Searching overview

In Aperture, you can search for photos in multiple ways. You can use the search field and pop-up menu in the Browser to quickly locate photos by name or display photos by rating, flag status, and color label. To perform more complex searches, you can open the Filter HUD by clicking the button to the left of the Browser search field.

In the Filter HUD you can search for photos by a wide variety of criteria, including photo name, subject, keyword, photographer, caption or text, date, location, EXIF and IPTC information, and applied adjustments. You can also search by a combination of criteria

You can search for photos across the entire library or within a particular project, album, or folder. Your search doesn’t change the contents of the library or the selected project, album, or folder; it only temporarily changes the photos you view in the Browser. If you cancel the search criteria in the Filter HUD, all of your photos appear in the Browser again. The Filter HUD is preset to show photos that are unrated or better, hiding rejected photos, but you can change the Filter HUD criteria to show rejected photos if you wish.

If you want to save your search results, you can create a new album containing the photos from your search, or you can create a Smart Album that automatically gathers photos based on your search criteria.

For more information about searching, see:

• Library inspector overview

• Search for photos by face

• Places overview