Filter photographs during culling

What you will do

Use the rating filter to narrow a rated shoot to the photographs you need next—for example, your strongest selects, one rating group, or frames that need another look. Filtering hides photographs that do not match; it does not remove them from the project or clear their ratings. You can restore the full gallery when you finish.

Filter by four stars, then restore all photographs without clearing their ratings. English interface · No audio.

Before you start

Sign in and open a project that contains photographs with manual star ratings. If you have not rated your photographs yet, see Rate photographs for culling. You do not need to analyze or retouch photographs before filtering them by rating.

Steps

Show the rating filter

1. If the filter bar is hidden, click the funnel icon in the toolbar above the gallery.
2. Locate the comparison button and five stars near the left end of the filter bar. These stars set the filter; the rating beneath each thumbnail belongs to that photograph.

Both photographs are visible while the rating filter is cleared. Arams 1.10.2 · Windows · English

Change the comparison

Choose the comparison for the part of the shoot you want to see, then click the comparison button until its symbol appears:

Symbol	Show photographs rated	When to use it
≥	At or above the chosen rating	Continue with your stronger selects.
=	Exactly the chosen rating	Work with one rating group.
≤	At or below the chosen rating	Revisit lower-rated photographs.

The button cycles from ≥ to =, then ≤, and back to ≥.

Show photographs rated four or higher

This example uses four stars, but choose the threshold that matches your own rating system.

1. Set the comparison button immediately before the filter stars to ≥.
2. Click the fourth star in the filter bar so that four stars are gold.
3. Continue when the gallery shows only photographs rated four stars or higher and the photo count reflects that result.

A rating filter of ≥4 shows the four-star photograph and hides the two-star photograph. Arams 1.10.2 · Windows · English

Before applying an action to several photographs, check the selected counter and the highlighted cards. Filtering or resetting the gallery can change which selections are visible, so select the photographs you intend to use in the current filtered view.

Understand an empty gallery

You do not need to produce an empty gallery as part of filtering. If no photograph matches your comparison and rating, Arams displays No photos found matching the selected filter, a Rating chip, and Loosen the filter settings to see photos. The counter reads 0 photos / 0 selected. Your photographs are still in the project; choose a less restrictive comparison or rating, or reset the filter.

Neither example photograph matches ≥5. The photographs remain in the project. Arams 1.10.2 · Windows · English

Restore the gallery

When you have finished with the filtered group and want to see the whole shoot again:

1. Click the circular-arrow reset button at the far right of the filter bar.
2. Continue when the hidden photographs return and the filter stars are gray. Ratings beneath the thumbnails remain unchanged.

Reset the filter with the circular-arrow button to restore both photographs without clearing ratings. Arams 1.10.2 · Windows · English

If it does not work

• The gallery is empty: check the comparison symbol and the number of gold filter stars. Loosen the filter, or use the circular-arrow button to show the full gallery again.
• Lower-rated photographs are still visible: check whether the comparison is ≤. Click the comparison button until ≥ appears.
• The filter stars are gray, but the cards still have gold rating stars: the filter has been reset successfully. Resetting filters preserves the photographs’ ratings.
• You cannot find the filter stars: use the funnel icon above the gallery to reveal the bar.

Related topics

• Rate photographs for culling
• Select and deselect photographs
• Inspect a photograph and zoom in
• Import photos