This section will make you believe that all the fields that you filled on the "Edit" page can help you to find exactly what you need. Enot uses several main search methods which can be used one after another to find more images. When you search images using only current method, you press [Search] button. When you want to use several methods in a raw, you use [Appending search] and new search results are added to the results previously found. If you already found some images but there are a lot of them and you want to reduce the number of search results by using another search method, change search parameters and press [Search in results].
Search by description, comments, keywords and location.
This is the most simple search mode but it can be helpful if you don't remember what field exactly contains the text you are going to find. Such simplicity has also disadvantages: the more your database grows, the more junk results you will have. If you remember our "squirrel" example, besides the only correct result this filter may also show the photos taken in Squirrelville, the photos with comments "Annie does look like a squirrel in this photo!", etc.
This mode is also used when you don't need any main filters but want to use advanced filters or groups filters. To do it simply leave the search line blank.
Search by specified fields only.
This mode is used when you know what field contains the text you want to find. It gives more relevant results. For instance, to find our squirrel from the Querk forest, simply put "squirrel" to keywords field and select "Querk forest" from the location drop-down list.
When "this is a precise location" is checked, you should enter location
exactly as it was saved to the database. It was done on purpose: some location
names may have common parts, like "Moscow" and "Moscow suburbs".
If you search for
"Moscow" when the checkbox is checked, you get only "Moscow"
photos, but if you uncheck the checkbox, you will also find "Moscow suburbs"
photos.
The checkbox "All fields should match" specifies what found records will be further filtered out: if it is checked, the record should have matches in all fields that you filled (in our case only the photos with both keyword "squirrel" and location "Querk forest"). If unchecked, any match will make Enot show the record (i.e. all photos of squirrels and all photos from Querk forest will be shown).
Search by file name.
Use this mode when you know the name of the file you want to find or at least
its part. It should be a name with extension, like "IMG_3464.JPG".
You can also check "not precise" checkbox, then you can enter any
part of the name, like "3464". If you remember a part of the folder
name where the required photo can be found, check the second checkbox, for example,
type "London" to find
"C:\Photos\2006\London\IMG_3463.JPG",
"C:\Photos\2006\London\IMG_3464.JPG",
"C:\Photos\2006\London\IMG_3465.JPG",
...
Search by season.
This mode is used to search for photos taken in a certain month range. Unlike
using date range in Advanced filters, this mode allows you to show photos taken
in one season but in different years. If you are interested in localized photos,
which is often the case, select the location from the drop-down listbox. You
can further limit the search results by means of date range filter, for instance,
to see all summer photos from 1995 to 1998.
Warning: this filter ignores the records with empty
or incorrect datetime field!
Search photos taken nearby this place.
If you weren't lazy to fill the GPS field, you may now take advantage of this
mode. Its purpose is similar to that of "search by location", but
it is more preferable when a certain region has a lot of locations and you want
to find them all at once. For instance, if there are 30 locations in the range
of 100 kilometers, you can proceed with 30 appending searches by location or
1 simple search by distance. Simply enter coordinates of the region in the search
field, specify the distance in kilometers or miles and Enot will calculate the
range and check every image in the database - if it was taken within the range,
it will be shown in the search results.
Warning: this filter ignores the records with empty
or incorrect GPS field!
Search specific records to keep database neat.
This mode is used not for pleasure but to be sure that your database is in order. There are a few submodes.
These filters can be used with or without main search modes. When any main search mode is used, advanced filters further reduce the number of junk search results.
Date range: specify the date range - only the photos taken within this
range will be shown.
Warning: this filter ignores the records with empty
or incorrect datetime field!
Impression and quality: select what kind of images you want to sort out - boring photos or breathtaking photos.
Similar to advanced filters, group filter may be used as a standalone filter or as additional filter to one of the main search modes.
If several groups are checked, it means that the record will be shown if it is a member of at least one of the checked groups. If no group is checked, you won't find anything. If you want to find records belonging to group "A" and not belonging to group "B", you should check "B" group with a gray marker (in XP/2003 it is a green square). Thus, if you want to see all photos except group "B", you check all groups with a normal tick and graycheck/squarecheck group "B". If you just uncheck group "B", the records from this group will be shown anyway if they are participating in at least one checked group.
Suppose you need to find photos participating both in "A" and "B" groups at the same time. If you just check these groups, it won't work, because you will also find a lot of records that can participate in any of these groups. To find the images belonging to both "A" and "B" first you should search for images belonging to "A" only, and when you've got some results, uncheck "A", check "B" and press [Search in results]. As the results surely contain photos belonging to "A", your last search will sort out only those of them, that also belong to "B".
Searching by any node group means searching all node's children. Returning to our example:
\Nature\Animate\Birds
\Nature\Animate\Insects
\Nature\Animate\Mammals
\Nature\Inanimate\Flowers
\Nature\Inanimate\Trees
\Nature\Inanimate\Landscapes
If you search for \Nature, you get the photos belonging to all above mentioned groups. If you search for \Nature\Animate, you get birds, insects and mammals. If you search for \Nature\Animate\Insects, you get insects only. It is very convenient - if you have dozens of subgroups, you don't need to check them all, check only one node group.
Simple groups mode allows you to see similar groups with the same names. For
example, if you want to see all photos with people and have groups:
\Celebrations\People\Friends
\Celebrations\People\Family
\Home\People\Relatives
\Home\People\Guests
\Trips\People
Of course, you can check all these groups, but it will take a lot of time.
It's much easier to switch to "simple groups" mode. In this mode you
will see individual subgroups names. As far as our example is concerned, you
will have to check only "People" to see the photos from all above
mentioned groups.