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Search Window (Search)
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Please select menu "IMAGES" and there menupoit "SEARCH"
Here you have the avaiblity to search for pictures. In the string gadget
you have to declare the picturename, wildcards are also allowed.
E.g. you search for pictures with the ending ".jpg". Please type in
the following in the string gadget: #?.jpg
If you now press the search button Artstudio will mark all pictures
in the catalogue which are ending on ".jpg". You didn`t have to watch
out for capital or small letters.
ArtStudio can also search for e.g. width, height and depth.
width
Please type in the width which Artstudio has to look for into the string
gadget (von "from" and bis "to").
If you search for a certain width e.g. 320 then type in 320 in both
string gadgets.
height
Please type in the height which Artstudio has to look for into the string gadget
(von "from" and bis "to"). If you search for a certain width e.g. 320
then type in 320 in both string gadgets.
depth
Here you can see two sliders to select the desired depth.
If you like to search for picture with a detph from 1 to 8 (2 - 256 colors)
then please set the "from" slider to 1 and the "to" slider to 8.
If you only search picture in 24 bit depth (16.8 mil. colors) than
you have to set both silders to 24.
colortables
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BITS COLORS
1 2
2 4
3 8
4 16
5 32
6 64
7 128
8 256
9 512
10 1024
11 2048
12 4096
13 8192
14 16384
15 32768
16 65536
17 131072
18 262144
19 524288
20 1048576
21 2097152
22 4194304
23 8388608
24 16777216
Graphic format
Here you can select the graphic format which you are looking for.
category
Here you can declare which category you want to search for.
If you select the category "ROOT", Artstudio searchs for the declared
specifications in the whole catalogue.
name
In this string gadget you have to type in the name or a shortcut
of the picture which you are looking for. Also you can use wildcards
to declare the name. With the wildcards you can shorten the picture
name or you can search for endings.
example
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You are looking for pictures with ending ".IFF", then you must type in
the following : "#?.IFF". The characters "#?" are called wildcards, for
further information about wildcards please read the
"technical termes"-> Wildcards or read the Amiga system handbook.
or
if you search for pictures which containing the characters combination
"WAT" in their name, then type in "#?WAT#?".
path
Here you can use the same shortscuts which have been declared above.
But it all applies to the picture path.
The path function is very useful to search for pictures in a directory or
on a CD.Simply declare the path and all picture which Artstudio finds
will be marked.
example
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You like to search for all the pictures on the harddisk "Bilder:", then
you have to type in "Bilder:#?" in the string gadget called path.
date from
Each picture on your harddisk, CD etc. contains a date. The date
shows you at what time you have saved it or put it on your harddisk,
CD, etc. If you looking for pictures which have been saved on a specified
date you have to type in the respective date in the enterfield.
Please ensure that you have type in the right date format, if you don`t
have it Artstudio can`t work with your input.
date formats
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DD-MM-YY D->day M->month Y->year
always two-digits !!!
01-01-96 1. January 1996
15-03-95 15. March 1995
Date to
The same function like "date from" but the different is, that this function
is searching until it reach the date you have typed in and "date from"
search from the date you have typed in.
If you are looking for a certain date you have to type in
the same date in both string gadgets (date from, date to)
What would you like to search for ?
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If you have finished your input, you should also select the needed
search-criterion
If you search for several criterions, the individual criterion will filter
by the logical function AND. That means, if only all criterions be right
then the picture will be marked.
Search
The search was started. All picture which Artstudio has found
will be marked. Marked pictures are recognizeable by white writing
under blue background.
Before you try to start the search, no picture should be marked.
Unless you want to make serveral searches to mark different pictures
and then delete, copy etc. all the marked pictures.
Cancel
Artstudio ignores your settings and the window will close.