Apple Aperture 2 - Manual (Page 321)

Chapter 13 Grouping Images with Smart Albums 321
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To create a Smart Album that searches across the entire library:
1 Select Library in the Projects inspector.
2 Do one of the following:
 Choose File > New Smart > Album (or press Command-Shift-L).
 Choose New Smart Album from the Add to Library pop-up menu in the Projects
inspector.
 Choose Smart Album from the New pop-up menu in the toolbar.
A new, untitled Smart Album appears in the Projects inspector.
3 Rename the Smart Album by entering the name you want.
4 In the Query HUD, specify the search criteria you want.
For more information about using the Query HUD and specifying search criteria, see
Chapter 12, “
Searching for and Displaying Images ,” on page 295.
5 Click the Query HUD’s close button.
Aperture finds the images matching the specified search criteria and displays them in
the Browser. You can now work with these versions of your images in the same way
you work with images in any project or album.
Searching Within a Smart Album
After creating a Smart Album, you can search for specific images within the contents of
the Smart Album.
Show the Browser’s
Query HUD and specify
search criteria.
Select the Smart Album
you want to search within.