Arams user manual

Start by signing in, finding the main workspace controls, and creating an empty project for your photos.

Getting started

1. Sign in to Arams with your email address and password.
2. Explore the workspace.
3. Create your first project.

In general settings, you can view your account details and find the interface language setting.

Supported version

This manual contains workflows verified on Windows with the English interface in Arams 1.10.2 and the earlier 1.11.0-dev.3 baseline. Each chapter identifies its verified version; screenshots retain their original version. Other builds may use different labels or layouts.

Click any screenshot to open the original at full size. Credit balances, account details, and server status on your screen may differ from the examples.

Chapters

Getting started

• Sign in to Arams
• Explore the workspace
• Complete your first photo workflow

Manage projects

• Manage your projects
• Create a project
• Reopen an existing project
• Keep projects and source photographs available

Organize photographs

• Organize photographs in a project
• Import photos
• Select and deselect photographs

Select photographs

• Select photographs for delivery
• Inspect a photograph and zoom in
• Rate photographs for culling
• Filter photographs during culling
• Review AI analysis of photographs and faces

Compare similar photographs

• Review groups of similar photographs
• Crop and straighten photographs

Find photographs and people

• Find photographs and people
• Inspect detected faces at useful resolution
• Automatically tag and find photographs with AI

Prepare retouching

• Choose retouching tools and settings
• Use retouching presets
• Apply retouching settings by gender
• Activate an existing plugin
• Correct color with AI, curves and LUTs
• Compare retouching with the original
• Retouch a consistent photo series
• Retouch a portrait while preserving natural detail
• Clean clothing and studio backgrounds

Process photographs

• Understand and verify local processing
• Understand cloud processing and its requirements

Monitor processing

• Review processing tasks

Prepare files for delivery

• Prepare files for delivery
• Export photographs and verify saved files

Metadata and other applications

• Exchange ratings and labels through metadata

Customize your workspace

• Customize your working environment
• General settings
• Customize keyboard shortcuts

Integrations

Troubleshooting

• Diagnose import failures
• Diagnose stalled processing and export

JPEG import and export, grouping, plugin activation, and local and cloud preview processing are documented in the chapters above. RAW workflows, ICC/EXIF preservation, and macOS workflows still need separate verification.