dave Swarthout
Dave Swarthout
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May 14, 2024
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Keyword searching with AND operator

The latest Bridge version (14.1.0.257) offers keyword searching using an "AND" operator but Adobe did not give any examples of how to use it. There has always been the functionality to search using mulitple operators and different metadata but combining more than two of them was very limited.

Does anyone know how to use this feature?

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    Meilleure réponse par Erik Bloodaxe

    Filter can handle any selection of images, folders, collections etc.

    If you wish to filter more than one folder simultaneously, select their parent folder (assuming they all live in the same one),  and choose "View> Show images from Subfolders", then Filter works on the entire set.

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    Swati Agarwal
    Adobe Employee
    May 15, 2024

    Hi @Dave Swarthout 

    You can refer the documentation for the feature at https://helpx.adobe.com/bridge/using/view-files-bridge.html#and-for-keywords, please check and try the feature.

    Thanks,

    Bridge Team

      Dave Swarthout
      Dave SwarthoutAuteur
      Known Participant
      May 15, 2024

      Thanks, got it.

      It would be REALLY helpful if updates were explained more fully, or linked to a help section, in the Creative Cloud app so users could understand more clearly what the update is about. Photoshop, Bridge and LRC are being constantly updated and that's good, but I often find myself wondering how to actaully use the new features, as in this case.

        Erik Bloodaxe
        Erik Bloodaxe
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        May 15, 2024

        This new feature is for Filtering on keywords, not for Searching.

        You need the Filter Panel open. Select a set of images and in the Filter Panel, choose Keywords. You will see a list of all the keywords assigned to the selected images. Simply tick the keywords in the list upon which you wish to Filter. At the bottom you will see a box which you may tick to use AND rather than the default OR. The difference being that AND will show you images containing ALL of the selected keywords, whereas OR will show you images containing ANY of the selected keywords.

        That's it!

          Dave Swarthout
          Dave SwarthoutAuteur
          Known Participant
          May 15, 2024

          Thanks for the explanation, Erik.
          The feature is nice but of limited interest to me. The way this keyword filter works would be vastly improved if it could handle folders of images instead of only selected images in one folder.

          What I really want in Bridge is a folder-level search function (Edit>Find) that doesn't do a brute force search every time, but uses a precompiled metadata database the way LRC does. I use keywords a lot and any feature mentioning keywords gets my attention. 

          Thanks again.

          Erik Bloodaxe
          Erik BloodaxeRéponse
          Legend
          May 15, 2024

          Filter can handle any selection of images, folders, collections etc.

          If you wish to filter more than one folder simultaneously, select their parent folder (assuming they all live in the same one),  and choose "View> Show images from Subfolders", then Filter works on the entire set.

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