You’ve culled your first several albums with Aftershoot and are ready to try the AI-powered editing you’ve been hearing so much about. This article is here to help you edit an album with Aftershoot Edits.

Whether you plan to cull your images first or just want to edit them, the first step is to import them. On the Aftershoot Home Screen, click on Create New Album.

What you have in front of you is the Import screen. Here is where you will add the images that you wish to edit. You have three options to choose from when adding your images:

There are two ways for you to import images. Either upload them as RAW or JPEG files, which enables you to cull, edit, retouch, and review them in Aftershoot. Or you can connect your Lightroom or Capture One catalogs. These can only be edited in Aftershoot, and you can later review them in your software of choice.

Note: Before importing your catalogs into Aftershoot, enable Build Smart Previews in Lightroom or Generate Previews in Capture One for faster editing. The previews can be any size, but for the sake of speed, we recommend opting for the smallest one.

Once you've uploaded your images, you will be prompted to choose the genre of this album.

Then you can proceed to editing by clicking on the Edit tab at the top of the screen or by clicking on the corresponding tab on the right side of the screen.

On the next screen, look at the right-hand drawer under Edit Preferences and click on the Choose AI Profile dropdown.

To proceed, click on Explore AI Profiles, which will open a new selection screen.

To edit in Aftershoot, you need one of the 3 things mentioned below.
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If you want to create a Professional AI Profile trained on your edited images that would mirror your editing style, click on the respective Create button, and refer to this article for help.

Or you could create an Instant AI Profile, based on your favorite Lightroom preset. Read this article to find out how.

If you want to use a pre-built AI Style or Creator Style, refer to this article to see how to choose and compare them, and then proceed to this article to find out how to edit with one.

Once you’ve created or downloaded an AI Profile, you are ready to edit!

If you wish to edit RAW or JPEG files, proceed to Step 3 of this article.

If you wish to edit Lightroom or Capture One catalogs, proceed to Step 2 of this article.
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Now you need to select which images in this catalog you wish to edit. Aftershoot is equipped with several features to make this process quick and smooth.

By default, the imported catalog will display the images in Folder View. However, you can also choose to view the inside of your catalogs in Collection View by clicking on the icon in the screenshot below.

Next, select the collections or folders inside the catalog that you wish to edit. Simply click on the checkbox next to the collection or folder you wish to select, to do so.
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Note: Aftershoot lets you edit an unlimited number of images without any additional cost; just note that any past edits will be overwritten.

Then, choose which images to edit within the selected collections and folders by applying filters. Click on the Filter Photos button to bring out the Filter selection drawer.

Here, you can choose to filter images inside a catalog by Image Type, Star Rating, Color Label, Flags, and Camera.

Now that you've decided on which images you want to edit, it's time to decide how you want them to be edited. Select your preferences in the top right corner of the screen.

Keep in mind that currently, there are a few differences in terms of editing preferences, depending on whether you’re editing JPEGs/RAWs or LrC/C1 Catalogs.

You can adjust AI Cropping, AI Straightening, and AI Masking, as well as go to AI Profile Customization directly from this screen.

Here, you can adjust AI Cropping, AI Straightening, and AI Masking, as well as choose the Color Profile you want to use, and if you want to Adjust non-AI Sliders.

Besides these, the process is the same in both scenarios, and the first thing you need to choose is the Professional AI Profile, Instant AI Profile, or AI & Creator Style you want to use for this edit.
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Note: Keep in mind that Professional AI Editing Profiles trained on Lightroom Catalogs can only be used to edit Lightroom Catalogs. The same logic applies to Profiles trained on Capture One catalogs.

Next, if you’re editing a catalog, you will see a drop-down list of Color Profiles. Select one that best fits your needs for this edit.

Then, you need to decide if you want Aftershoot to automatically Crop and Straighten your photos. All you have to do is enable the corresponding toggles. You can also customize how you want Aftershoot to Crop your images by selecting between a Loose or Aggressive setting, as well as your preferred image ratio outcome.

Note: You can also choose to just Crop and Straighten your images, without editing. To do that, select Crop & Straighten only in the AI Profile selection dropdown.

Next up is AI Masking. If you choose to enable it, you have to choose between Subject Mask Only and Subject Mask with Edits. During Subject Masking Aftershoot detects the main subject of an image and isolates it, for an additional layer of editing on top of it -- for Subject Masking with Edits. Or the edits can be added by you to the subject only, with the rest of the image remaining untouched – for Subject Mask Only. Find out more about Subject Masking with Aftershoot in this article.

Lastly, again, only for catalog editing, there is the Adjust non-AI sliders toggle. Enabling this allows Aftershoot to adjust static values that you don't adjust often. This is useful in case you use presets and will allow Aftershoot to add the particular values of your preset automatically, so you don't have to do it yourself later on.

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Now it's finally time to click on the Edit button in the lower right corner of the screen. You can sit back and relax at this point or do some other work. Once your edit is done, you will receive an in-app notification, as well as an email. It's important to remember not to let your computer go to sleep while Aftershoot is editing.

With the edit done, you can start reviewing your images by clicking on Review in Lightroom/Capture One. This will open your app of choice so you can review the images and make any necessary tweaks and adjustments directly there.

If you're happy with your edits, you can use them to further train and improve the profile you used for this session. Simply click on one of the two Improve Profile buttons on the screen. Note that this only works if you edited Lightroom/Capture One catalogs.

Over here, you can select the catalog you just edited, as well as add other recently used catalogs, to teach your Professional AI Profile continuously. The process is the same as when you initially trained it.

Once you're done, simply click on the Continue button, and Aftershoot will do the rest. This way, you can continue improving your Profile with each new edit, making it more accurate and consistent, while saving more time for yourself.

You can also make adjustments to the way your AI Profile edits images by clicking the Adjust Profile button, to the right of the Improve Profile button. Find out more about adjusting your Aftershoot AI Profiles in this article.

With the edit done, you can start reviewing your images directly in Aftershoot. By default, they are showcased in Grid View with the edits already applied. You can see the difference by clicking on the Show Before/After icon in the lower-right corner of the screen or by using the \ key shortcut.

When you’re done reviewing, you can go back to Grid View and click on Adjust Profile.

This will allow you to make changes to how the AI Profile you used makes edits, while your memory is still fresh. But you can also do this later, find out how in this article on AI Profile adjustments.

With all of that out of the way, just click on the Export button in the upper-right corner of the screen.

All that’s left to do now is decide if you want to export your images to your system’s storage or if you want to continue reviewing in your editing software of choice.

For more information and tutorials on how to cull or edit your images with Aftershoot, be sure to visit our YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/@aftershoot.