Aftershoot vs Culvia

Aftershoot is photo post-processing software for photographers, with AI tools for culling, editing, and retouching on macOS and Windows. Culling scores and groups images using factors including sharpness, exposure, blinks, duplicates, facial expressions, and composition. Editing profiles learn from a photographer’s edited images, while manual adjustments are also available. Retouching includes adjustable subject sliders and presets that can be synced across multiple images. The software supports RAW, JPEG, and TIFF files, as well as bulk renaming and resizing. Its culling workflow connects with Lightroom Classic and Capture One, preserving ratings, color labels, and flags on export. Aftershoot says images can be processed locally and offline without cloud uploads or a constant internet connection. There is no free plan, but new users can try the service for 30 days without charge and without a credit card. Select costs $10.00 per month billed annually ($120/year), or $15/month with monthly billing. Other plans cover editing, retouching, or combinations, including Complete at $45.00 per month billed annually ($540/year), or $55/month with monthly billing.

Culvia is a local-first workbench for photographers to cull, score, review, and prepare photos for delivery. It can import folders or temporary uploads, scan subfolders, and deduplicate repeated paths. Local models score images for aesthetic and technical qualities and generate thumbnails for browsing. An optional OpenAI-compatible vision review can add image critique, subscores, retouching advice, and shooting advice. Photographers make the final selections by marking images as picks, holds, or rejects, with star ratings and color labels also available. Filters and sorting cover recommendations, technical quality, AI review, manual status, and other review dimensions. Culvia exports picked photos and CSV results for later editing and delivery; documented CSV fields map to Lightroom ratings, flags, and color labels, and to Capture One ratings and color tags. Photos and working data stay on the user's machine by default; images go to an external service only when vision review is enabled. The project is free and open source, with desktop packages for macOS, Windows, and Linux and a local web app. It is early-stage and does not replace a full RAW editor.