advanced file searching

sir-knight · Nov 2009

hey guys, I've found a need to search for a specific aspect ratio of pixel dimensions, anyone know of a cataloging application that can do this?

I've already tried bridge and xnview. Xnview allows me to search by specific pixel dimensions but I've got thousands of images to go through and I need to pick out all the perfectly square ones since the images I need may not be a specific size but will be a specific ratio.

arrangemonk · Nov 2009

you could code a proggy with c# (pretty easy)
in that you reference an image lib that covers teh formats that are in your folder
(geting the names would be more complex, i thing system.path does the job tehre)
then you just load the metadata of the images (specialli with and height) and divide them
with/height if the result is 1, you copy the file in another folder

i could do that, if i had the right image library

yep here is one
http://freeimage.sourceforge.net/download.html

Slum · Nov 2009

you could also do this relatively quickly with python and PIL

sir-knight · Nov 2009

nuts.. no preexisting apps? that kinda sucks since I need to do a sort asap I don't have time to wait on our nonexistent tools team to do something and I don't have the skills to do it myself. Guess I'll have to do it the old fashioned way.

Hardboiled · Nov 2009

You can do this in Adobe Bridge (using CS4, have not tested other versions). Generate a search result (edit>find...) or whichever method you like. In the filter panel on the left (window>filter panel to turn on/off) you should see a Group labeled Aspect Ratio. Expand this to find a series of aspect filters, 1:1, 2:3, 16:9, etc... Just click the one you want and your search results should filter down to just the selected aspect.

advanced file searching

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