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Select and deselect photographs

What you will do

Section titled “What you will do”

Select the photographs you want the next action to affect. Start with one photo, then either replace that selection, adjust it one photo at a time, or select every photo in the grid. When you no longer need an active selection, you can clear it without removing any photographs from the project.

Hold Ctrl while clicking to add or remove an individual photograph from the selection. English interface · No audio.

Before you start

Section titled “Before you start”

Open a project with imported photos visible in the grid. Keep the grid active when using the keyboard shortcuts below. These shortcuts apply to Windows.

Steps

Section titled “Steps”

Select one photograph

Section titled “Select one photograph”

Click a photo card once. This replaces any existing selection with that photo. The counter below the project name shows 1 selected, and the selected card has a blue outline.

One portrait selected in a two-photo grid; the counter reads 1 selected.
Click a photo to select it. The counter shows 2 photos / 1 selected. Arams 1.10.2 · Windows · English

Add or remove an individual photograph

Section titled “Add or remove an individual photograph”

Use Ctrl-click when you want to keep the rest of the selection and change only one photo. A plain click is faster when you want to discard the current group and start again with one photo.

  1. Hold Ctrl and click an unselected photo. The photo is added to the selection, and the selected counter increases.
Both portrait cards outlined in blue, with the counter showing 2 selected.
Ctrl-click the second photo to add it to the selection. The counter shows 2 selected. Arams 1.10.2 · Windows · English
  1. To remove one photo from the group, hold Ctrl and click the selected photo.
  2. To replace the group with a single photo, click that photo without holding Ctrl.

Select all and clear the selection

Section titled “Select all and clear the selection”
  1. If the next action should affect every photo currently in the grid, keep the grid active and press Ctrl+A.
  2. When you no longer want any photos selected, press Ctrl+D. The counter reads 0 selected, and the photographs remain in the project.
Both portraits remain in the grid with 0 selected; the first card still has a blue outline.
After Ctrl+D, the counter shows 0 selected. A blue outline can remain on a card; check the counter to confirm deselection. Arams 1.10.2 · Windows · English

Check the result

Section titled “Check the result”

The selection is ready when the selected counter below the project name matches the number of photos you intend to use. A blue outline can remain on the first card after you press Ctrl+D. In that case, 0 selected is the completion signal: the selection is empty, and the photos are still in the project.

If it does not work

Section titled “If it does not work”
  • Clicking another photo replaces your selection: hold Ctrl while clicking to add that photo. A plain click selects it alone.
  • You removed a photo from the selection by mistake: Ctrl-click that photo again to add it back.
  • The grid is empty: import photos before trying these steps. Wait until their thumbnails and filenames appear.
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