Deliver separate selections for different people

What you will do

When one shoot includes several people, use the person and rating filters to create a separate full-size JPEG folder for each recipient. You will identify each detected-person cluster from the photographs it contains, include shared photographs in every relevant selection, and export each selection to its own folder.

This workflow creates local folders only. It does not send files to either person, upload a gallery, or publish photographs.

Before you start

• Sign in to an account that can use Automatic face search.
• Import the shoot and finish rating the photographs you want to deliver. Your ratings should reflect your own edit, independently of face detection.
• Decide which shared or group photographs each person should receive.
• Plan a different export subfolder for each person so that one recipient’s files cannot be mixed with another’s.

Automatic face search sends photographs to the Retouch4me server to detect faces. It is separate from automatic image tagging and from the Analyze action. Use it only when server processing is appropriate for the photographs.

Steps

Prepare the delivery edit

1. If Automatic face search is off, open Settings and enable it. If Arams displays the server-analysis notice, read it and continue only when that processing is appropriate.
2. Return to the project and wait for the imported photographs and detected people to appear.
3. Choose the minimum star rating for this delivery. Photographs at or above that rating will remain when you combine it with a person filter.
4. Note any shared photographs that must appear in more than one person’s folder.

The stars in this procedure are your delivery decision. They are not an AI quality score.

Review detected people

In the left sidebar, expand Persons under Smart filters. Arams labels detected clusters generically, such as Person 1. The number and face thumbnail do not establish a person’s identity, so identify each cluster from the solo and shared photographs that remain visible when you build the selection below.

If a cluster does not form a reliable recipient set, reset the filters and build that person’s selection manually instead.

Combine a person filter with the final rating

1. Reset any previous filters.
2. Select the detected-person thumbnail whose visible photographs match the first person.
3. Set the rating comparison to ≥ and choose your delivery rating.
4. Review the filtered grid for that recipient. If a photograph is missing or does not belong, reset the filters and build the final selection manually.
5. Select all photographs in the final set. Check the selected count and make sure every intended shared photograph is present.

In this example, the person and five-or-more rating filters leave Maxine's solo portrait and the shared portrait selected. Arams 1.10.2 · Windows · American English

6. Export this set as described in the next section.
7. Clear the first person’s selection. Reset the filters, select the thumbnail that matches the next person, and apply the same ≥ rating filter.
8. Review and select the next person’s final set, including any shared photographs intended for them.

Changing the person filter produces Richard's selection while keeping the shared portrait. Arams 1.10.2 · Windows · American English

The person filter finds the candidate recipient set; the rating filter narrows it to the final delivery decision. Neither filter removes photographs from the project.

Export two separate folders

For each person, keep only that person’s photographs selected. This route creates full-size JPEG copies. Before exporting, decide whether the copies should include retouching. Keep the supported Local tools you want enabled; clear checked tools only when you want unretouched copies. See Prepare files for delivery for supported processing routes and other output sizes.

1. Open the export workspace, select Local, and confirm that the tools you want for this export are enabled.
2. Open Export settings.
3. Under Export to, choose Hard drive — To computer.
4. Under Photos to Export, choose the selected photographs and confirm that the Selected count matches this recipient’s set.
5. Choose Original Files Folder, turn on Put in Subfolder, and enter a new recipient-specific folder name.
6. Under Naming and Overwriting, choose Add to the Name: -retouched when that suffix describes the exported files. If you are exporting without retouching, choose another naming rule rather than adopting the screenshot’s suffix automatically.
7. Leave Add to Current Project off unless you want the copies in the project. Leave Resize to fit off for full-size copies, then choose JPEG.
8. Check the visible photographs, the Selected count, and the recipient subfolder, then select Export.

The first settings view shows the selected photographs beside their destination. The separate subfolder keeps this recipient’s export apart from the source files and other deliveries.

The visible selection and Maxine-specific subfolder keep this example's first delivery separate. Arams 1.10.2 · Windows · American English

Repeat the export for the next person. Change both the visible selection and the subfolder before selecting Export.

For the second delivery, both the visible selection and the destination subfolder have changed. Arams 1.10.2 · Windows · American English

Complete one export for each person, using a different folder each time. Open Export and Render History and wait until every task reports Completed and 100%.

Both local tasks are complete; check each recipient folder before sending it. Arams 1.10.2 · Windows · American English

Check the result

The delivery is ready when every export task is complete and each recipient folder contains the intended selection. The export creates copies; it does not rename the source photographs. Before sending the folders:

1. Confirm that the folder contains only photographs intended for that person.
2. Confirm that every intended shared photograph appears in each relevant folder.
3. Open representative JPEGs, including a shared photograph, and check that the processing and appearance are ready to deliver.

If it does not work

• Persons is empty: confirm that Automatic face search is enabled and wait for face-search processing to finish. Do not select Analyze merely to populate the person filter, and do not confuse automatic tagging progress with face search.
• A detected person shows the wrong files: review the grid yourself. Reset the filters and select the required files manually; do not deliver from an unreviewed cluster.
• A shared photograph is missing from one set: stop before export. Add it to that person’s selection manually, then review the visible filenames again.
• The rating filter hides an intended file: check the photograph’s assigned stars and confirm that the comparison is ≥ rather than another mode.
• The selected count is wrong: do not export. Reset the filters, rebuild that person’s selection, and review the filenames and counter.
• Two folders contain the same solo portrait: check the active person thumbnail and the subfolder name before repeating either export.
• A wanted retouching tool is missing or unavailable: return to Settings → Plugins and check that it is installed and shows Activated. Follow Activate an existing plugin instead of turning off wanted processing to make the export proceed.
• A task says Completed but a JPEG is missing or will not open: do not send that person’s folder. Keep the folder and task details for diagnosis.

Related topics

• Find photographs and people
• Select and deselect photographs
• Prepare files for delivery
• Export photographs and verify saved files