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September 5, 2022
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Searching by Tags in Bridge - can it be done?

  • September 5, 2022
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I use Bridge as the file manager for all my thousands of photos and finding folders by name is not a problem. But I recently realised that there is an option to add tags to every photo when saving it in Photoshop. So I have trialled this with the contents of a few recent folders, assuming that then there would be some kind of search engine in Bridge which would allow me to find the relevant photos of e.g. my stepson regardless of what folder he might be in by looking for his name. But I can find no such way of searching and thus I am wondering what is the point of the tags option when saving a photo? Am I missing something or is the only way to set up searching at this granular level to use the Keywords Panel in Bridge? It doesn't make sense to me for Photoshop seemingly to offer something that has no user value. 

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Legend
September 6, 2022

There is no such thing as tags in Bridge. Are you talking about keywords? Be aware that both Mac and Windows have tags available but they are different things and not cross-platform.

Participant
September 6, 2022
Thanks. What I am talking about is the option to add tags when saving a
photo in PS. I have attached a screenshot of what I mean from which you can
see I have a self-created drop-down list of tags that can be clicked on for
the Tags box under the 'File Name' box. What is the purpose of allowing
users to add tags like this if they cannot be searched somewhere? Why offer
a Tags box at all when saving in PS?

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Participant
September 6, 2022

 

gregreser
Legend
September 5, 2022

Have you tried the advanced search function in Bridge? Open it in the top left search drop down or Cmd/Ctrl+F

 

 

This feature allows you to select which folder to search and which field to search. You can also opt to search all subfolders.