Folder Slice Image Assets Mode

Introduction

In daily creative work, image assets often require more detailed filtering and intuitive previewing than regular files. For this reason, we've added "Image Assets Mode" to Folder Slice, specifically optimizing the filtering, display, and search process for images, helping you find suitable materials faster in editing, design, and other creative scenarios.

Quickly filter horizontal images in Folder Slice's Image Assets Mode

Key Features

  • Only display image assets: Filters content from added folders to show only images and folders.
  • Dedicated filtering area: Provides image-related filtering conditions such as orientation, size, aspect ratio, resolution, and date.
  • List/Gallery toggle: Switch between thumbnail gallery and detailed list view with parameters for both quick browsing and precise parameter-based selection.
  • Smart Folders: Save frequently used filtering rules as smart folders to instantly access common asset collections.
  • Professional preview support: Integrated image viewer supporting spacebar preview, keyboard navigation, and full-folder browsing with detailed metadata viewing.
  • Multi-level tag enhancement: Support adding multi-level tags to images for convenient category and detailed condition-based search.

Getting Started

Creating a New Folder

Open Folder Slice, click the add folder button on the far right of the file list, select the dropdown menu, and choose to add a new folder in Image Assets Mode.

Converting Existing Folders

For existing folders, right-click and select switch mode to Image Assets Mode.

How to Use

Quick Filtering

In the filtering area, select the parameters you care about:

  • Orientation: Landscape / Portrait / Square
  • Aspect Ratio: Filter by ratio, such as 16:9, 4:3, 9:16, etc.
  • Resolution: Such as 1920x1080, 2440x1080, etc.
  • Size: Such as less than 1MB, greater than 5MB, etc.

View Switching

Switch to List Mode to display image parameters in each row for easy comparison and selection.

Smart Folders

Create smart folders in Folder Slice

  1. Click the Smart Folders button to switch to the smart folders list. Enter smart folders list page in Folder Slice
  2. Click the add button to open the add smart folder panel, add a name, select the required attribute conditions, and save to have it appear in the smart folders list.
  3. Click an existing smart folder in the list to get files that match the preset condition attributes.
  4. Right-click a smart folder in the list to edit or delete it.

Image Viewer

Use the image viewer in Folder Slice to view images

  1. Select a file in Folder Slice and press the spacebar to open the image viewer window.
  2. Click the left and right switching buttons to quickly switch images, or use the left and right arrow keys shortcuts to quickly switch images.
  3. Click the gallery button in the top right corner, or use the Space spacebar to open the gallery page, displaying all images in the folder. Click any image to view it in the image viewer.
  4. Click the info button in the top right corner to view current image information, including basic info and EXIF data.

Multi-level Tags

Use multi-level enhanced tags in Folder Slice to filter files

How to Enable

In Settings-Filtering, turn on the Enhanced Tags feature.

How to Add Tags

  1. Select a single file, right-click menu and click add enhanced tag, or use the cmd + t shortcut to open the tag panel and add multi-level tags like Assets/Design/Icons.
  2. Select multiple files, right-click menu and click add enhanced tags to open the batch add tags panel and add multi-level tags.

How to Use Multi-level Tags for Filtering

In the filtering area at the top of Folder Slice, click the enhanced tags icon to open the enhanced tags filtering panel. In the panel, all tags you've created are displayed in a tree structure. You can filter related resources by clicking on tags. If you've created multi-level tags, clicking a parent tag will show all child tags. You can select any child tag to further refine the filtering.

View EXIF Information

Besides the image viewer, you can also select a file and choose Get Info from the right-click menu to view the image's basic information and EXIF data.

Use Get Info in Folder Slice to view image EXIF information

Usage Examples

  • Editing vertical short videos: Select orientation -> Portrait to quickly filter all vertical screen materials.
  • Finding image collections of the same theme: Filter by tag/color/scene combinations, save as smart folders, and directly open for project reuse.

Usage Tips

  1. Start with broad filtering ranges for quick positioning, then gradually refine conditions to avoid over-filtering multiple dimensions that result in too few results.
  2. Common combination filters (like "Landscape + filename starts with kitten") should be saved as smart folders to improve reuse efficiency.
  3. If you rely on tag management, prioritize adding multi-level tags to assets, which can significantly improve precise search capabilities.

Summary

Image Assets Mode combines commonly used filtering dimensions for images with more flexible display methods. Whether for quick browsing or precise searching, it can save significant time in finding materials, making creative work smoother.

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