Creating mobile me album from smart album

I've created a smart album of approximately 450 photos (my 5 star photos) from an original album of about 2,000 photos. When I try to publish a mobile me album from my smart album of 450, it includes all 2,000 photos and won't let me do it. How do I do this???

dana v wrote:
OK....I just tried working with an album that didn't have stacks, and I'm having the same problem. When I try and make a separate album, or mobile me album, with just the 5 star photos, it automatically includes all of the photos when creating the album. So I don't think that is always the problem.
Selecting a subset of images in an album and making a new album from just those images works as long as there are no stacks involved. Where did the images in the album come from?
Do this select a project that has no stacks in it. Note the number of images displayed at the bottom of the window. Select half note the number of images selected. Make a new album from the selection. How many images in the album?
Now in that album select half again and make an album, Again how many images in the new window?
I'm betting you still have stacks involved in this somewhere. You really need to step back and try the steps I've outlined. Start with a project with no stacks and see what you get.

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Nope, all the images at this point in my workflow have been unstacked, with the non-picked members of the original stacks discarded.
Now that it seems I am not the only one who has witnessed this behavior, what I am really trying to find out, is what is the definitive proper operation of this according to the Aperture group at Apple.
Assuming I have opened a Smart Album with images displayed, and no images are selected.
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Now what I expected to happen was #1, as it is what happens when I select New Album when a project is selected. Given Apple's human interface creedo for intuitive operation, I think this is the most intuitive choice, because I can't think of a good reason I would want to double the number of versions of all files in an album, unless I expressly told the app to do this.
Could an Apple guy provide the definitive answer, please...
Thanks in advance for your help.
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