Free program (possibly AI?) to retouch and cull collection

SimpleDimple · 14-02-2026 10:58AM #1

Hi,

Does anyone know if a quick and easy way to touch up / edit a large volume of photos (approx 500)?

I have a huge amount i took on safari in both jpeg and raw format, and they could use some care. I'm not as photo savy as a lot of you likely are, so if there's a handy program to do this id love to hear about it.

I've done it manually in the past using gimp and do quote enjoy the process of getting the best out of a photo, i just don't have time to do it now.

I tried imagen but it seems that you have to have an Adobe-based taste or profile to feed to it first

Or alternatively, is there a program that let's you apply the same editing to a batch of photos?

CelticRambler · 19-03-2026 05:42PM

Try "Affinity by Canva"

Can't actually recommend it because I haven't used it. I have the original Affinity (one-off low-cost payment) and it includes the option to apply a defined LUT to a batch of photos which would be what you're asking for.

It may not be what you need though! I generated a similar number of files on safari a few years ago and there was way too much variation in the native colour, texture, focal length, etc for me to be able to apply any kind of standard enhancement across the whole lot. Instead, I grouped them by subject (and/or location) then did a quick review of each group and picked out one or two images that I really liked and worked on them individually over the following weeks and months.

muffler · 19-05-2026 11:25PM

Just bumping this as I have a few old pics, about 25, that I'm looking to enhance. Looking to get a better quality and I have a few in black and white that I want to add a little bit of colour to. Is there a free programme I can use that would do the business. TIA.

Free program (possibly AI?) to retouch and cull collection

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