Culling & rating

Culling is what the desktop app is fastest at. Rate, reject and compare your way through a big take with the keyboard, then push only your keepers.

In the grid

• Select photos with click, Shift-click (range) or ⌘-click (toggle). Selected tiles get a ring and a check.
• Bulk-rate the whole selection at once: press 1–5 for stars, 0 to clear, X to reject. Rejected tiles dim to 40% with a red ✗.
• Press Esc to clear the selection.

The loupe

Double-click a photo (or press Enter) to open the loupe — a full-size view for judging sharpness and expression. Press Z for a 1:1 zoom to check critical focus, and F to expand the loupe to the full window.

Compare two frames

Shooting bursts? Press C in the loupe to open compare — two frames from the same burst, side by side, each with its own zoom. Tab moves focus between sides, Space swaps them, and ←/→ step the candidate through the burst so you can pick the single best frame.

Keyboard map

In the grid (with a selection):

Key	Action
1–5	rate selection N stars
0	clear rating
X	reject
Shift-click / ⌘-click	extend / toggle selection
Esc	clear selection

In the loupe:

Key	Action
← / →	previous / next photo
1–5 / 0 / X	rate / clear / reject
6 7 8 9	colour label (red / yellow / green / blue)
Z	toggle 1:1 zoom
C	toggle compare view
F	toggle full-window loupe
Space	(compare) swap the two sides
Tab	(compare) move focus between sides
Esc	close the loupe

The loupe also has on-screen tools for recognition — confirming face matches and tagging subjects. Those are covered in Recognition corrections.