After the shoot · Developing & darkroom
Cull
Cull: pull the photos and videos from one shoot out of your library (by time range, from a shooting log or shooting plan, or straight from the reminder card when you have just finished shooting) and go through them one at a time: swipe up to mark for deletion, swipe down to keep, swipe sideways to move between photos. You can undo, change any decision in the overview, and pick up where you left off next time. When you finish, everything is handled at once: the photos marked for deletion go to the system trash after one confirmation (on Android 10, which has no trash, it tells you plainly that deletion is permanent), and the keepers can be saved into an album named after the shoot. Works with Live Photos / motion photos (long-press to play) and videos. Everything happens on the device; photos are never uploaded. Free.
When it helps
- cull
- pick photos
- how to pick photos after a shoot
- delete bad shots
- organize photos
- messy camera roll
- too many photos
- bulk delete photos
- delete photos one by one
- swipe to delete photos
- clean up camera roll
- put this shoot into an album
- cull live photos
- motion photos
- Slidebox
- Phoom
- cull photos
- photo culling
- pick the keepers
- delete bad photos
- swipe through photos
- organize camera roll
At a glance
| Where to find it | Tools tab → Cull (or Shooting Log / Shooting Plan detail → Cull this shoot) |
| Category | After the shoot · Developing & darkroom |
| Platforms | iOS / Android / HarmonyOS (native) (coming soon) |
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“Cull” is one of the 41 photography tools in Optaxis. Coming to iOS, Android and HarmonyOS (native) at the same time, expected between late December 2026 and early January 2027; once live, search for “光轴 Optaxis” in your app store to download.