Apple Aperture 2 - Manual (Page 308)

308 Part II Photo Editing
Searching by IPTC Information
You can now search for and locate images using any IPTC information that you’ve
assigned using enhanced search qualifiers. For example, you might locate any images
that have IPTC keywords assigned to them. To search for images by IPTC information,
you use the IPTC search options. For example, you can search for any image that
doesn’t have keywords applied by specifying a search that uses the Keywords IPTC field
and an “is empty” search qualifier.
To search for images by IPTC information:
1 In the Projects inspector, select a project or an album you want to search.
2 Click the Query HUD button beside the search field in the Browser (or press
Command-F).
3 In the Query HUD, choose IPTC from the Add Filter pop-up menu.
4 Select the IPTC checkbox, then choose the IPTC field you want to search by from the
IPTC pop-up menu.
5 Choose an option from the middle pop-up menu to qualify your search.
 To specify characters that the IPTC field should contain somewhere within the
field: Choose “include”.
 To specify characters that the IPTC field should not contain: Choose “is empty and does
not include”.
 To specify the exact characters that the IPTC field should contain: Choose “is”.
 To specify the exact characters that the IPTC field should not contain: Choose “is not
empty and is not”.
 To specify the characters that the IPTC field should begin with: Choose “starts with”.
Specify the search
criteria here.
Choose an IPTC field
to search by.
Select the IPTC checkbox.
Choose how you want to
qualify your search from
this pop-up menu.
Enter an IPTC value here.