| openSUSE Documentation Chapter 16. Managing Your Digital Image Collection / 16.7. Creating Powerful Search Filters | ||||
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 | 16.6. Managing Tags | 16.8. Exporting Image Collections |  | |
| openSUSE Documentation Chapter 16. Managing Your Digital Image Collection / 16.7. Creating Powerful Search Filters | ||||
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| 16.6. Managing Tags | 16.8. Exporting Image Collections | | |
Any image collection soon becomes unmanageable if you do not find a means to search for the images you need and find them without much of a hassle. To help you organize your collection, Digikam offers you two search options:
Plain simple search. Just enter a text string that might be associated with your image (image or tag name, or comment) and hit . You can save this search for future use and edit other existing searches listed under .
Complex search filter. Set up complex rules using any image property (album, tag, rating, date, etc.) and combine these options as needed. You can save your search filter for future use and edit other existing searches listed under .
The following example illustrates how to create an using rating or tag information to search for images:
Select the tab to the left of the main window.
Right-click the empty field and select .
Select the first search criterion. In this case, select
Rating+Equals+5 Stars to search for all images that
have been rated with five stars.
In the section, select the operator and click .
A new search rule is added below the existing one.
Select the second search criterion. In this case, select
Tag+Equals+Filters to search for all images that have
been tagged with a tag named .
Add other search criteria if needed, group criteria or delete them.
The results of your search are displayed in the search window.
If you want to save the search for future use, specify a name for this search and leave the dialog with .
