Corel PaintShop Pro Help | Finding images on your computer

Finding images on your computer

When you import photos into PaintShop Pro by navigating to them from the Navigation palette, they are cataloged automatically. Cataloged images can be searched for quickly (real-time filtering) and easily from the Search box. You can do a simple text-based search, use more advanced search options, or use a calendar to search for images associated with a particular date or date range.

When you perform an advanced search, you can save the search rules and results as a Smart Collection.

To search for images quickly

Manage tab

• In the Navigation palette, type a search term in the Search box.

The search results appear in the Organizer palette.

Note: Search terms may be filenames (including extensions), names of folders in which images reside (including letters designating drives), tags, caption text, or image metadata (EXIF or IPTC data).

For more information about the tags that you can assign to images, see Adding keyword tags to images. For more information about caption text and image metadata, see Displaying and editing photo information.

To do an advanced search

Manage tab

1 In the Navigation palette, click the Collections tab.

2 Double-click Smart Collections to open the list, and click Add Smart Collection.

The Smart Collection dialog box appears.

3 In the Find photos that match drop-list, select one of the following options:

• All — searches for images that match all of the specified rules

• Any — searches for images that match any of the specified rules

4 From the first drop-list on the left, select a search option.

5 From the next drop-list, select an option to refine the search further.

The options that appear in the drop-list depend on the search option that you chose in the previous drop-list.

6 In the text field, type or choose a search term.

Note: The search term you type must correspond to the search option that you choose in the first drop-list of the search rule. For example, if you choose Image date, modify the month, date, and year displayed, or press the down arrow button and click a date on the calendar that appears. If you choose Rating, click the number of stars matching the rating assigned to the image.

7 Click Preview.

The search results appear in the Organizer palette.

You can also
Add an additional search rule	Click the Add Rule button in the upper-right corner of the dialog box.
Remove the last search rule	Click the Remove Rule button .
Save the search as a Smart Collection	Click Save in the Smart Collection dialog box. In the Save as Smart Collection dialog box, type a name, and click Save. The collection appears in the Smart Collections list.