Defaulting to search a folder first (and by filename) and not my entire mac

I'd like to be able to search within a folder (and all of its subfolders), as opposed to my entire mac, and be able to search by filename as opposed to contents. However, I see no way to have those as the default... any tips?
Thanks!

WOW - What an app - does just about everything I've been wanting Spotlight to do and continually frustrated it couldn't/wouldn't.... Sometimes I wonder why things like defaulting to contents and "last Opened" as opposed to FileName & "Last Modified" were the defaults. Makes me wonder how the folks at Apple do their computing.... and am I that far out in left field? Obviously, I'm not from the amount of others looking for this same utility.

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