FilterPixel
Verdict: FilterPixel is the best photo culling software I have ever used, as it helped me save a lot of time, which is crucial for every wedding photographer.
It is the fastest, easiest, and most affordable way to cull and edit photos. This program helped me significantly optimize my workflow. The developers listen to users’ feedback, which helps make their software even more convenient to use.
FilterPixel is a convenient photo-culling software with a variety of handy AI-based tools that allow users to cull, group duplicate photos, apply filters, and leverage the power of artificial intelligence technology.
What makes FilterPixel stand out among other similar AI photo editors and culling programs is that its AI automatically adapts to the style of the user. The program analyzes the way you cull and edit your photos and produces similar results.
You will easily figure out how to use this software, as its UI is quite intuitive. Thanks to this, every photographer, beginner or professional, can use FilterPixel to cull their photos and edit them professionally.
Recently, FilterPixel announced the FilterPixel Edits beta version. You can apply for it and try it for free. FilterPixel Edits is a plugin currently compatible with Adobe software Lightroom Classic.
With FilterPixel Edits, users can upload their photos (Minimum 5000 photos) for the AI to learn their editing style. After uploading, their AI profile will be created using their photos within 24 hours.
After their editing model is created, users can edit their photos automatically with their style using that editing model.
While using this photo editing software, the culling process will take around 5 minutes for 1000 photos.
FilterPixel has AI-driven tools that group similar pictures and select the best one based on various parameters like composition, expressions, aesthetics, emotion, sharpness, etc. This helps save time while selecting from hundreds of duplicate sets of photos.
Filterpixel AI is so advanced that you don’t need to worry that it will reject photos with aesthetic blur or intentionally closed eyes.
The AI can understand the context of intentionally closed eyes and does not reject photos where the brides have their eyes closed.
In some cases, where the photographer wants to cull manually, they can do it easily by looking at the face panel. The face panel allows the user to look at the zoomed-in faces of the people present in the photo.
This allows you to better see whether the eyes are open and whether the facial features of a person are blurry or not. It will be especially useful for those who need to select suitable group photos, as they don’t have to zoom in on every person’s face.
The Details tab is right below the Faces tab. Here, you will find plenty of useful options. For instance, you can see the tags that the program added to your photo as well as analyze focus and eye quality scores.
Similarly to professional RAW photo editors, this software displays metadata. With this, you can find plenty of useful information about your photos, such as shutter speed, ISO, aperture, etc.
If you have ever utilized a photo duplicate finder using other software, you will be impressed with FilterPixel, as it has more advanced features such as survey mode and comparison mode.
With survey mode, you can view all duplicate versions of an image in one place by pressing “S.” This helps compare multiple images at once.
To compare two duplicate photos side by side along with their faces, you can view them in comparison mode by pressing “C”.
Using the arrow keys, you can switch between different duplicate photos. You can also zoom in on faces and pay attention to meters when analyzing focus and eye quality.
Unlike other software that I have used, FilterPixel allows me to perform this task quickly and efficiently.
FilterPixel has filtering tools that are better than the ones that you can find in widely used facial recognition software.
This AI program automatically adds tags to photos, for instance, High-Quality Eyes, High-Quality Focus, and even "Dancing”, "Kiss," or "Baby”. You can also filter your photos using these tags.
For instance, if you choose “dancing,” you will see every picture with dancing newlyweds. The best thing about this is that there are a variety of tags available. Thanks to it, I can easily find photos where newlyweds are laughing or the eyes of the bride are half-closed.
Another feature in FilterPixel is “AI Sliders” These sliders are of two types- eye sliders and focus sliders.
Using these, you can sort your photos by eye quality and focus quality percentage. For example, if you don’t want to see pictures with a focus quality lower than 50%, you can automatically hide them using the focus slider. Using this, you can easily organize your gallery and sort your photos.
Recently, the developers released the FilterPixel beta version. You can access it after registering. If you use Adobe software, such as Lightroom, for editing your photos, you won’t face any difficulties when trying to use the available features.
You can perform advanced color correction in a few clicks. To save time, you can apply presets to optimize your workflow. Besides, you can use a variety of other tools that allow you to adjust white balance, contrast, light, and other parameters in Lightroom using the FilterPixel plugin.
If you aren’t sure whether you need to purchase a subscription, you can use a 14-day trial to test out the features available in FilterPixel.
There are two versions of this service, a free one and a paid one. Depending on the complexity of your project and the tools that you need to use, you can select the most suitable option.
You can use the Basic Plan free of charge. It will be useful for those who don’t need a lot of options. This plan includes manual culling and exporting options.
The Pro Plan costs $10.19/month and allows you access to all the features of the service. You will be able to use the Face Panel, perform automated culling, group duplicates, use survey mode, and other AI features,.
