Aftershoot is an AI-powered photo post-processing software for professional photographers, designed to integrate culling, editing, retouching, and delivery into a single platform, helping photographers complete the process from shooting to delivery faster while maintaining a consistent personal style.
Purpose It mainly addresses the time-consuming repetitive work in photo post-processing, such as selecting from thousands of photos, editing an entire shoot in a consistent style, batch retouching, and delivering final images to clients. The official claim is that it can help photographers save more than 39 hours per month.
Main capabilities
- AI culling: It offers two approaches: AI automatic culling (preliminary screening without manual intervention) and AI-assisted culling (the photographer retains control). The AI can understand scenes and moments, distinguish true duplicate photos from creative variations, and avoid missing important shots. It provides review tools such as Survey Mode for comparing duplicate photos, Spray Can one-click rating, and switching between grid and magnified views. The more it is used, the better it learns the photographer's culling preferences.
- AI editing: The AI can be trained to learn a personal style; importing already edited photos allows the AI to edit in that personal style; Lightroom presets can also be imported and a few sample images edited so the AI learns that style within minutes; more than 30 preset styles created by professional creators are also available. It supports manual adjustments using a RAW editor, with preview, editing, and export without leaving Aftershoot. AI profiles can apply the same style across lighting, gear, and locations.
- AI retouching: It can batch process skin, hair strands, glasses glare, backgrounds, and more with one click, with natural results. It provides prebuilt retouching presets that intelligently adjust based on each photo's lighting, exposure, and color. After retouching one photo, the changes can be synced to the entire set and adapted individually for each image. It can also remove distractions, replace backgrounds, and eliminate clothing wrinkles, working directly on RAW photos without converting files.
- Client delivery: Branded galleries can be created and shared directly from Aftershoot without re-uploading or switching tools. Galleries support face detection, keyword search, client proofing, favorites, downloads, and print sales, with a built-in print store for directly selling prints, digital versions, and more.
How to use Users need to download and install the app on a Windows or macOS computer, with no complex setup required. After downloading, images can be processed without an internet connection. A 30-day full-feature free trial is provided, with no credit card required. After the trial ends, users can choose a complete package or individual tools. One-click export to the chosen platform is supported.
Use cases The official statement says it is used by wedding, event, school, boudoir, family, and newborn photographers. It is suitable for professional photographers who need to process large numbers of photos, want to maintain a consistent style, and reduce post-processing time.
Compatibility and system requirements Supports RAW, JPEG, and TIFF formats. The minimum system requirements are 8GB of memory and a relatively new CPU. Note: when using Intel integrated graphics or a GPU with less than 2GB of VRAM, features such as preview rendering and retouching may not run stably.
Privacy and data security Aftershoot runs on the local computer, and images are processed locally on Windows/Mac and are not stored on official servers. The workflow is non-destructive and does not overwrite original files; ratings in the RAW workflow are usually written to XMP sidecar files rather than modifying the source files. Users can opt out of data upload before importing.
Pricing The official offering includes a 30-day full-feature free trial with no credit card required. The complete workflow (including unlimited AI culling, editing, and retouching) costs from $45 per month billed annually; AI culling from $10 per month; AI editing from $30 per month; AI retouching from $20 per month. Monthly and annual billing are available. All plans are flat-rate and are not charged by number of images.
Limitations No further limitation information is available.
