Find the file
even when you forgot what it’s called.
You need one photo, but its file name is a camera number you never learned.
By the end, you’ll have narrowed the Library to the one asset you need by its project, file type, and the date it was taken, and checked it in Info.
Before you start
- A YetOnePro workspace with assets in its Library.
- Something you remember about the asset: its project, its file type, or roughly when it was taken.
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Here's how to find a file when you've forgotten what it's called.
The Library holds every asset in your workspace, eighteen here. You need one photo from a recent shoot, but its name is just a camera number.
You do remember other things about it: the project, the shape of the photo, and roughly when it was taken. Each of those is a filter in this bar.
Start with the project. Open Project, and choose Lumen Bay holiday shoot.
Now only the four assets in that project are left.
Next, the file type. Open Type, check Image, and set Orientation to Portrait.
Images can also be filtered by size. Video and audio have their own options, like duration.
Two portrait photos remain.
Now the date. By default, Date filters by when a file was uploaded. Switch it to Created, the date stored in the file. For a photo, that's when it was taken.
Then choose Last 30 days.
One asset left. The other portrait was taken more than a month ago, so it drops out. The chip now reads Created, Last 30 days.
Open it to make sure it's the right one.
The Info tab shows the file name, its resolution, and the camera and settings it was shot with. It also names the deliverable it belongs to.
Go back, and your filters are still set. Clear all removes them in one click.
In short: when you don't know the name, filter by what you do know. The project, the file type, and the date the photo was taken. Then open the result and check it.
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Filter by what you remember, not by the name.
Alex Morgan at Northstar Creative needs one portrait from the Lumen Bay holiday shoot. Its file name is just a camera number, DSC_0412. Alex doesn’t remember it, but does remember the project, that it’s a portrait photo, and that it was taken in the last few weeks. Three filters bring the Library from 18 assets down to one.
Open the Library in your workspace to follow along. The filters sit in the bar above the assets.
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Start in the Library
The Library holds every asset in your workspace. Each filter in the bar narrows the grid, and the filters add up: an asset has to match all of them to stay.
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Filter by project
Open Project and choose the project, here Lumen Bay holiday shoot. Only the assets in that project are left: 4 of 18.
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Filter by file type
Open Type, check Image, and set Orientation to Portrait. Two portrait photos remain.
Images can also be filtered by Size. Video and audio have their own options, like Duration.
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Filter by the date it was taken
Open Date. By default it filters by Uploaded, the day the asset was added to YetOnePro. Switch it to Created, the date stored in the file. For a photo, that’s when it was taken.
Then choose Last 30 days. One asset is left, and the chip reads “Created: Last 30 days”.
The other portrait was uploaded recently too, but it was taken 45 days ago. Filtering by Uploaded would have kept it; Created drops it. - 05
Open it and check
Open the asset to make sure it’s the right one. The Info tab shows the file name, the resolution, and the camera and settings it was shot with, for example 1/250 s and 35.0 mm. It also names the deliverable the asset belongs to.
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Go back, then clear the filters
Go back to the Library, and your filters are still set. Clear all removes them in one click, and all 18 assets are back.
In short: when you don’t know the name, filter by what you do know. The project, the file type, and the date the photo was taken. Then open the result and check it. How one asset keeps its versions and formats together is in One logo, one asset: variants, versions and formats.
Check the result
- Project shows the project you picked.
- Type shows Image, with Orientation set to Portrait.
- The date chip reads “Created: Last 30 days”.
- The asset you opened is the one you needed; Info confirms it.
- Clear all brings every asset back.
If it didn’t work
The photo I need doesn’t show up under Last 30 days.
Check the date basis. Uploaded, the default, is when the asset was added to YetOnePro. Created is the date stored in the file; for a photo, when it was taken.
I opened an asset. Are my filters gone?
No. Go back to the Library, and the filters are still set.
How do I start over?
Choose Clear all in the filter bar. It removes every filter in one click.