Photo culling for wedding & event photographers
Pick the best shots. Skip the rest.
Optelect flags closed eyes and soft focus, groups bursts, suggests the best frame and checks that no guest is missed, so a 2,000-photo session becomes your 200 selects in a fraction of the time.
Optelect — Wedding_SaturdayStays on your computer
Photos are analysed on your machine and never uploaded.
Works offline
Keep culling for up to 7 days without internet.
Never deletes a file
Rejects wait in Restore, and any decision can be undone.
English & العربية
The whole app, right-to-left included.
A typical session
From 2,000 frames to the 200 that matter
2,000
Imported
Open the shoot's folder. Thumbnails load in the background.
1,420
Weak frames rejected
Closed eyes, soft focus and bad exposure, suggested for you to confirm.
610
Bursts collapsed
Near-duplicates are grouped and the best frame of each is kept.
200
Delivered
A final review, then the selects are copied to the client folder.
An example wedding; your numbers will differ.
Features
Everything between the memory card and the delivery
Cull at full speed
Like, dislike or skip with one key and move on. The grid stays quick with thousands of frames.
Group similar shots
Bursts and near-duplicates are grouped automatically, with the sharpest, best-exposed frame suggested. Compare two side by side and keep the winner.
Suggested rejects
Every frame is checked for closed eyes, soft focus and bad exposure. Untick what you want to keep, then apply in one go.
Nobody left out
Faces are grouped into people, and anyone without a kept photo is listed first, so no guest is missing from the gallery.
Final review
A last pass over your selects, with a slideshow and a check for look-alike shots taken seconds apart.
Notes for your editor
Add retouching notes to any photo, and reuse your common ones in one click.
Nothing is ever lost
Culling never touches your files. Rejected photos wait in Restore, and every decision can be undone.
Export your selects
Copy the picks to any folder, or their file names (plain or numbered) to the clipboard for your client.
How it works
Four steps, one session
- 1
Open a folder
Point Optelect at a shoot. Thumbnails and checks run in the background.
- 2
Clear the weak frames
Review the suggested rejects: closed eyes, soft focus, bad exposure.
- 3
Cull & group
Walk through the rest with one key per photo, and keep the best of each burst.
- 4
Review & deliver
Check that everyone is there, then copy the selects to the client folder.
Download
Runs on your computer. Your photos stay there.
Focus, eyes, faces and similar shots are all checked on your own machine. Nothing is uploaded: only your sign-in talks to our servers.
- WindowsComing soon
- macOSComing soon
- LinuxComing soon
Pricing
One plan, every feature
Buy a plan, then sign in to the desktop app with your account. No licence keys, and nothing renews without you.
Monthly
SAR 39/ month
- Use on up to 2 computers
- Fast single & batch culling
- Similar-shot grouping
- Best-shot picking
- People view
- Suggested rejects
- Final review pass
- Quick notes
Yearly
SAR 390/ year
SAR 32.50 per month, billed yearly
- Use on up to 3 computers
- Fast single & batch culling
- Similar-shot grouping
- Best-shot picking
- People view
- Suggested rejects
- Final review pass
- Quick notes
FAQ
Questions, answered
Are my photos uploaded anywhere?
No. Optelect analyses photos on your computer. Our servers only handle your account and plan; they never see a photo.
Can Optelect delete or change my photos?
No. Culling only records your decisions. Rejected photos stay in the folder and can be restored at any time, and exporting copies files without moving them.
Which files does it open?
JPEG, PNG, WebP, TIFF and BMP. RAW files aren't supported yet.
Do I need to be online?
Only to sign in and, now and then, to confirm your plan. Without internet the app keeps working for up to 7 days.
How many computers can I use?
Each plan shows how many computers it covers. You can sign a computer out from your account to free its place.
How does billing work?
Plans are prepaid. Nothing renews automatically: when your time is running out, you decide whether to buy more.
Is it available in Arabic?
Yes. The app and this website work fully in Arabic and English, right-to-left included.
Contact
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