Aftershoot

Aftershoot is a revolutionary AI-powered desktop application designed to transform the post-production workflow for professional photographers. It provides a complete, end-to-end solution for culling, editing, and retouching, saving countless hours and ensuring a consistent aesthetic across all your work. By automating the most time-consuming aspects of photo processing, Aftershoot empowers photographers to reclaim their time, focus on their craft, and grow their business.

How to use Aftershoot

Getting started with Aftershoot is straightforward and designed for a seamless integration into your existing workflow. First, download and install the application on your Windows or MacOS computer. No constant internet connection is required, as it runs locally on your machine. Import your photos (RAW or JPEG) from a recent shoot into the app. For culling, you can let the AI automatically select the best images by filtering out blurry shots, closed eyes, and duplicates, or use the AI-assisted mode to group similar photos and highlight key faces. For editing, you can train a Personal AI Profile by providing your previously edited images. The AI learns your unique style and applies it to new photos. Alternatively, you can use pre-built AI Styles or purchase styles from top photographers in the Marketplace. Once culling and editing are complete, you can use the new AI Retouching feature for portraits. Finally, export your selections and edits with one click to your preferred software like Lightroom, Capture One, or Adobe Bridge.

Core Features of Aftershoot

• AI Automated & Assisted Culling: The AI intelligently selects your best shots based on sharpness, composition, and expressions. It filters out blurs, closed eyes, and duplicates. It also groups similar images, detects key faces, and provides image scores to speed up manual review.
• Personalized AI Editing: Train the AI on your own edited photos to create a Personal AI Editing Profile. This profile learns and replicates your unique style, ensuring consistency across different shoots, lighting conditions, and camera gear.
• Pre-built & Marketplace AI Styles: Get started instantly with a collection of pre-built AI Styles or purchase Creator Styles from renowned photographers in the Aftershoot Marketplace to apply professional looks to your images.
• Advanced Editing Tools: The software includes essential pro tools like AI Masking, AI Straightening, and AI Cropping, which intelligently perform these tasks to save you even more time.
• AI Retouching: A new feature (currently in early release) that offers natural, professional portrait enhancements. It can perform skin smoothing, blemish and wrinkle removal, teeth whitening, and remove glare from glasses, all while maintaining a realistic look.
• Offline Functionality & Unlimited Use: Aftershoot works entirely on your local computer, ensuring privacy and allowing you to work from anywhere. All subscription plans offer unlimited photo culling and editing for a flat fee, with no per-image charges.

Use Cases for Aftershoot

Aftershoot is ideal for high-volume photographers who need to process thousands of images efficiently. Wedding photographers can use it to quickly cull through an entire wedding day's worth of photos, selecting the best moments and applying a consistent editing style to the entire gallery. Portrait and boudoir photographers benefit immensely from the AI Retouching features, which streamline the process of perfecting portraits while maintaining a natural look. Content creators and commercial photographers can leverage Aftershoot to maintain a consistent brand aesthetic across all their visual content, delivering high-quality images faster to their clients.

Advantages of Aftershoot

The primary advantage of Aftershoot is the massive amount of time it saves—over 18 hours per month on average. This allows photographers to achieve a better work-life balance, take on more clients, or invest time in marketing. The flat-fee subscription model with unlimited use is highly cost-effective compared to per-image pricing models. The AI's ability to learn a specific editing style ensures unparalleled consistency, which is crucial for building a professional brand. As an all-in-one tool for culling, editing, and retouching, it simplifies the workflow by eliminating the need to switch between multiple applications. Furthermore, its offline functionality guarantees data privacy and accessibility regardless of internet connectivity.

Pricing and Plans

Aftershoot offers a subscription-based model with a 30-day free trial and a 30-day money-back guarantee. Plans can be billed monthly or annually (saving up to 33%).

• Selects Plan: $10/month (billed annually). Includes unlimited AI culling features only.
• Essentials Plan: $20/month (billed annually). Includes everything in Selects, plus unlimited AI editing using Aftershoot's pre-built Marketplace Styles.
• Pro Plan (Recommended): $40/month (billed annually). Includes everything in Essentials, plus the ability to create your own Personal AI Editing Profile, 3 Instant AI Profiles, and free AI Crop, Straighten & Masking.
• Max Plan: $60/month (billed annually). Designed for high-volume studios, it includes everything in Pro, plus 5 Personal AI Editing Profiles and priority onboarding.