Searching for multiple files to put into same folder

Hello,
I have a group of folders each containing low resolution images. I would like to create a group of new folders with the exact folder organization with the exact files in each folder but the folders should contain the high resolution images. Currently the high resolution files are all mixed together in a few folders on my external hard drive.
I'd like to simply open the low-resolution folders, do a select-All, and somehow use those file names in a mass search of the high res folders, but I'm not sure if it's possible or how to do it.
I am using OS 10.4.11
Any help would be appreciated.
Message was edited by: ccumminskc

O.K. I think i figured out a backdoor way to do this. I'm open to easier methods.
This is 500 or so files I'm trying to organize so doing each one by one was not going to be good for my sanity.
In the Finder I selected all the files in that low res image folder who's organization and contents I wanted to mimic in the new high res folder. I control clicked and did the "Copy All" item on the dialog.
From there, I opened TextEdit, pasted the file names to a new text document. The list is a descending list with each file name separated by a line break (or "carriage return" they used to call them.) I carefully moused to the beginning of one file name and selected the space before the first letter of the file name and selected the empty space until the last letter of the previous file name. It should be nothing but blank space selected. I copied that, clicked "Find" on the TextEdit menu. I selected the Find space, put my cursor in there and pasted into the space. In the "Replace" space I type " or " and clicked "Replace All."
This prepared a lengthy text section featuring all of the file names ready to be entered into a Boolean search. I used EasyFind from www.devon-technologies.com to do a boolean search of the high-resolution folders and Bingo, there they are ready to be put into their new home.
Whew.... if anyone cares.... or has an easier method I am all ears.

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