ACDSee Pro 2 and 2.5

Search for IPTC keywords does not work.

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  arntis
  Member

  I installed the trial version and I can't get the search to work.
  I specify a folder (with subfolders) and properties with "keywords is any of keyword1, keyword2" and press start. It start the search and and it show "Retrieving information" forever. It uses 50% cpu, even after I press Stop. Exit will not quit the process and I have to kill it.
  This is a disappointment. :-(

  Posted On October 16, 2008 - 11:29 PM (1 year ago) (Permalink to this post)
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  moongate
  Moderator

  arntis said:

  I installed the trial version and I can't get the search to work.
  I specify a folder (with subfolders) and properties with "keywords is any of keyword1, keyword2" and press start. It start the search and and it show "Retrieving information" forever. It uses 50% cpu, even after I press Stop. Exit will not quit the process and I have to kill it.
  This is a disappointment. :-(

  Hello Arntis,

  I'm sorry that you are experiencing these difficulties. I'm not able to solve your problem but could you try to do the exact same search without limiting it to a single folder\subfolder.

  Could you please tell me if it works in that case?

  Moongate

  Posted On October 17, 2008 - 09:16 AM (1 year ago) (Permalink to this post)
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  arntis
  Member

  I tried a reinstall, but still the same problem. 
  If try to search the whole database it is working as expected.
  Better than nothing. :-)

  Btw, my spec is Vista, 4MB ram, ATI HD 3870x2, Intel Core 2 Duo @ 3,8GHz.

  Arntis

  Posted On October 17, 2008 - 02:31 PM (1 year ago) (Permalink to this post)
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  Marc Sabatella
  Moderator

  I really dislike the search facility and avoid it if at all possible.  Here's how I'd do what I think you are trying to do using the Quick Search box at the top of the browser window:

  "foldername +keyword1 +keyword2"

  BTW, in the search window, were you using the "Search cataloged items only" option (accessed using the little arrow below the folder list)?

   

  Posted On October 22, 2008 - 05:00 PM (1 year ago) (Permalink to this post)
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  arntis
  Member

  Yes, I were using the "Search cataloged items only" option.

  I did not know I could use the Quick Search box like that. Thanx. :-)
  But I could not get it to work. I tried:
  D:\Documents\arntis\Pictures\2008\Syden\ +keyword1 +keyword2
  and
  Syden +keyword1 +keyword2
  but none found the pictures.

  Arntis

   

  Posted On October 23, 2008 - 01:11 AM (1 year ago) (Permalink to this post)
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  Marc Sabatella
  Moderator

  arntis said:

  Syden +keyword1 +keyword2

  This should work if the pictures were actually in that folder, not a subfolder.  At least, if you have the "Include contents of folders" option selected in your Quick Search options.  There might be a way to get it to search subfolders too, but I ended up just setting up my folder naming scheme so that subfolders of a folder I might want to search  start with the same name as the folder.  That is, the main folder I might want to search is PROOF.  So all subfolders of PROOF are named PROOF_001, PROOF_002, etc.

   

  Posted On October 24, 2008 - 05:28 AM (1 year ago) (Permalink to this post)
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  arntis
  Member

  Marc Sabatella said:

  This should work if the pictures were actually in that folder, not a subfolder.  At least, if you have the "Include contents of folders" option selected in your Quick Search options.  There might be a way to get it to search subfolders too, but I ended up just setting up my folder naming scheme so that subfolders of a folder I might want to search  start with the same name as the folder.  That is, the main folder I might want to search is PROOF.  So all subfolders of PROOF are named PROOF_001, PROOF_002, etc.

  What is strange is that it will find some photos, but not all of them. I even tried to catalogue all photos all over again with the same result.
  I will most certainly use your tip about naming the folders though. :-)

  Posted On October 25, 2008 - 04:36 AM (1 year ago) (Permalink to this post)
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  carlos
  Member

  I have the exact same problem as the thread starter.
  The search option with in a specific folder works maybe one of ten tries.
  And it makes no difference if I search for more than one folder.
  Only the search in the complete database works.

  I cant believe that such an important feature does not work properly.

  Posted On February 21, 2009 - 11:17 AM (9 months ago) (Permalink to this post)
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  Sam Dring
  Moderator

  Carlos

  Take the folder in question and select all images then rebuild thmbs and metadata (dbase menu) and try again.

  Posted On February 21, 2009 - 03:04 PM (9 months ago) (Permalink to this post)
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  carlos
  Member

  Sam Dring said:

  Carlos

  Take the folder in question and select all images then rebuild thmbs and metadata (dbase menu) and try again.

  Ok, here is what happens:

  I rebuild thumbs and metadata in that folder. Than tried a search. It worked. I closed ACDSee, reopen it and tried the search again. It works. So far so good, but strangely in both searches in addition to the pics from the folder I got two pictures from other folders as a result of the search. So I tried your suggested method with these two folders. After that, I have done another search in the first folder and ACDSee crashes again. I rebuild thumbs and metadata again, but ACDSee keeps crashing.

  Bottom line, I am back at the beginning.

  Posted On February 22, 2009 - 08:42 AM (9 months ago) (Permalink to this post)
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  Sam Dring
  Moderator

  I would rebuild thumbs and meta for your whole image stock, if I were you.  Use the image well and select all - it will take some time.

  Posted On February 22, 2009 - 12:27 PM (9 months ago) (Permalink to this post)
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  carlos
  Member

  Sam Dring said:

  I would rebuild thumbs and meta for your whole image stock, if I were you.  Use the image well and select all - it will take some time.

  Ok, I have done what you suggested. Took me over an hour. My database contains around 85000 images (~30GB).

  Unfortunately it changed nothing.

  Posted On February 22, 2009 - 04:31 PM (9 months ago) (Permalink to this post)
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  carlos
  Member

  BTW, what should it have to do with images in other folders? The search in the whole database works. But only the search in a specific folder doesnt. But it doesnt depend in what folder I search. It seems like it is a deep problem within ACDSee. Funny enough, the folder I have done the tests with contains only around 100 pictures. So its not like that the folder is to big.

  Posted On February 22, 2009 - 04:49 PM (9 months ago) (Permalink to this post)
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  carlos
  Member

  And another note I forgot.
  When I do a search for instance for image width, it works fine. Every time. No Problem. The same folder, the same images. Only the search for keywords in IPTC or ACDSee database seems somehow corrupted.

  Posted On February 22, 2009 - 05:02 PM (9 months ago) (Permalink to this post)
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  ck
  Member

  I am experiencing the same issue when trying to search by IPTC Keywords within a folder. When attempting to do a IPTC Keyword search in the Search Pane with 'Search in: Entire Database' option, it works as expected in 15 seconds for the size of my database. It's so ironical that when narrowing down on the current folder that ACD keeps searching forever. Toggling the 'Search Catalog Items Only' option doesn't help. Come on mods. This sounds like a bug. Or are we doing something wrong?

  Posted On February 23, 2009 - 08:18 AM (9 months ago) (Permalink to this post)
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  carlos
  Member

  ck said:

  It's so ironical that when narrowing down on the current folder that ACD keeps searching forever.

  Yes, thats really weird.
  If the problem were the other way, that ACDSee hangs when searching the whole database.
  But this is really strange...

  Posted On February 23, 2009 - 04:50 PM (9 months ago) (Permalink to this post)

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