Smarter Culling  
Alternative To Photo Mechanic

With Photo Mechanic you need to manually cull, image by image. Aftershoot pre-selects your best shots in minutes. You just review, adjust, and approve.

Full Access for 30 Days. | No Credit Card Required

Smarter Culling  Alternative To Photo Mechanic

Aftershoot vs Photo Mechanic

How They Compare on What Matters Most

Benefit

AI Automated Culling

AI Assisted Culling

AI Automated Editing

Duplicate Grouping

Image Scores

Key Faces Identification

Customize Keyboard Shortcuts

Manual Culling

Advance Filters

24/7 Human Support

What this means for your workflow

Skip manual selection. AI selects your best shots automatically, saving hours per gallery.

Smart grouping and scoring. AI organizes similar shots, and ranks by quality while you maintain control.

Cull and edit in one place. No jumping between multiple apps to finish a gallery.

See all versions of each moment. Pick your favorites without scrolling through hundreds of similar shots.

Ranks shots by technical quality. Spot your sharpest, best-exposed images fast.

AI identifies key faces in your shots and detects their best facial expressions.

Set up shortcuts that match your existing workflow habits.

Override AI decisions and manually select your favorites.

Filter by any criteria. View blurred shots, closed eyes, duplicates, or selected images instantly.

Get help from experts who understand your workflow challenges.

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Full Access for 30 days. | No credit card required.

Why Photographers Are Switching  From Photo Mechanic To Aftershoot

Photo-By-Photo Culling Takes Too Long

When you have to look at every photo in a pile of 500+, you end up spending hours just sorting through everything.

Decision Fatigue from Endless Choices

Making pick/reject decisions on hundreds of shots gets overwhelming. When you’re looking at 20 nearly identical shots, choosing becomes mentally exhausting.

Fast Turnaround Wins Business

When culling takes too long, your delivery timelines suffer. Clients want their galleries fast, so they book photographers who deliver fast.

This Is What A Year With Aftershoot Looks Like

240 Hours

Saved Per Year On CULLING

$411

Saved Per Year On Culling

Two Ways Aftershoot Handles Your Culling

CULLING

AI Automated Culling

AI analyzes and groups thousands of photos automatically, considering 30+ factors to select your best shots.

Control How Many Photos Get Selected

Choose how selective you want AI to be. Keep more options for variety or use Extreme Cull to get just the absolute best shots.

Filters out bad shots

AI removes blurred photos, closed eyes, and duplicates automatically.

Adapts to Your Style Over Time

AI learns which types of shots you prefer and gets better at matching your selection style with every shoot you process.

CULLING

AI Assisted Culling

AI assists your culling decisions with features like smart grouping, key face detection, and image scoring while still giving you full creative control.