Guides

New to culling? Start with the workflow primer to see the whole process end to end, then open the guide that matches your shoots — weddings, or sports and events, where the volume and the deadlines run highest. Culling is the slowest, most repetitive part of post-production for most photographers: sorting thousands of near-identical frames down to the handful worth editing. A good workflow — and a tool that does the first pass for you — turns hours of squinting at sharpness and closed eyes into a quick review. If you're weighing your options, the software roundup compares Photo Mechanic, Aftershoot, Narrative Select, Lightroom and Cullit honestly, each tool's real strengths and limits laid out. Every guide here is written to be useful whatever you cull with; Cullit appears as one option, never the only answer. We keep them updated as the tools and our own app evolve.