RE: do searching in IM work for anyone?

I agree with you on the search of duplicate or similar images using the
"Image Selectors > General Matching". Gave up on this... In the selected
images always were  similar images and totally different ones! I want this
for finding different versions of the same picture. Now use the smart file
name and works 99% perfectly due to my file naming for versions.

Most of the search I do is on dates and categories, so I don't know for
other search options.

José Proença

-----Original Message-----
From: ktomeara [mailto:[email protected]] 
Sent: Wednesday, 26 January, 2005 18:34
To: [email protected]
Subject: [imatchuserforum] do searching in IM work for anyone?



NO matter what I do, what options I set, what search type I use, I can't
find "similar" pictures under IM. I've tried finding "exact" 
(duplicate) matches, "similar" matches using the different search modes,
tried adjusting the sliders, tried "or'ing", "and'ing", and everything else.
No matter what, I seem to get every picture in my database back, no matter
how unalike they are, only limiting by the number of results I've selected
(200 default).

I can't really tell if the search is doing anything. If it is, there doesn't
seem to be a way to tell it to return the best matches first. 
I can't even find "identical" images in the same directory.

(Incidentally, there is a program that does this type of thing very well -
D'PEG - if anyone needs something like this)

I've also mentioned that I've had very poor results with any of the search
functions (on the search window) in IM. The wildcard searches either don't
work, or use wildcards characters in a way I can't comprehend - and I've
been using computers since before DOS. It seems like most of the search
window features really doesn't work. Too bad -  IM is great for data entry,
not so good for finding the data later. 
I have had good success with setting up a virtual directory in the
categories tab, using formulas to filter results.

Maybe it's a dead issue with a new version coming out. Still, I wish Mario
would either categorically state that these search functions, in the search
window either worked, or didn't work. I don't care if they don't function -
there are work arounds - but then I wouldn't keep on wondering if its just
something stupid I'm doing. How about a bottom line position on this from
Mario or other users? Do wildcard and "find similar" searches work in a
consistent fashion in IM?








 
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