File filters can be applied to an archive to determine which files it should include or exclude from view. Certain files, such as the thumbnail files generated by the Windows Explorer and icon files created by the Mac OS Finder may be worth filtering out from view since it serves no practical purpose seeing them in the thumbnail mode in FotoStation. Hence, in the Archive configuration in FotoStation you can select one of the preset file filters or modify them to suit your needs. Three filters are also “empty”, meaning that you can rename them and customize them to include or exclude files as you see fit.
Note: File filters cannot be used with Index Manager archives. Rather, filtering of files in Index Manager archives is managed on the Index Manager server.
Open the configuration dialog in FotoStation. (Open the File / FotoStation Pro menu and select Configuration.) Expand the Archives node in the configuration tree click on the archive you want to configure a file filter for. Then choose a filter from the dropdown menu. The pre-configured filters are:
Default file filter: This filter is set to exclude files with the extension db, exe, tmp and txt. If you like you can click the Edit button and add other file extensions to the list as well.
Basic image filter: A filter that includes most image formats, including JPEG, TIFF, EPS and PSD. By clicking on the Edit button you can add additional extensions to include in the list.
Images and media files filter: This filter includes several image file types as well as video formats. You can change its files types by clicking in the Edit button.
Unused filter 1, 2 and 3: These filters can be customized to suit your needs. Select one of them from the list and click the Edit button to change the way they work and rename them.
Suppose you want to create your own, custom filter from scratch. Select one of the unused filters in the dropdown list and click Edit to change it.
In the example screenshot below a JPEG only filter has been created and the file extensions jpg and jpeg have been added. (The dot before the extension can be omitted.) Thus, if this filter is applied to an archive that contains both JPEG and TIFF files, only the JPEG files will be visible. Note also how it is possible to define whether you want to include certain file types or to exclude them, but that you cannot do both using the same filter.
Having created a filter, you can apply it to any archive you like by opening that archive’s properties in the configuration and choosing the filter from the dropdown list.