Smart collection with last X photos imported

I'm trying to create a smart collection that contains the last X (say 1000) photos taken/imported. Not sure what rules to use, can someone give me some pointers.
Thanks

For Imported...
Not elegant at all but can be done in a few seconds.
You can go to All Photos in Grid mode and set the Sort to Added Order. Set your grid to 10 Wide and your sort order to Z-A. Grab the first however many rows of 10 you want and transfer them to a Quick Collection.

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Daniel940 wrote:
Any thoughts?
I think it's a good idea - consider making a feature request here:
http://feedback.photoshop.com/photoshop_family/topics/new
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Collection 2: Title   doesn't contain   0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9
Collection 3: Title   doesn't contain   a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i,j,k,l,m,n,o,p,q,r,s,u,v,w,x,y,z
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The actual result of the smart collections is:
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That is a bizarre bug. There is an even simpler way to reproduce the problem: Have two pics, one with title "a" and the other with title "t". The criterion "Title Contains a" correctly shows just the first picture, but the criterion "Title Contains t" shows both.
Searching with smart collections and filters has numerous bugs, but this one is by far the most surprising. As a geek programmer, I'd love to know what causes this!
Adobe rarely reads this forum -- I suggest you post this in the official Adobe feedback forum, which Adobe does faithfully read (but only infrequently responds).

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Thanks for that.
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Omke: Yes, they sure were present (and are still).
The winning reply – from NAPP’s Peter Bauer via its 1-on-1 help desk for members (you too can join, and membership rocks!) – was the following procedure. It worked like a charm.
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