How Creatives Can Use AI-Powered Search to Instantly Find Assets, References, and Inspiration
Apr 2, 2025
Let’s be real: if you’re a creative professional, your Mac is a jungle.
A jungle of sketches, reference photos, half-finished mood boards, audio samples, video clips, design files, PDFs, scanned notes, screenshots of fonts you liked, and that one image of a bear on a bicycle that was supposed to be just an idea.
You remember what it looked like. You remember saving it. But when you go to find it? Nothing.
You type a word into Finder or Spotlight and get back… file names. Or folders. Or nothing. And you’re back to scrolling through 10,000 unnamed files hoping something jumps out at you.
That’s not how a search engine should work in 2025. That’s why we built Fenn, so creatives like you can find exactly what you need, instantly.
Let’s talk about how.
The Creative Chaos Is Real
Designers, illustrators, filmmakers, copywriters, content creators, you all have one thing in common: your workflow produces (and relies on) a massive amount of visual, audio, and textual content.
You don’t just save files. You collect references. You archive inspiration. You iterate.
And when it’s time to find something, whether it’s a visual style, a quote, or a moment in a video you don’t remember what you named the file. You remember what it was.
That’s why traditional search fails. It expects you to remember file names, metadata, or exact keywords. But you remember ideas.
What If Your Mac Could Search Like You Think?
That’s the magic of semantic and visual search.
With Fenn, you don’t need to remember filenames. You just type what you’re looking for:
"Pink neon typography"
"Sketch of hands holding flowers"
"Zoom call where we talked about campaign theme"
"Voice note about brand story"
Fenn understands the meaning behind your query. It scans inside images, video frames, audio, PDFs, slides even text buried in screenshots.
It’s not guessing. It’s understanding. This is semantic search—and it's built right into Fenn.
Drag, Drop, Discover
One of Fenn’s favorite creative superpowers? Reverse search by image.
Drop in any image, a sketch, a photo, a reference and Fenn will:
Find similar visuals in your library
Match frames in videos that resemble the composition
Surface other design assets that share colors, layout, or objects
It’s like visual brainstorming powered by AI. Here’s how it works.
Instant Recall for Voice Notes, Recordings, and Meetings
Ever recorded a voice memo or saved a call, thinking, “I’ll come back to that later”? And then… never did?
Fenn brings those files back into your creative flow. It transcribes audio locally, understands what’s being said, and lets you search it semantically.
Just type: "idea about launch tagline" and Fenn pulls up the exact part of the voice note where you mentioned it.
You don't even need an internet connection. Everything runs 100% locally on your Mac. Why? Because privacy matters.
Built for the Messy, Fast, Beautiful Way Creatives Work
You don’t need to tag every file. You don’t need perfect folders. You don’t need to change how you save or work.
Fenn meets you where you are and finds what you’re looking for, however you saved it.
No more “Where did I put that?” No more late-night folder archeology. No more renaming everything to keep your sanity.
Just describe what you remember and Fenn shows you where it lives.
TL;DR: Search That Thinks Like You
Fenn is for creatives who:
Work fast, save messily, and come back later
Think in images, moments, ideas—not filenames
Want speed and privacy
Need to find the thing they saw, heard, or saved weeks ago
If you’ve ever thought, “I know I saw that somewhere…” Fenn helps you find it—in seconds.
👉 Try Fenn now — the AI-powered file search engine for Mac that actually understands how creatives think.
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