Searching by color?

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  1. sbpoet

    sbpoet Well-Known Member

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    I'm on a Mac, and I have Photoshop CC. Is it possible to search my computer files by color? This would be so helpful!
     
  2. AnneofAlamo

    AnneofAlamo Slippers IN sunshine? Even better!

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    I do a search for color in my lilypad folder and a whole lot comes up...and then I go thru and open up the file location, and can usually find what I am searching for...sometimes?
     
  3. bestcee

    bestcee In love with places I've never been to

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    There was a cool search in PSE organizer that let you pull my color. I don't know if Photoshop does it? I can search on my computer, and if the designer labeled it with the color, find it.
     
  4. sbpoet

    sbpoet Well-Known Member

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    Yes, I can search with text, but then it pulls up only those files that the designer labeled with the color. I'm hoping there might be a way to search by color that would pull up everything, labeled or not. Picasa used to do this, but Picasa is gone.
     
  5. bellbird

    bellbird Pollywog

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    I' not much help here but I learned something - wish i had even thought to search by keyword before thru my files, tht'd have saved a lot of manual searching!!
     
  6. bestcee

    bestcee In love with places I've never been to

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    I checked last night, but neither Photoshop nor Lightroom will do it. I don't know why PSE Organizer does it? It would be cool to have, but I wonder if PSE Organizer is recognizing color labels like LR would do?

    Hmmm....
     
  7. busywoman139

    busywoman139 Wish and hope and ... poof! There it is!

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    Google Photos searches by color. Not that you want a new project of uploading your stuff to one more place :) But maybe you could just upload previews?
     

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