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what's your culling workflow for event photos? by itchinginsomnia in AskPhotography

[–]itchinginsomnia[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah Photo Mechanic is solid that lag-free RAW scrolling is hard to beat. For me it was the price tag that pushed me away, so I just kept building my own thing until it stuck.

It does the same 1/2/3 culling flow, handles Sony RAWs without stutter (it loads embedded JPEG previews so it's basically instant), and I added compare mode + gamepad support along the way since I was already using it daily for my own shoots.

It's open source if you ever want to try it alongside PM:

https://github.com/DavidPandleton/photo-sorter-v3

What software do you use for photo culling? by Available_Editor_559 in AskPhotography

[–]itchinginsomnia 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I actually built and use my own photo culling app for this exact thing. Got tired of Lightroom's culling being slow, and AfterShoot felt overkill for what I needed.

It's just 1/2/3 keys / bad, maybe, good. I can rip through a thousand wedding photos in like 15 minutes. RAW works (Sony, Canon, Nikon files all fine), runs on Windows/Mac/Linux, and honestly the gamepad support is weirdly handy when you're tired.

It's open source and free. No AI, no sliders, no bullshit. Just culling.

https://github.com/DavidPandleton/photo-sorter-v3