Bridge - finding files without keywords

sskoutas

Anyone know how to locate all files in a directory and it's subdirectories that do not have keywords assigned to them? If the answer is obvious, I'm just not seeing it. Thanks.

jfriend

Various work-arounds

sskoutas wrote:

Anyone know how to locate all files in a directory and it's subdirectories that do not have keywords assigned to them? If the answer is obvious, I'm just not seeing it. Thanks.

I have wanted to do this myself, but have never found a way to do it. When you're trying to keyword every photo in a set (for me, it's usually assigning player's names for a sports season), this is such an obvious thing to want to do, but I've not figured out how to do it.

If you have a contained set of other keywords that you are assigning, you can search for all photos that do NOT have keywords equal to anything in that set.

Or, if you control the keywords you are assigning, you can put a common suffix on every keyword (like "-yyy") and then if you search for all photos that do not contain a keyword with "-yyy" in it, you will find all photos with no keywords.

Or, here's a funny work-around (you search for images that don't contain any vowels in a keyword): http://www.computer-darkroom.com/ps9_browser/bridge_tips_1.htm.

sskoutas

jfriend wrote:

I have wanted to do this myself, but have never found a way to do it. When you're trying to keyword every photo in a set (for me, it's usually assigning player's names for a sports season), this is such an obvious thing to want to do, but I've not figured out how to do it.

If you have a contained set of other keywords that you are assigning, you can search for all photos that do NOT have keywords equal to anything in that set.

Or, if you control the keywords you are assigning, you can put a common suffix on every keyword (like "-yyy") and then if you search for all photos that do not contain a keyword with "-yyy" in it, you will find all photos with no keywords.

Or, here's a funny work-around (you search for images that don't contain any vowels in a keyword): http://www.computer-darkroom.com/ps9_browser/bridge_tips_1.htm.

Thanks a LOT! I'll have to try that vowel thing tonight when I get home. I think that's just the trick I'm looking for. Then, to take it one step further, I can save that search as a collection and find anything without a keyword in the future too... thanks again. Great tips, all 3 of them.

sskoutas

Thanks, John!
The Vowel Trick works like a charm! Thanks... I really appreciate it!

jfriend

sskoutas wrote:

The Vowel Trick works like a charm! Thanks... I really appreciate it!

Cool! I may have to put it to work myself.