Ask any wedding or event photographer about their least-favorite job and you’ll hear the same groan: “Hours of sifting through near-identical RAWs and figuring out the best one!”
First, there’s burst-overload—those 5-shot bursts at 8 fps turn into a 6,000-photo mountain, leaving you up late with tired eyes and cold pizza. Next comes the blink hunt, where you zoom in and out, over and over, trying to see if Aunt Rita blinked or if it’s just motion blur. Then you hit duplicate déjà vu, stuck flagging and rating twenty shots that all look the same. Sluggish previews don’t help; each 42-megapixel RAW makes your laptop fan howl like a kettle. All the while, the client pressure is real: “Can we get socials tonight?”—and you’re still stuck on image #348.
AI culling solutions help, but many still force you into tiny film-strip views or manual zooming — friction that slows the flow. FilterPixel 4.0 tackles those last frictions head-on.
These gripes show up in nearly every “how do I cull faster?”
Tiny thumbnails hide micro-differences. You spend half your time bouncing in and out of Loupe view.
Select any photo press enter and FilterPixel expands each set into a gallery that’s three times larger than the default grid.
Workflow tip: Tap ↑ / ↓ to fly through stacks, Enter to open, Esc to pop back.
Why it matters: human vision is great at spotting differences easily when images are big enough to scan in one glance. The larger layout cuts “open-zoom-close” loops and keeps you in flow.
After import,select any photo press enter. FilterPixel groups duplicates/bursts automatically (so you dodge the manual-folder shuffle that other apps demand). Each set opens in a roomier, edge-to-edge grid that’s literally three times the previous footprint, letting you spot keeper micro-differences at a glance. Similar-set counts sit on the thumbnail, so you know whether you’re about to fight a five-shot volley or a 40-frame dancing sequence.
Sharp eyes sell prints. But traditional culling = mouse scroll → wait for 1:1 render → move window to face → repeat. Multiply by 500 portraits…
While in Review Mode, hit Spacebar. FilterPixel auto-zooms 16× onto the primary face, then lets you cycle faces with the ← / → keys. One more Spacebar slap returns you to full view.
Real-world save: A senior-shoot photographer culled 2000 frames in 38 min—down from 80—just by skipping manual zoom drags.
Why it matters:
Community forums have begged for an easier way to vet eyes-open shots for years. Face Mode hits that bullseye.
Your couple does a first-kiss burst and your shutter speed sounds like a sewing machine: 11 frames in one second. Somewhere in that burst is the shot— lips aligned, bouquet nicely framed, best man’s eyes open. But scrubbing each file one-by-one is a focus-breaking slog.
In Review Mode, hit the magnifying icon on any photo and the Survey Mode opens up. You see all the photos of the similar Up to 12 images appear in a clean grid. Pan or zoom on one and every shot locks in step, so mis-focus or awkward hands jump out instantly.
FilterPixel 4.0 Beta is free to try—no credit card. Download, open a recent shoot, and put these three modes to work. Your future self will thank you (and so will your wrists).
Happy creating—and may your post-production be ever shorter!