View a photo’s keywords

You can view a photo’s keywords in the Info inspector, in the Info pane of the Inspector HUD, or in the Browser when it’s set to list view.

View a photo’s keywords in the Info inspector

  1. Show the Info inspector by doing one of the following:

    • Choose Window > Show Inspector (or press I), then click the Info tab.

    • Click the Inspector button in the toolbar, then click the Info tab.

  2. Choose a metadata view that includes keywords, such as General or Caption & Keywords, from the Metadata View pop-up menu.

    Figure. Options in the Metadata View pop-up menu in the Metadata inspector.
  3. In the Browser, select a photo to see its keywords.

Any keywords applied to the selected photo appear in the Keywords field of the Info inspector.

View a photo’s keywords using the Info pane of the Inspector HUD

  1. Show the Info pane of the Inspector HUD by choosing Window > Show Inspector HUD (or pressing H), then click the Info button.

  2. Choose a metadata view that includes keywords, such as General or Caption & Keywords, from the Metadata View pop-up menu.

    Figure. Metadata pane of the Inspector HUD showing options in the Metadata View pop-up menu.
  3. Select a photo to see its keywords.

Any keywords applied to the selected photo appear in the Keywords field of the Info pane of the Inspector HUD.

View keywords in the Keywords column of the Browser

When the Browser is set to list view, Aperture can display a column that shows the keywords assigned to photos.

  1. To set the Browser to list view, click the List View button (or press Control-L).

    The Browser switches to list view.

  2. Choose View > Metadata Display > Customize (or press Command-J).

    The Browser & Viewer Metadata dialog appears.

  3. Select a list view option from the View pop-up menu.

  4. Make sure the Keywords checkbox is selected in the Metadata Fields column by clicking the IPTC and Content disclosure triangles.

    The Keywords checkbox can be found in the Content category.

  5. Click OK.

  6. In the Browser, you can resize the Keywords column by dragging the edge of the column heading to view all the keywords assigned to the photo.

    The keywords for each photo appear in the Keywords column.