Group bursts and near-duplicates, spot soft focus and missed exposure, and pick your keepers from the keyboard. Selekt points things out. You make every call.
Bring similar frames together, inspect the details, and get a second opinion from AI. You make the final selection.
Illustrative example: Selekt groups twelve photographs, shows local focus, exposure and blur signals, optionally adds cloud scene tags, then waits for the photographer to choose four final selects. No AI inference runs in this preview.
Bursts, similar frames, and duplicates gather together. Compare related photographs side by side and keep the one that feels right.
On-device scoring checks focus, exposure, and blur, with profiles for weddings, portraits, sports, and events. See why a frame was flagged before you decide.
Cloud analysis flags closed eyes, zooms into every face with Close-ups, and tags subjects and scenes you can search later. Free covers 100 photos a month; Pro is unlimited for everyday shooting.
Less second-guessing.Stay in your flow
Some decisions happen in a split second. Others deserve a closer look. Selekt gives you space for both.
Default shortcuts shown. Choose a familiar preset or customise your keys in Selekt.
Plus JPEG, TIFF, PNG, HEIC, and HEIF.
XMP sidecars carry your picks, maybes, and rejects as star ratings and colour labels, and tags as keywords. Try a representative shoot from your camera before a paid job.
A good place to start
A$0/ forever
Everything you need to cull every shoot.
Download freeA$16/ month
About US$11 a month.
Face checks across whole shoots, and room for client galleries.
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Prices in Australian dollars. Cloud AI powers closed-eye flags, face Close-ups, People, smart crop, and searchable tags. Pro has a high fair-use limit to prevent runaway use; if you reach it, top up free in the app. On-device scoring and grouping never count toward either plan.
Honest, dated comparisons of what each app is built for, where they overlap, and what to test on your own shoot.
Notes from the workflow
Field noteSee what changes between three frames of a sports burst.
Software guidePhoto Mechanic, Aftershoot, Narrative, Lightroom and Selekt, compared on a Mac.
Culling is the first pass after a shoot: reviewing every frame and choosing which photographs to keep, edit, and deliver. A culling app shows RAW files quickly, groups similar frames so you can compare them, and hands your selects to an editor such as Lightroom Classic or Capture One.
Yes. Import, cull, organise, and export without limits or a time limit. With a free account you also get on-device AI scoring and grouping, cloud AI for 100 photos a month, and 1 GB for sync and client proofing. Pro makes cloud AI unlimited for everyday shooting and raises storage to 10 GB.
Import, manual culling, and export work offline. On-device scoring and grouping run on your computer too, but need you signed in to a free account. Cloud AI, sync, and client proofing need an internet connection.
Yes. Selekt writes XMP sidecars that carry your picks, maybes, and rejects as star ratings and colour labels, and your tags as keywords. Try a small export first to confirm everything arrives as expected in your editor.
Selekt recognises RAW files from Canon (CR2, CR3), Nikon (NEF), Sony (ARW), Fujifilm (RAF), Panasonic (RW2), OM System and Olympus (ORF), Pentax (PEF), and Samsung (SRW), plus DNG, JPEG, TIFF, PNG, and HEIC. Decoding can vary by camera model, so try a representative shoot first.
Yes. It is a universal app for Apple silicon and Intel Macs, and a 64-bit installer for Windows 10 and 11.
No upload is needed for local culling and on-device AI. Cloud features are optional: cloud AI analysis, sync, and client proofing use the cloud when you choose them.
Make room for your best work
Free for macOS and Windows. Yours to decide.
