ImageButler

Fast photo culling,
built for your left hand.

Rate, reject and pick the best shots from thousands of photos without leaving the keyboard.

Download on the Mac App Store

Available now on the Mac App Store

ImageButler grid view with star ratings and rejected photos

From first look to final export

A keyboard-first workflow for getting through a shoot fast.

  1. 1

    Rate

    EQ

    Raise or lower stars

  2. 2

    Reject

    X

    Mark shots to delete

  3. 3

    Delete

    ⌫

    Trash all rejects at once

  4. 4

    Filter

    1–3

    Show only your picks

  5. 5

    Export

    Copy or move your picks

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Reject and delete in one step

Mark unwanted shots with X, then press Delete to move every reject to the Trash at once. Changed your mind? ⌘Z brings them back.

Thumbnails marked with star ratings and rejects
X Reject⌫ Trash all rejects⌘Z Undo

3-tier star rating

Narrow thousands down to your picks

Rate keepers with E, lower a rating with Q, then press 1–3 to review only your picks. Repeat until only the best remain.

Sort by capture time, and burst shots are labeled right in the grid.

Grid filtered to show only rated picks

Compare

Pick the winner side by side

Press C to pin a photo and compare it with the next shots. Zoom and pan stay in sync, so you can check focus where it matters.

Compare view with a pinned photo next to the current photo

Detail view

Every detail, one key away

Zoom up to 8× and press Space to switch between Fit and 100%. Press I for camera, lens, focal length, aperture, shutter speed and ISO.

Detail view with filmstrip

Export

Export exactly what you mean

The Export window shows exactly what will happen. Copy or move any rating range at any time — into a single folder or sorted by rating — together with RAW files and ratings.

Export window with copy and move options

RAW + JPEG, paired

RAW + JPEG pairs appear as one photo and are rated, exported and deleted together.

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Ratings that travel with your photos

Ratings are saved to standard XMP sidecar files that Adobe Lightroom and Bridge can read.

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DSC_0412.xmp ★★★

Every shortcut under one hand

Move with WASD, rate with E/Q, reject with X. A built-in guide shows every key on first launch.

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QRate −
WUp
ERate +
RRefresh
APrev
SDown
DNext
FGrid/Detail
ZUndo
XReject
CCompare
SpaceFit / 100%
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Fast in folders of any size

Progressive loading, efficient thumbnails and smarter memory and disk caching. Your last folder reopens automatically.

faster thumbnail generation
6×
faster thumbnail generation
images browsed smoothly
10,000+
images browsed smoothly
RAW files without memory issues
50MB+
RAW files without memory issues
zoom in Detail view
8×
zoom in Detail view

Get to your best shots faster

Made for weddings, events and large shoots, portfolio curation and client delivery.

Download on the Mac App Store

Available on Mac App Store

Apple M1 chip or later · macOS 14.6 or later · 8GB RAM · 50MB available storage

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