The new Selekt · Beta
Cull a whole shoot in minutes, right from the keyboard. The new Selekt is rebuilt from the ground up for big libraries, on Mac and Windows.
Coming from Selekt 1.3? The beta installs beside it with a fresh library. Your 1.3 library stays as it is.
Every part of Selekt has been rebuilt to stay quick as your library grows. Here’s what you’ll notice first.
Pick, reject or mark a maybe with P, X and M, and Selekt moves on to the next photo. Press A to switch auto-advance off or on. Undo takes you back to the photo it changed, even when a filter hides it.
Step through a burst frame by frame, keep the strongest and reject the rest in one step you can undo.
Selekt stays responsive in large shoots. Your photos stay in their folders, and when a drive goes offline you can keep culling from cached previews.
Copy from a card or folder with each file read back after copying. Anything skipped or failed is listed in a report that’s still there after a restart.
Send your picks to Lightroom Classic with their ratings and colour labels, copy them to a folder, or export sized JPEGs, with clear progress and a report for every file.
Press Cmd+K (Ctrl+K on Windows) to search filenames, metadata and named sections, then jump straight there.
Short videos recorded in the beta, about a minute each. Start with Selekt in one minute, or jump to the part you need.
Selekt in one minute1:06
All videos on YouTubeThe beta updates itself in place. When the full version ships, you’ll already have it, with nothing to download again.
The beta is a separate app with its own fresh library. Your 1.3 library stays exactly as it is, and opening 1.3 libraries comes later.
New builds download in the background. Selekt asks before restarting and keeps your cull decisions saved.
For Apple silicon Macs and Windows 10 and 11. Download once; updates arrive in the app.
For Macs with Apple silicon (M1 or later). Intel Macs aren’t supported yet.
Version 2.0.0-beta.11 · October 27, 2026
Download for Mac64-bit installer for Windows 10 and 11. Adds Microsoft WebView2 if needed.
Version 2.0.0-beta.11 · October 27, 2026
Download for WindowsThe installer isn’t code-signed yet, so SmartScreen may say the publisher is unknown. Choose More info, then Run anyway.
On a Mac, open the disk image and drag Selekt (New) into Applications. On Windows, run the installer.
Use your Selekt account. Sign-in opens in your browser and brings you back.
Create a library on your computer, then import a card or folder. Or start with the sample photos and the short tour.
Make your picks from the keyboard, then send them to Lightroom Classic, a folder or sized JPEGs.
Before you install, here’s how the beta fits beside the Selekt you use today.
No. The beta installs as a separate app, Selekt (New), and starts its own fresh library. It doesn’t open or change your 1.3 library, and Selekt 1.3 keeps working as it is.
Not yet. Opening and upgrading 1.3 libraries comes later. Until then, keep using Selekt 1.3 for that work.
The beta updates itself in place, all the way to the full release. You download it once and never need to reinstall.
Yes. Sign in with your Selekt account the first time you open the beta. Sign-in opens in your browser and brings you straight back. If you go offline, your library and local work stay available.
Beta builds send crash and usage reports linked to your account so we can find and fix problems. They never include your photos, filenames or folder paths. You can switch each report off in Settings, Privacy.
Keep the Selekt library on a drive attached to your computer. Your photos can stay on a NAS or network share; Selekt refuses to create or open a library on a network drive.
Choose Send feedback in the app’s account menu or command menu, or email us. Feedback goes straight to the people building Selekt.
