Configuring AI Automated Culling in Aftershoot

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Demo summary

A walkthrough of the AI culling settings in Aftershoot, including genre selection, grouping sensitivity, and blur/closed-eye detection thresholds.

Step-by-step

Select Cull from the main menu
Choose AI automated culling
Select the genre of photography from the dropdown menu
Adjust the photo count slider to determine the percentage of images to keep
Click Custom AI cull to access advanced settings
Toggle Highlight photos to identify the best images for sneak peeks or albums
Adjust the Duplicate photos slider to set the grouping sensitivity for image stacks
Set the Blur detection and Closed eyes thresholds using the strictness sliders
Click Start culling

Options

Use AI assisted culling for manual control instead of full automation
Toggle blur detection on or off
Toggle closed eye detection on or off
Set blur detection to Strict for headshots or Lenient for artistic shallow depth of field

Tips

Use the Highlight photos feature if you need to quickly generate a sneak peek or slideshow
Set the grouping slider to Standard to separate different compositions without lumping the whole shoot into one set
Use Moderate blur detection for family portraits where slight depth-of-field variations are acceptable
I really don't see any reason not to highlight the best photos from the series

Highlights

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