Use keyword panel as a filter with AND operator.
Preferably importable and exportable like the panel.
Operators like AND, OR, NOT etc. could be selectable for each keyword using multi-click signs as in the panel, with AND as default (anyway).
Hi,
This capability is now available in latest Bridge beta build 14.1.0, please install the build and try the feature.
Regards,
Bridge Team
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Dave Swarthout commented
How does it work - examples please?
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Semyon Ovchinnikov commented
Agree. I was surprised that Adobe Bridge doesn't have this obvious feautre.
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Kelvin Nava commented
I definitely agree with you. Filtering by AND operator is what you really need for an accurate search. I am not a code expert but I guess that implementation does not involve a thousand lines of code.
Other softwares like ACDSee or Eagle are superior in that regard.
Adobe, listen to the users!
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Arne Henriksen commented
I find it hard to understand why developers haven't done more to improve keyword filtering when simple changes could've done so much. The keyword panel is good, with export and import. Why not do the same for filtering? The alphabetical list with only an OR/ANY operator is nearly useless.
The find-function (ctrl+F) is an alternative, but it's too cumbersome and time-consuming. If you want to select several keywords you have to search through the list of criteria for every keyword. Why not keep the last used criteria (like keyword) as the pre-selected option when starting a new one? And closest matches could appear when typing in a keyword. Not that such improvements would remove the need for a keyword filter panel.
Smart collections could be useful but they're not organizable. Quickly end up with a long alphabetical list like the keywords. Folders (and subfolders) would make them much more useful. And they have the same problems as the find function.
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PECourtejoie commented