Searching by exif information – Apple Aperture Getting Started User Manual

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Chapter 12

Searching for and Displaying Images

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Searching by EXIF Information

You can search for and locate images using any EXIF information recorded by your
camera for your images. For example, you might locate any images that were created
with a certain camera or at a specific exposure. To search for images by EXIF
information, you use the EXIF search options.

To search for images by EXIF information:

1

In the Projects panel, select a project or an album you want to search.

2

Open the Query HUD by doing one of the following:

 Choose Edit > Find (or press Command-F).
 Click the Query HUD button (with a magnifying glass icon) beside the search field in

the Browser.

3

In the Query HUD, choose EXIF from the Add Filter pop-up menu.

4

Select the EXIF checkbox, then choose an EXIF field you want to search by from the
EXIF pop-up menu.

5

Choose an option from the middle pop-up menu to qualify your search.

6

Enter the EXIF value you want to search by in the EXIF text box.

7

Choose “any” from the Match pop-up menu, if it’s not already chosen.

The images that match the search criteria are immediately displayed in the Browser.
To save your search results, see “

Saving Your Search Results

” on page 150.

Choose an EXIF field
to search by.

Select the EXIF checkbox.

Choose how you want to
qualify your search from
this pop-up menu.

Enter an EXIF value here.

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