Support for searching AI-generated image metadata (prompts)

[Lemur]

Hi,

I am not sure if this is already possible, but I would like to ask if there is a way to search within the embedded metadata of AI-generated images.

Many of these files contain long text prompts in their metadata. It would be incredibly useful to search for specific terms to find images by style or content, such as "cyberpunk", "elephant", or "oil painting".

If this is not currently supported, could this be a feature request? To maintain performance and avoid high CPU usage, this feature could only be activated if the user explicitly marks it, functioning similarly to the content: search command rather than a background index.

Thanks for this great tool!

[therube]

Everything 1.5 Beta has various content: search methods - might help.

[void]

Depends where the meta data is stored.. (if at all)
In Everything 1.5, select an AI generated image.
Right click the result list column header and click Add Columns....
In Select Property dialog, right click the column header and check Preview.
Browse all properties for your desired meta data (if available)
Select the properties and click OK.
To search for a property value, right click the column header and click Search <property>...

If the meta data is stored in tags, this might look like:
tag:elephant

[Lemur]

therube, Thanks, I had already tried that, but unfortunately it's incredibly slow and takes a very long time to find each image; it could take hours to find the rest. Also, while it's doing this, the disk temperature gets very high.

void, Thanks. Yes, the metadata is within the images, including both the prompt (which is what I'm interested in) and the technical parameters for generating the image. I also tried your suggestion of adding columns with properties, but I can't find where it is. If I open the image with programs that view EXIF ​​fields, like Exif Pilot or ExifTool with a GUI, I can see that the prompt is within the EXIF ​​tab in a field called usercomment or comment (as you can see in the three images I've attached). But if I try to add the column with the comment property of the EXIF ​​field to Everything, nothing appears, and I can't find which property it might be under.

[tuska]

I can't find which property it might be under.

Hi,

- Select an image
- Right-click on a column header, such as Name or Path, etc.
- Select “Add Columns...” -> The “Select Property” window appears > “Everything Properties” is selected
- Right-click on a column header below the “Search:” field, e.g., Name, Type, or Canonical Name
- Click the “Preview” menu item.
  The ‘Preview’ column has been added, and this column shows which fields have values available.
- Check the “Show advanced properties” option in the bottom-left corner.
- Click the “Windows Property System” in the lower-left corner to display additional field contents.
 

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