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After you have applied keywords to your images, you can have Aperture display an image’s
keywords in the Viewer and Browser. You can also view keywords for selected images in
the Metadata inspector.
Keywords assigned
to an image
You can use the Smart Settings HUD to quickly locate images by their keywords, and you
can use Smart Albums to automatically group images that have specific keywords assigned.
For example, you can create a Smart Album at the Library level named Purchased, which
automatically groups all images with the keyword Purchased. If you want to quickly review
the images your clients bought over time, all you have to do is open the Smart Album
named Purchased.
You can also apply keywords to images based on your future intentions. For example,
you can create a Smart Web Page Album that gathers images that have a For Web keyword
applied. As you’re reviewing your images, apply the keyword For Web to any image you
think is worthy of being published on your website. All images with the keyword For Web
are now collected in the Smart Web Page Album. If you later change your mind about
publishing an image on your website, you can always remove the keyword. As soon as
you remove the keyword, the image is removed from the Smart Webpage Album.
If you sell your images to image libraries, you can export the keywords assigned to your
images as IPTC data. During export, Aperture embeds your keywords individually in the
image file as IPTC-compliant keyword fields. The more keywords you apply to your images,
the more likely it is that your images will be located by potential customers. For more
information, see Exporting Your Images.
Important: If you are planning to export your keywords as IPTC data, make sure your
keyword phrases are no more than 64 characters in length. Longer keyword phrases may
not be displayed properly in other IPTC editors or operating systems.
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