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Chapter 13 Searching for and Displaying Photos 250
Searching by Photo Usage
You use the Photo Usage search options in the Filter HUD to locate photos that have been
employed for a specic purpose. You can search for photos that are currently used in a book,
photos currently placed in a Light Table arrangement, emailed photos, exported photos, prints or
books ordered via the Apple print service, locally printed photos, photos that have been viewed,
and photos used in an album, a book album, a Light Table album, or a web gallery album.
To search for photos by usage information
1 In the Library inspector, select the item you want to search.
2 Click the Filter HUD button (with a magnifying glass icon) beside the search eld in the Browser
(or press Command-F).
3 In the Filter HUD, choose Photo Usage from the Add Rule pop-up menu.
4 Select the Photo Usage checkbox, then choose an option from the Photo Usage pop-up menu.
Select the Photo
Usage checkbox.
To specify that Aperture display photos that have been used in the chosen operation: Choose
“has been.”
To specify that Aperture display photos that have not been used in the chosen operation: Choose
“has not been.”
5 Choose an operation option from the rightmost pop-up menu to qualify your search.
6 Choose Any from the Any/All pop-up menu in the top-left corner of the Filter HUD, if it’s not
already chosen.
The photos that match the search criteria are immediately displayed in the Browser. To save your
search results, see Saving Your Search Results on page 253.