Apple Aperture Getting Started - Manual (Page 151)

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Grouping Images
with Smart Albums
When you need to group certain types of images, either
temporarily or permanently, you can use a Smart Album to
gather the images.
This chapter discusses Smart Albums and how you can use them to help dynamically
organize your images.
An Overview of Smart Albums
Smart Albums provide you with a flexible way to organize images. They are easy to set
up and can be extremely useful as dynamic collections of images. Unlike a standard
album into which you manually place images, a Smart Album’s contents are controlled
by the criteria you specify in the Query HUD associated with the album. When you
change a Smart Album’s search criteria, the contents of the Smart Album change.
Aperture comes with a selection of predefined Smart Albums set up in the Library for
you. For example, there are Smart Albums that gather all your select images, all images
taken in the last week, and all images taken in the last month. When you click the
Library disclosure triangle, you see the list of Smart Albums created for you. Select a
Smart Album to see its contents in the Browser.
Disclosure triangle
A Library Smart Album
has this icon.