IPhoto '11 - Create album of photos NOT in any Smart Album

I've searched these forums and couldn't find anything to help me out. I'm using iPhoto '11, and have converted all my albums to smart albums, primarily using keywords. In my old scenario, using albums, I could create a "to file" album of photos that are not in any albums.
However, now that I'm using smart albums, there doesn't seem to be a way to identify a way of finding photos that are not in any pre-defined smart album?
Most of my smart albums rely on two or more keywords (ie. date and event), so I can't use the logic "if it has a keyword", that doesn't get photos missing from any smart album.
Any suggestions on manual or automated ways to do this? It would be nice to have a 'photo not in a smart album' criteria.
Thanks in advance,
Jon

No. A Smart Album is really a list of images found in response to a search. So you're looking for images not found by another search, and that's not a criterion for a Smart Album.
Regards
TD

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