Targeted search of file names within folders

[Alex Udell]

Hi…

don’t forget about the “FIND” funtion.

this is separate from the search box you are typing in right now.

it’s the magnifying glass at the bottom of the project panel

https://helpx.adobe.com/premiere-pro/using/organizing-assets-project-panel.html

“Find assets matching criteria

For more detailed searches, you can locate any assets in your project that meet criteria you specify. For example, you can search for a video clip that has a certain word in its Name column and a phrase in its Comment column.

Do one of the following:
Click the Find icon at the bottom of the Project panel.
Select the Project panel, and press Ctrl + F (Windows), or Command + F (Mac OS).
In the Find dialog box, select the name of the columns to search from the menus under Column.
Select the appropriate operators from the menus under Operator.
Type in the characters you want to find in the specified columns in their respective Find What fields.
If you’re searching for two criteria simultaneously, do one of the following:
To find assets that match both criteria, select All from the Match menu.
To find assets that match either criteria, select Any from the Match menu.
Click Find.”

Alex Udell
Editing, Motion Graphics, and Visual FX

[Alexandre Brandt]

Ah, I see. But how do I “Find” inside a folder in the project panel, because the Find option does not give us the option to chose a folder to look inside of.

motion pictures + storytelling = ?
-> FILMMAKING !

[Alex Udell]

oops sorry…

use the search field like you started with.

BUT double click and open the bin first…(it will open in it’s own window or own tab of project panel)…

then use the search field for that bin….then it will only search those items in that BIN…

Alex

[Alexandre Brandt]

Ok. That was what I was doing and thus I run into the issue of searching in all fields/columns and not being able to restrict the search….

motion pictures + storytelling = ?
-> FILMMAKING !

[Alex Udell]

ok so to resolve THAT….

you will notice that the search field has a couple of options…

one is to search all METADATA

the other is to search ONLY metadata that is shown in the project panel

to use that properly….you need to customize the metadata columns shown in the project panel so that you don’t run into the conflicts you are having….

SOOOoo…

in the upper right corner of the project panel is a context menu…

one of the options allows you to customize matadata…

if you select that you can create a custom metadata setup expose more or less columns in your view….you can make a preset for “rushes”

then with that preset view enabled AND looking only in one bin

you can refine the search the way you want…

here’s some links:

https://help.adobe.com/en_US/premierepro/cs/using/WSE2397406-3FEB-43df-868D-68EB20BBC021.html

https://vimeo.com/60948101

Alex Udell
Editing, Motion Graphics, and Visual FX

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[Alexandre Brandt]

Thanks for the detailed response.
I tried making a new metadata column with nothing in it and with that and only the name of the clips enabled, did a search in a folder but it does not work.
I guess I’ll have to look at the detail explanation on the link.
Thanks Alex.

motion pictures + storytelling = ?
-> FILMMAKING !

[Alex Udell]

you have to set the search param in the project panel from all metadata to only what’s shown in the project panel….

Alex Udell
Editing, Motion Graphics, and Visual FX