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
  -------
  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
  -------
  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
  ------------

  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.