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Hi,

I have one question on the search fucntionality.

If i have 3 jpeg file such as :

- holiday_venice_yann.jpg
- holiday_spain_yann.jpg
- WE_US_yann.jpg
- holiday_venice.jpg

Is it possible with the search menu to do a search in order to find directly all photo of yann in venice, so the photo : - holiday_venice_yann.jpg
?

Thanks for your response.

YannG

You could use wildcards (*, ?) for your search. '*' means no, one, or multiple characters. '?' means exactly one character.

With the search pattern *holiday*yann*.jpg you will find all JPG files which contain "holday" and "yann" in the filename. Please note that the order is relevant, that is a file named "yann_holidays.jpg" will not be found with this pattern.

If you want to categorize your images, the IPTC keywords might be useful (Edit > Metadata > Edit IPTC or Ctrl+I). Or you could use the categories which are available since XnView 1.90.

Thanks for your response.

And, what is exactly the IPTC keywords concept. How does it works?

Thanks,

YannG

YannG wrote:And, what is exactly the IPTC keywords concept. How does it works?

IPTC is a standard Metadata that allow you to describe (keywords, categories, comments...) an image. It is directly embedded in the file for JPEG and TIFF (without modifying the image itself). Used a lot by expert photographers. Try 'Edit IPTC' on some test images to get a better idea (you can add/remove/search).