Graphics Programs Reference
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Browser also has a sorting pop-up menu that lets you determine how your images are sorted, be it
by date, rating, or more. Switch between Ascending and Descending in the Sorting pop-up menu
to change the sort direction. When in List view, you can also click the column header to sort by
that criteria, and click the header again to change the sort direction. If you prefer, it's also possible
to manually arrange the images by clicking and dragging an image (or group of images) wherever
you want it to be. If for some reason the sorting and filtering controls aren't visible, choose
View
Show Sort and Filter Controls ( Ô+Shift+F). Similarly, if you want to hide those
controls, choose View
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Browser
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Browser
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Hide Sort and Filter Controls.
If you start to work with your images in the Browser while Aperture is still importing
your images, it tends to revert to Manual sorting. We highly recommend making
sure you're sorting by Date when editing your photos so that it's easier to see
sequences of images.
Caution
At the top right of Browser is a search field. As you might expect, if you start typing in it, Browser
will filter its contents to only show images whose name or other metadata match the text you're
typing. If you click on the search field's pop-up menu, you will see commands to quickly filter
Browser based on image ratings and labels. By clicking the Filter button to the left of the search
field, you open the Filter dialog, as shown in Figure 1.11, which lets you refine your filter even fur-
ther. We cover this more in Chapter 4, but this control is where you can make advanced queries
like “filter Browser so that it only shows images taken last Tuesday containing Eric's face.”
1.11
The Filter dialog and button.
Sometimes, when looking for an image, you'll find it useful to make Browser larger. There are two
ways to do so. If you're working in Split View, which has both Browser and Viewer on-screen at the
same time, click the dark line between Browser and Viewer and drag it up and down to adjust
