ACD Systems ACDSEE 12, User Manual

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Chapter 3: Manage mode
You can also refine your auto categories search by selecting a category or rating. For example, imagine that you clicked on the
Photographer auto category and found over 1000 images. However, you only want to see the best images by that photographer.
Click the Easy-Select indicator beside 1 in the
Ratings area of the Organize pane. Only the images by that photographer with a
rating of 1 will display.
You can also use the Selective Browsing pane to refine your auto categories search. For example, imagine that you clicked on the
Camera Model auto category and ACDSee 12 displayed over 1000 images. However, you only want to see the images that you took on
a specific date. Display the Selective Browsing pane by clicking
View | Selective Browsing , then select the Calendar pane and
select the appropriate date. Only the images taken with that camera model on that day will be displayed.
Finding duplicate files
You can use the Duplicate Finder plug-in to search for duplicate files on your hard drive. Once you locate any duplicates, you can
rename or delete them to better manage your file collection.
The following steps are a basic overview of how to use the Duplicate Finder. There is also extensive context-sensitive Help in the
plug-in dialog box to provide you with additional information.
Limit your search by selecting only a portion of the photos or images in a folder.
To find duplicate files:
1. In Manage mode, select a folder or images to search for duplicates.
2. Click Tools | Find Duplicates .
3. In the Duplicate Finder dialog box, on the Select Search Type page, add any other files and folders you want to search.
4. Do one of the following:
To find duplicates within the files and folders you added to the list, select Find duplicates within this list of files .
To compare files between the list you created and another group of files, select Find duplicates between these files
and another list .
5. Click Next .
6. If you are comparing the files with another list, add the files or folders you want to compare to the second list, and then click
Next .
7. On the Search Parameters page, specify whether you want to find exact duplicates, or just files with the same name.
8. Select Find images only if you only want to search for image files.
9. Click Next .
10. If no duplicates are found, click OK and refine your search or click Cancel to exit the Duplicate Finder.
11. If duplicates are found, specify from which list you want to delete the duplicates, and then select the check box next to the
files you want to delete. You can also right-click a file name to open, rename, or delete a file.
12. Click Next to review your changes, and then click Finish .
Finding images quickly
You can click on the name of a saved search to quickly re-run the search. You can select Special Items in the Organize pane to locate
all of the images in your database , or list all of the images that you have not yet assigned to a category .
To re-run a saved search:
In Manage mode, in the Organize pane, click the name of a saved search.
The results of the search display in the File List pane.
To find all of your images at once:
1. In Manage mode, click View | Organize to open the Organize pane.
2. In the Organize pane, under Special Items, click Image Well .
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