Aftershoot was designed and continuously developed to have multiple ways for you to go about your culling. Whether Aftershoot just finished an AI-Automated cull or you're doing an AI-Assisted one by yourself - Aftershoot has a variety of features to help you review selections better.

There are three different screens for you to review your photos in - Grid, Loupe, and Survey Mode. Each was designed to accommodate different culling methods and workflows. Let's take a look at them below.

When your cull is finished, the selections are presented to you in Grid View. In this mode, you can quickly review multiple photos at once on a single screen. Choose how many photos are displayed by adjusting the slider at the top left of the screen.

Manage which selected photos to review by using the Quick Filters on the right of the screen and look through photos marked as Blurred, Selected, Closed Eyes, etc. All you have to do is click on the filter name and the photos associated with this will be displayed.

Find out more about each filter group in this article on how to set up your AI-Automated Culling Preferences.

https://support.aftershoot.com/en/articles/6508163-setting-your-ai-automated-culling-preferences-in-aftershoot

Click on a photo with people as subjects, and, below the Quick Filters, you can see the Key Faces. Zoom in or out to check their sharpness, by adjusting the slider above them. If an image has duplicates, they will be displayed below the Key Faces screen, for you to review.

There is also the option to go through your photos by using Advanced Filters like Star Rating and/or Color Labels. You can change which photos are displayed by using these filters at the top of the screen.

You can also use Advanced Filters to display images by Camera Type, Lens, Photographer Name, Image Orientation, and much more.

In AI-Automated culls, the AI assigns the Colors and Stars for you. However, you can change them if you don’t agree with the AI’s choice. First, click on the image with the rating or color that you’d like to change.

Below the image, you can change the Star Rating by clicking on the amount of stars you want this image to have. Click on the little color circle to change an image’s Color Label, by choosing another one from the available options.

You can also do this by using the keyboard shortcuts. Use the 1 through 5 keys to assign the respective amount of stars to an image or 0 to clear its Star Rating. When it comes to Color Label use 6 for Red, 7 for Yellow, 8 for Green, 9 for Blue, and - for Purple. The = key will clear an image’s Color Label and the X key will clear the Star Rating AND Color Label together.

To switch to Loupe view, click on the square icon in the top left corner of the screen or use the L key shortcut. Switching back to Grid View is as easy as clicking on the icon to the left of the square one or using the G key shortcut.

In case you need a reminder for this and other keyboard shortcuts in Aftershoot, click on the Key symbol at the top of the screen.

Find out more about using Keyboard Shortcuts in Aftershoot to improve your workflow in this blog post.

The second mode to review your photos is Loupe View. Its purpose is to allow you to review each image in more detail by placing a single image in the center. Similar to Grid View, you can see the Key Faces and Duplicates of the image you're reviewing on the right side of the screen. Additionally, below the main image, you will see a carousel with all the images in this session. Navigate through them using the left and right arrow keys.

You can zoom into a certain part of an image by placing the cursor over the part you want to enlarge and then double-clicking or pressing the Spacebar. The cursor acts as the focal point of the zoom.

You can adjust the zoom level by clicking on the looking glass icon at the top of the screen and adjusting the percentages.

The main purpose of Loupe View is to directly compare an image with all its duplicates simultaneously. By default, Aftershoot will place the best image in a duplicate set in the middle of the screen. You can review other images in the duplicate set by going to the duplicates section on the right side of the screen and clicking on them. This will bring them to the center of the screen where you can change their Star Rating and Color Label.

You can also navigate through them by using the period & comma keyboard shortcuts. You can also swap the Star Rating and Color Label of the duplicate and the selected image between each other, by using the S key shortcut.

At the bottom of the image, you will see its name, Star Rating and Color Label, as well as three more features to the left of the name. The first one deletes the image, and the third one disables/enables its colo label, we’re interested in the one in the middle - it enables the Key Faces Image Scores.

Image Scores are assigned by the AI, after it analyzes the faces present in the images based on closed eyes and focus. The scores are displayed over the faces in the main images, as well as in the Key Faces section in the upper right corner.

An explanation of the Image Score will display if you hover your cursor on it.

The purpose of this mode is to allow you to quickly review all your duplicates side-by-side for better comparison. Aftershoot will display up to 16 duplicates of the same image on the same screen.

To the right of the Loupe View icon is the Survey Mode icon. This is an advanced culling feature that lets you review and compare multiple duplicates of the same image simultaneously. You can also enable it by pressing the N key shortcut.

Aftershoot will automatically detect duplicates and stack them in the center of the screen, for you to review. The rest of your images will be displayed in the carousel at the bottom of the screen.

The zoom-in feature is synchronized across the group of duplicates that you have on your screen. So when you zoom in on one image, the rest of the images in that duplicate set will automatically zoom into the same spot.

The rest works the same way as in Loupe View. Use the cursor as the focal point for the zoom, place it over the spot you want to enlarge, and then double-click or press the Spacebar. Adjust the zoom level by clicking on the looking glass icon or by pressing on the Spacebar repeatedly.

Navigating between images and using filters in Survey Mode is exactly the same as in Loupe View. Use the arrow keys to move between different duplicate sets and the period and comma keys to move between images inside a duplicate set.

When in Survey Mode, select multiple images simultaneously by holding down the CTRL key if you're on Windows or the CMD key on MacOS. In case you want to select a consecutive set of images in one go, hold the Shift key and drag your cursor over the desired set of images.

Survey Mode is best paired with Spray Can Mode, enabling you to quickly rate, dismiss, or select multiple duplicate images in a row, with a simple left or right click of the mouse.

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