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Disappointed with Aftershoot AI culling :( alternatives? (alien.top)

submitted 10 months ago by information-general@alien.top to c/photography@viewfinder.pro

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So was really psyched about Aftershoot AI culling when i first heard of it. Downloaded it to give the trial a shot. But unfortunately the past few weeks, just not impressed with its culling abilities and finding myself having to manually cull through all the photos anyways.

The photos it selects as selected (5 stars) still have many blurred shots or even shots with no subject that I would have thought would have been immediately discarded. Ive tried adjusting the the settings to be sports photography and to select as few as possible, but not happy with the results ever.. tbh its kind of ridiculous how some shots are even rated 5 stars when some images are blurred from accidental presses while facing a random spot like the ground while moving with the camera.

the trial is coming to an end soon, and I was hoping this would solve my problem of culling thousands of pictures thst i take for events each week, but looks like i will need to continue searching for something better now.

any advice or alternative software you recommend?

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[–] SneakyNoob@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

Not trying to be snarky but just train your eye and trust your intuition. I shoot events and concerts and can cull 3000 photos down to 100 around 70-90 minutes.
You already know what a good photo looks like. It presents itself in your viewfinder and you immediately take the photo. If it takes me a quarter second to recognize a photo and take it, it shouldn't take me more than 2 seconds to inspect and cull it. I personally would never let AI choose which one of my shots is a keeper or not.