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Choose the best photos with Assisted Culling

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Learn how to choose the best photos with Assisted Culling with filters like subject focus, eye focus, and more.

Assisted culling helps you efficiently organize large photo collections by identifying top images, automatically rejecting low-quality ones, and allowing manual adjustments to selections.

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An album of kids is opened on Lightroom canvas where Assisted culling overview is highlighted.
Assisted Culling Overview

A. Select Checkmark B. Reject Checkmarks C. Culling Score D. Organize Results E. View Button F. Reject G. Select H. Assisted Culling 

  1. Open an album and select Assisted Culling > Cull.

  2. Select the checkbox for the Subject Focus to select photos with the subject in focus. Drag the slider left and right for the intensity.

  3. Select the checkbox for Eye Focus to select photos with the eyes in focus. Drag the slider left and right to adjust the intensity.

    • Reject photos without people's eyes: Select the checkbox to reject the photos that don't have people's eyes.
  4. Select the checkbox for Eyes Open to select photos with open eyes. 

    • Reject photos without people's eyes: Select the checkbox to reject the images that don't have people's eyes.
    • Reject 'Can't Tell' images: Select the checkbox to reject photos in which it is impossible to distinguish whether the eyes are open or not.
  5. In the Reject section, select the following checkbox to exclude the photos from the collection:

    • Documents and receipts: Photos of documents or receipts are rejected.
    • Misfires: Photos captured accidentally are rejected.
    • Exposure issues: Photos with exposure problems are rejected.
  6. In the View section, select the following buttons to view photos accordingly.

    • Selects: Displays photos that meet all the selected filters.
    • RejectsDisplays photos that don't meet any of the selected filters.
    • AllDisplays all photos, with select/reject badge on the image.
  7. In the Organize Result section, you can organize photos by flagging, rating, labeling, and adding to the album the Selects and Rejects photos. 

Tip
  • You can hover over the images to view the criteria of the photos that are selected or rejected.
  • Select Info   to see the culling score of a photo.

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