{"id":33103,"date":"2022-07-23T13:07:21","date_gmt":"2022-07-23T11:07:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/urbanflavour.pl\/application-to-automatic-selection-photos\/"},"modified":"2026-10-05T07:39:38","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T05:39:38","slug":"application-to-automatic-selection-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/urbanflavour.pl\/en\/application-to-automatic-selection-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"Application for automatic selection of photos"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you&#8217;re like me and hate sitting over group photos picking the one perfect frame where everyone (or most people) have their eyes open, you need to check out <a href=\"https:\/\/narrative.so?referral=narrative13328\" class=\"ek-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Narrative Select<\/a>. It&#8217;s yet another AI revolution that may one day replace photographers in culling, but for now we can use it in our own business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How does Narrative Select work, the app for automatic photo culling?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Narrative Select analyses every photo against 3 criteria:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>sharpness<\/li><li>open eyes<\/li><li>smile<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-image stk-block-image stk-block stk-7a2b200\" data-block-id=\"7a2b200\"><figure class=\"stk-img-wrapper stk-image--shape-stretch\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"stk-img wp-image-32547\" src=\"https:\/\/urbanflavour.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/aplikacja-automatyczna-selekcja-zdjec-macos-3.jpg\" width=\"1576\" height=\"316\" alt=\"App for automatic photo culling\" title=\"Urbanflavour.pl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/urbanflavour.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/aplikacja-automatyczna-selekcja-zdjec-macos-3.jpg 1576w, https:\/\/urbanflavour.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/aplikacja-automatyczna-selekcja-zdjec-macos-3-830x166.jpg 830w, https:\/\/urbanflavour.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/aplikacja-automatyczna-selekcja-zdjec-macos-3-1024x205.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/urbanflavour.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/aplikacja-automatyczna-selekcja-zdjec-macos-3-500x100.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1576px) 100vw, 1576px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If we have several similar photos in a series, the program groups them together and flags the best of them. Of course we keep full control over the selection, because the program lets us pick and flag photos ourselves, and it even gives a close-up of every detected face.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-image alignwide stk-block-image stk-block stk-7a00ee0\" data-block-id=\"7a00ee0\"><figure class=\"stk-img-wrapper stk-image--shape-stretch\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"stk-img wp-image-32549\" src=\"https:\/\/urbanflavour.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/aplikacja-automatyczna-selekcja-zdjec-macos-4.jpg\" width=\"1576\" height=\"1067\" alt=\"App for automatic photo culling\" title=\"Urbanflavour.pl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/urbanflavour.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/aplikacja-automatyczna-selekcja-zdjec-macos-4.jpg 1576w, https:\/\/urbanflavour.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/aplikacja-automatyczna-selekcja-zdjec-macos-4-830x562.jpg 830w, https:\/\/urbanflavour.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/aplikacja-automatyczna-selekcja-zdjec-macos-4-1024x693.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/urbanflavour.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/aplikacja-automatyczna-selekcja-zdjec-macos-4-500x339.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1576px) 100vw, 1576px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons alignwide is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-b07f0535 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-accent-background-color has-background\" href=\"https:\/\/narrative.so?referral=narrative13328\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span style=\"color: var(--base-3);\" class=\"stk-highlight\">Download for free<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-subtitle stk-block-subtitle stk-block stk-ca16d26\" data-block-id=\"ca16d26\"><style>.stk-ca16d26{margin-top:20px !important}<\/style><p class=\"stk-block-subtitle__text stk-subtitle has-text-align-center\"><em>Up to 6 free projects a month<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Workflow with Narrative Select<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It&#8217;s worth putting Narrative Select at the very start of your photo editing, so you can do a rough or detailed selection in it and mark the photos with ratings, which you can then import into Adobe Lightroom Classic. That way we&#8217;re already working only on the photos we picked earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-image alignwide stk-block-image stk-block stk-de2e788\" data-block-id=\"de2e788\"><figure class=\"stk-img-wrapper stk-image--shape-stretch\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"stk-img wp-image-32545\" src=\"https:\/\/urbanflavour.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/aplikacja-automatyczna-selekcja-zdjec-macos-2.jpg\" width=\"1576\" height=\"861\" alt=\"App for automatic photo culling\" title=\"Urbanflavour.pl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/urbanflavour.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/aplikacja-automatyczna-selekcja-zdjec-macos-2.jpg 1576w, https:\/\/urbanflavour.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/aplikacja-automatyczna-selekcja-zdjec-macos-2-830x453.jpg 830w, https:\/\/urbanflavour.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/aplikacja-automatyczna-selekcja-zdjec-macos-2-1024x559.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/urbanflavour.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/aplikacja-automatyczna-selekcja-zdjec-macos-2-500x273.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1576px) 100vw, 1576px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Loading a project into the program takes very little time, so we don&#8217;t have to waste it on generating thumbnails for all the photos in Adobe Lightroom, or on importing them into the catalog.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-image alignwide stk-block-image stk-block stk-7e391cc\" data-block-id=\"7e391cc\"><figure class=\"stk-img-wrapper stk-image--shape-stretch\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"stk-img wp-image-32554\" src=\"https:\/\/urbanflavour.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/automatyczna-selekcja-zdjec-AI-2.png\" width=\"640\" height=\"420\" alt=\"App for automatic photo culling\" title=\"Urbanflavour.pl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/urbanflavour.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/automatyczna-selekcja-zdjec-AI-2.png 640w, https:\/\/urbanflavour.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/automatyczna-selekcja-zdjec-AI-2-500x328.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-fe48e5de wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-accent-background-color has-background\" href=\"https:\/\/narrative.so?referral=narrative13328\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span style=\"color: var(--base-3);\" class=\"stk-highlight\">Add Narrative Select<br><em>to your workflow<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Speed with RAW files<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The program is a bit like Photo Mechanic, because it speeds up culling even without its AI features. In 2-3 minutes it turns several thousand RAW files into preview files that are more than enough for selecting. So we don&#8217;t wait long for an import, as Lightroom tends to make us do, and we can browse hundreds or thousands of photos without lag.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-image alignwide stk-block-image stk-block stk-9ba7c3c\" data-block-id=\"9ba7c3c\"><figure class=\"stk-img-wrapper stk-image--shape-stretch\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"stk-img wp-image-32556\" src=\"https:\/\/urbanflavour.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/automatyczna-selekcja-zdjec-AI-3.png\" width=\"640\" height=\"412\" alt=\"App for automatic photo culling\" title=\"Urbanflavour.pl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/urbanflavour.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/automatyczna-selekcja-zdjec-AI-3.png 640w, https:\/\/urbanflavour.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/automatyczna-selekcja-zdjec-AI-3-500x322.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What you need to run Narrative Select<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Right now the program only runs on macOS and works with Adobe Lightroom CC, Lightroom Classic and Capture One (C1).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It supports all the popular RAW file formats:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CR2, CRW, CR3, NEF, NRW, RAF, DNG, RAW, RWL, ARW, RW2, ORF, FFF, 3FR, JPGS<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How much does Narrative Select cost?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Select Free version of the app offers up to 6 free projects every month, so if you&#8217;re just starting out, you don&#8217;t have to buy yet another subscription and wonder whether it will pay off. You can spend the time you save on photos or on finding new clients, and later move to the paid Narrative Select Pro plan, which differs only in having no limits and currently costs $150 a year. If you do 50 shoots a year, that&#8217;s only 3% (about PLN 10 per project). Worth it, I&#8217;d say.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-image alignwide stk-block-image stk-block stk-8899422\" data-block-id=\"8899422\"><figure class=\"stk-img-wrapper stk-image--shape-stretch\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"stk-img wp-image-32565\" src=\"https:\/\/urbanflavour.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/CENNIK-narrative-select.png\" width=\"1268\" height=\"964\" alt=\"Comparison table showing two pricing plans: Select Free at USD 0\/month and Select Pro at USD 150\/year. The table lists features in the sections Projects, Advanced features and Basic features, highlighting the differences between the two plans. An illustration of a person with a camera and a backpack is on the left, ideal for a user&#039;s automatic photo culling app.\" title=\"Urbanflavour.pl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/urbanflavour.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/CENNIK-narrative-select.png 1268w, https:\/\/urbanflavour.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/CENNIK-narrative-select-830x631.png 830w, https:\/\/urbanflavour.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/CENNIK-narrative-select-1024x778.png 1024w, https:\/\/urbanflavour.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/CENNIK-narrative-select-500x380.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1268px) 100vw, 1268px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Is it worth it?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can&#8217;t beat free, so it&#8217;s worth trying. Although I don&#8217;t think the program will do the full culling for us (shots without people, without visible faces), it will definitely save us time by filtering out the worst photos in a series and suggesting the best ones. It&#8217;s a great starting point for further selection. It&#8217;s also a nice alternative to Photo Mechanic, which only comes as a trial version.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-fe48e5de wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-background\" href=\"https:\/\/narrative.so?referral=narrative13328\" style=\"border-radius:0px;background-color:#e8b022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span style=\"color: var(--base-3);\" class=\"stk-highlight\">Get Narrative Select<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re like me and hate sitting over group photos picking the one perfect frame where everyone (or most people) &#8230; <a title=\"Application for automatic selection of photos\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/urbanflavour.pl\/en\/application-to-automatic-selection-photos\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Application for automatic selection of photos\">zobacz wi\u0119cej<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":32557,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog-en","infinite-scroll-item","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33"],"featured_image_urls_v2":{"full":["https:\/\/urbanflavour.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/automatyczna-selekcja-zdjec-AI-3.png",640,412,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/urbanflavour.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/automatyczna-selekcja-zdjec-AI-3-500x322.png",500,322,true],"medium":["https:\/\/urbanflavour.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/automatyczna-selekcja-zdjec-AI-3.png",640,412,false],"medium_large":["https:\/\/urbanflavour.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/automatyczna-selekcja-zdjec-AI-3.png",640,412,false],"large":["https:\/\/urbanflavour.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/automatyczna-selekcja-zdjec-AI-3.png",640,412,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/urbanflavour.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/automatyczna-selekcja-zdjec-AI-3.png",640,412,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/urbanflavour.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/automatyczna-selekcja-zdjec-AI-3.png",640,412,false],"gform-image-choice-sm":["https:\/\/urbanflavour.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/automatyczna-selekcja-zdjec-AI-3.png",300,193,false],"gform-image-choice-md":["https:\/\/urbanflavour.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/automatyczna-selekcja-zdjec-AI-3.png",400,258,false],"gform-image-choice-lg":["https:\/\/urbanflavour.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/automatyczna-selekcja-zdjec-AI-3.png",600,386,false]},"post_excerpt_stackable_v2":"<p>If you&#8217;re like me and hate sitting over group photos picking the one perfect frame where everyone (or most people) have their eyes open, you need to check out Narrative Select. It&#8217;s yet another AI revolution that may one day replace photographers in culling, but for now we can use it in our own business. How does Narrative Select work, the app for automatic photo culling? Narrative Select analyses every photo against 3 criteria: sharpnessopen eyessmile If we have several similar photos in a series, the program groups them together and flags the best of them. 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