iPhoto 6: Smart albums and fun with meta data
I posted a screenshot the other day on Flickr of my iPhoto6 layout and received some comments regarding the use of smart albums. When you import photographs into iPhoto you are also importing “MetaData”, or information about the photograph you took. Most cameras include information such as the date, time, shutter speed, aperture, ISO and whether or not the flash fired. In iPhoto6 you can now query against that meta data and build a smart album with the result. My library is composed of all smart albums (I primarily use keywords), and whenever I import images the albums are updated.
Most of these albums should be pretty self explanatory, here is an example of how we get there:
- First create a “new smart album” (file -> new smart album)
- Enter the title of the smart album as “Today Last Year”
- Select “Match all of the following conditions”
- Enter “Date - is in the last - 365 - days”
- Click the plus sign to add a second field
- Enter “Date - is not in the last - 364 - days”
- This gives you an album of all the photos you took on this day last year.
You can also do this by week or month.
Enjoy….
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