Lightroom Classic · off the desk

Who said culling
can’t be fun?

Nothing is uploaded — your photos never leave the phone.

or connect to Lightroom — Library › Plug-in Extras › Connect a Phone.

How culling works

One photo at a time. Every decision lands back in Lightroom.

Swipe right — KeepSets the 🏳️ pick flag in Lightroom
Swipe left — RejectSets the 🏴 reject flag in Lightroom
  • ◎
    Hold to zoom — press and hold anywhere on a photo to magnify it, then slide your finger to move the loupe — over one face, then the next. Release to go back. Nothing is recorded.
  • ★
    Stars — tap 1–5 to rate. A rating moves you on too.
  • →
    Next — nothing to mark? Moves on and leaves the photo as it is. Tapping the right half of a photo does the same.
  • ↩
    Back — changed your mind? Returns to the previous photo with its verdict showing. Tap a lit button to clear it. Tapping the left half of a photo goes back too.
  • ◔
    Filter — shows only the photos you haven't marked, or just the flagged, the rejected, or a star rating — the same filters as Lightroom, and they combine.
  • ⟳
    Reset — throws the whole pass away and starts the shoot over. It asks first.
💾 Nothing to submit. Every decision saves the moment you make it — close this mid-shoot and you pick up where you left off. When you're finished, run Library › Plug-in Extras › Get Culling Results… in Lightroom, and the flags and stars land on your photos.
🔒 Nothing leaves your phone. These photos are not uploaded and nothing is written to them — this is the gesture, so you can feel it on pictures you actually care about. Connect Lightroom and the same pass puts real flags and stars on your shoot.

Your shoots

Pick one to start swiping.

  • 1
    In Lightroom: Library › Plug-in Extras › Send Photos for Culling…
  • 2
    The first frames land here about a minute in.
  • 3
    Tap Refresh.

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