Operation Manual

Aperture comes with a selection of predefined Smart Albums set up in the library. 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 Albums
disclosure triangle, you see the list of Smart Albums created for you. Select a Smart Album
to see its contents in the Browser.
Library Smart Albums
Although a Smart Album appears similar to the other projects or albums in the Library
inspector, the contents of the album are specified by search criteria. You don’t import
masters or versions into a Smart Album. You use the Smart Settings HUD (similar to the
Filter HUD) to specify the image keywords or other criteria that identify the images you
want, and image versions automatically appear in the album. By adjusting the search
criteria, you change the contents of the Smart Album.
For example, after creating a new Smart Album in the Library inspector, you might specify
that you want any image that has the keyword My family and the location Yosemite
assigned to it, along with a rating of five stars.
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