How to build a single smart collection with "either" keywords?

Question

I went on a safari shoot and have keyworded each picture by animal. I have no issue building a Smart collection for "Zebra" or one for "Wildebeest", but can't figure out how to build a single collection containing "Zebra" or "Wildebeest" (i.e. all pictures of either animal). Every attempt is limited to those pictures that have both keywords.

What am I missing?

Thanks

drtonyb · Accepted Answer

@Ross Dillon

You want a Smart Collection condition like:

Condition_1 AND Condition_2 AND (Condition_3 OR Condition_4)

Here is one I created to find photos with keywords being Magpies or Pelicans in Denmark during Autumn:

This criteria is essentially Keywords are: Denmark AND (Magpies OR Pelicans) AND Autumn

To get the "Any of the following are true" sub group, press the Alt/Option key and + buttons change to #, which inserts a sub group when clicked:

This allows the construction of quite complex Smart Collection critera.

Rob_Cullen · Answer

Something like this should do what you want ( my head boggles with 'and'., 'or', 'either' !)Set Match to "any", and use the [+] to add extra lines in the search.

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