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For example, you might create Smart Albums that:
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Collect photos of certain poses or subjects, such as head shots, photos of particular models, or
photos of sports scenes
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Collect photos suitable for a specic purpose, such as distribution on the web or submission to
stock photography houses
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Gather the best photos of your collection into a portfolio of poster photos that you use to
present or introduce your work
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Automatically gather a project’s select photos
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Automatically gather specic types of media, such as audio and video clips
As you complete photography projects throughout the year, Smart Albums are automatically
updated with photos that match their search criteria.
You might also use Smart Albums to explore dierent aspects of your photography portfolio. For
example, you can create temporary collections of photos based on technical data such as camera
model, exposure, or lens type as you investigate technical inuences on your photos.
You can use Smart Albums to track photos on which you’ve performed specic types of
adjustments. For example, you can use the Smart Album’s Smart Settings HUD to specify that a
Smart Album collect any photo that has had a vignette applied to it.
You can quickly create a Smart Album to review photos and then delete it. Or, you can create
Smart Albums that hold permanent and expanding collections of photos. Using Smart Albums
can become an ecient way to relieve yourself of slow reviews of photos that you are required
to track periodically.
Important: Aperture Smart Albums cannot be edited in iPhoto. To modify the search criteria
of an Aperture Smart Album, you must open the Aperture Library in Aperture and then revise
the Smart Album’s search criteria. For more information, see Revising the Contents of a Smart
Album on page 260.
Collecting Photos in a New Smart Album
You can collect photos based on any of the information you can search for using the Smart
Settings HUD. For example, you can create a Smart Album that gathers photos based on a
specic keyword or a combination of keywords, ratings, dates, or other metadata. You can narrow
or broaden the Smart Album search criteria in the Smart Settings HUD at any time.
To create a Smart Album that searches only within one project
1 Select a project in the Library inspector.
2 Do one of the following:
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Choose File > New > Smart Album (or press Command-Shift-L).
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In the Library inspector, Control-click the project, then choose New > Smart Album from the
shortcut menu.
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Choose Smart Album from the New pop-up menu in the toolbar.
A new, untitled Smart Album appears within the project, and the Smart Settings HUD appears to
its right.