Culling photos on a Mac

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p.2 #1 · p.2 #1 · Culling photos on a Mac

chez wrote:
I just load them all into Lightroom and use it to select the images that I want deleted. Using a wireless keyboard you can sit back away from the screen and scroll through the images with ease, marking the ones that are to be deleted, then just do a group delete at the end of your review.

Yes, I should try Lightroom again as it is otherwise often the only program I use for processing nowadays. However, there are sometimes a lot of changes to my folders (movement as well as deletion) and I had issues with this in the past. Also it was way too slow on my old laptop, especially with the RAW + jpeg shooting.

Anyway, yes. It might now work for me and I now almost never need jpegs to upload to my phone there and then.

Aug 06, 2023 at 09:35 PM

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Zenon Char wrote:
What camera system do you use? I use Canon’s DPP. Quick Check - Full Screen has excellent scaling and shows the files as processed Jpeg’s. You can also view the files magnified.

I use both Sony and Canon. These manufacturers’ programs were generally much too slow for what I want to do but I haven’t tried them for years. Maybe try what you suggest if I can’t find something that works for both.

Aug 06, 2023 at 09:42 PM

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p.2 #3 · p.2 #3 · Culling photos on a Mac

I use Photo Mechanic, but I've used it since the early 00s when I was more in photojournalism where it is (or was - not sure now) the standard image culling/cropping/captioning tool for deadline work. Is it worth ~$150 to someone who can't write off the cost compared to other options? I'm not sure, but what it does, it does very well. Lightroom never really worked for me in respect to culling, but now with an M1 Pro powered MBP, and whatever Adobe has recently optimized for Apple's architecture, LRC certainly does seem a lot snappier. But I'm pretty much set on PM for culling. That said, I'm editing Canon RAW files that have embedded full resolution jpegs to speed up this process (I'm fine with making initial keep/discard decisions based on these jpeg previews).

Aug 07, 2023 at 01:39 PM

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p.2 #4 · p.2 #4 · Culling photos on a Mac

Seconding (thirding?) FastRawViewer - I used to shoot RAW+JPEG so I could flick through the jpgs when culling, but FRV renders RAW files quickly enough that I don't need that workaround any more. You can also apply basic transformations (sharpening, shadow/highlight fixes, show under/over exposed areas, etc.) and customise keyboard/mouse shortcuts to make it easy to flick through a set of photos. Not having to wait for the RAW file to render has sped up my culling process quite considerably.

You can try out FRV for free for 30 days, and it's only $23.99 to purchase, so it's an extremely economical option.

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Aug 11, 2023 at 08:02 PM

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rscheffler wrote:
I use Photo Mechanic, but I've used it since the early 00s when I was more in photojournalism where it is (or was - not sure now) the standard image culling/cropping/captioning tool for deadline work. Is it worth ~$150 to someone who can't write off the cost compared to other options? I'm not sure, but what it does, it does very well. Lightroom never really worked for me in respect to culling, but now with an M1 Pro powered MBP, and whatever Adobe has recently optimized for Apple's architecture, LRC certainly does seem a lot snappier. But I'm pretty much...Show more →

Agree completely… been using PM for 20+ years.

It’s so good. I use it for browsing old pics, culling new pics, and uploading via FTP.

Will always have it… integral part of my workflow for sure.

Aug 11, 2023 at 10:20 PM

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