Aftershoot

Key Features

• AI culling: automatic selection of best shots from a burst, removing blurs, blinks, and duplicates
• Style AI: learn photographer's editing style from 500+ sample images
• Lightroom Classic and Lightroom CC integration (applies edits as presets)
• Capture One export support
• Facial recognition for grouping and filtering by subject
• Selects Mode: generate a "selects only" gallery automatically
• Batch processing: handles 2,000+ photos per session
• On-device AI processing — photos never leave the local machine

Pros & cons

Pricing

Also: Pro: $48/mo ($40/mo annual) · Max: $72/mo ($60/mo annual) — Four tiers. Pro/Max add custom AI profiles; extra profiles $7/mo each.

Tips & Best Practices

1. Train Style AI on your last 3-5 weddings at the same time for a broader style baseline
2. Review the Reject pile before deleting — Aftershoot occasionally culls unique atmospheric shots as duplicates
3. Use Selects Mode for client proof delivery, then do a manual pass before final delivery
4. Export from Aftershoot directly to Lightroom with metadata flags, not as physical copies, to preserve catalogue links

Alternatives to Aftershoot

Final Recommendation

Aftershoot is a paid AI tool best suited for Professional wedding and event photographers processing 10+ shoots per month, Portrait photographers with a consistent editing style.