What’s new in Narrative

• People Filter (Beta) allows you to filter your shoot by one person, or any combination of people. See coverage at a glance, focus your sneak peaks on the key people and make your selection more confidently.
• AI First Pass now rates photos without people. Until now, First Pass focused on shots with faces. Now, for scenes with no one in them — landscapes, details, venue and decor — Narrative ranks them by sharpness, picking out the crispest frame and flagging the soft ones, so your first pass covers the whole shoot in more detail.
• HEIC support — what the HEIC! Photos straight off your iPhone now open in Narrative, no conversion needed.

• Faster imports. Your shoots load and start analysing noticeably quicker.
• Smoother previews. Thumbnails render faster as you move through a shoot.
• Lighter updates. App downloads and updates are smaller and quicker.
• Polish. Clearer scene tooltips, more consistent pop-up dialogs, and a "Preview" label on preset cards.

• The Ship dialog now closes when you click outside it.
• Your last viewed image is remembered reliably.
• Fixed an image counter that could read more than the total (e.g. 381/380).
• Delete no longer drops you out of Fullscreen.
• The Close-ups panel closes properly when a filter leaves nothing to show.
• Tidied up toolbar hover states and toast timing.

• Close-ups for images without faces (macOS only). In the Close-ups panel, images with no detected faces will now show a crop of the key element instead, such as an animal, object, or person facing away from the camera.
• Fullscreen Mode. View your images distraction-free at full size with only the ratings bar and face assessments visible. Press f to enter or exit Fullscreen Mode, or press esc to exit.
• Batch cropping. Apply a crop, level, and/or aspect ratio to multiple images at once, including selected images, the current scene, or all landscape or portrait images. Open the crop panel with c and click [Batch Apply…].
• In-app release notes. You can now view the latest release notes anytime from Help → What’s New.

• Cropping now preserves your selected aspect ratio when switching between landscape and portrait orientations.
• Notifications are now capped so you won’t be overwhelmed by repeated actions like deleting many images quickly.
• The updater now waits longer before prompting again if you choose [ASK ME LATER].

• Restored the macOS hide window shortcut: ⌘ h.
• Fixed an issue where the project home screen sort order was not being remembered.

• Auto-rate with First Pass. Automatically apply a metadata rating (for example, star ratings or color labels) based on AI First Pass image assessments. Find it in Photo → Auto-rate with First Pass.

• Batch switch AI Presets in Lightroom. If you’ve shipped multiple AI Presets, you can now toggle between them in bulk. In Lightroom, select your images, then go to File → Plug-in Extras → Sync Snapshots to switch all selected images to a different AI Preset in one go.

• You can now have the Crop panel and Close-ups open at the same time.

• Crops are now saved immediately after clicking Done or Reset.

• Double-clicking the crop level slider resets it to 0.

• Middle-click now closes a project tab.

• Image numbers now appear when hovering over images in Loupe or Grid View.

• Added a new toolbar loading state that no longer obscures controls like Sort order: Scene rank while processing.

• Improved error handling on Windows.

• Increased the amount of time you can delay updating.

• Added missing eye states: side eye (appears open) and side eye (appears closed).

• Made app updates more resilient to errors.

• Fixed UI issues in the Shot Info panel.

• Better AI Preset control in Ship modal. You can now see how many AI Presets are selected at a glance and clear them in one click.

• Quicker memory card workflow. Updated the screen that recommends copying images before working from a memory card. It now launches Quick Import first.

• More rename flexibility. You can now include new divider types ( [ ) ] in your image rename formula.

• Fixed an issue where neighbouring scenes shot in burst mode could become jumbled.

• Fixed an issue with multi-Preset where corrections could be applied to the wrong AI Preset.

• Fixed an issue with capture-time renaming for AM photos. Leading zeros are now included so filenames sort correctly (e.g. 8.30.12am → 083012).

• Fixed an issue in advanced filters where individual items couldn’t be easily toggled off after being enabled.

• Fixed an issue where the Preset homepage could show duplicate “More” menus.

• Fixed an issue where the blue highlight in Scenes View appeared every project. It now shows only once.

• AI First Pass settings. Control how selective AI is when assessing your images, from Ruthless to Cautious. This never deletes photos or makes selections. Find it in Preferences → Assessments → AI First Pass.Onboarding progress and preferences now syncs across devices. Your onboarding preferences stay consistent anywhere you’re signed in.
• Narrative en Español. Our first Spanish version is now available! By default Narrative will use your system default language, but you can also select from Preferences → Assessments → Language
• Optional preview uploads to improve features. You can now opt in to automatically upload image previews to help us improve the app. You can turn this off anytime. Images are used only for product improvement in accordance with our Terms and Conditions and are never shared externally.

• Quick Import modal polish. Added session end times and improved the session time gap controls.
• Better Quick Import triggering. The Quick Import modal now appears when you create a new project, choose “Copy images from a memory card to a computer or hard drive,” and a memory card is already connected.

• Black and White Presets are here! Four new free black & white AI Presets are availble for unlimited use on Standard plans and above. And, If you're on the Premium or Ultra plans you can also train your very own black & white AI Presets!

• Improved the clarity and ordering of AI Preset cards.

• Fixed an issue where some ingests (copying from memory cards) could stall just before finishing.

• Faster file copying from memory cards.

• AI Preset creation is now more reliable and better reflects your recent work.

• One-click quick import: When you plug in a memory card, our new Quick Ingest tool automatically groups your photos into 'sessions' – photos taken on the same day with no more than a 2-hour gap. Meaning, you can pick the right files to back up, and start a new project in just a couple of clicks. (Rolling out over the coming weeks.)

• Manual AI Training: You’re in the driver’s seat. If our automatic preset training isn't quite hitting the mark, you can now manually select specific catalogs to train your AI Preset.

• Expanded Camera Support: We’ve added support for the latest Sony and Fujifilm models.

• Improved scene grouping. The grouping of scenes is now more accurate.

• More time to update: We’ve extended the auto-update restart timer to 2 hours, giving you plenty of time to wrap up your current task before the app refreshes.

• Lightroom stability: Fixed a bug that caused Lightroom to occasionally stall when processing multiple AI Presets at once.

Lovers Grain by Unscripted

• A new FREE AI Preset for everyone on Standard plans and above.
• This style brings out warm, sun-kissed tones and soft vintage grain, evoking the magic of timeless memories - like discovering an old roll of film tucked away in your nan’s closet. This style was proudly created by Eilish Burt for Unscripted + Narrative.

• Faster Face and Image Assessment scanning.

• Changing the photo renaming formula inside a project now updates your default formula.

• Added an Original filename option when renaming images.

• After moving or copying photos, you can open the destination folder directly in Finder or Explorer.

• You can now see which folder a photo lives in from the Shot Info panel.

• Hover over truncated text in Shot Info to see the full content.

• Partially open and barely open eyes now have a less harsh color-coding.

• The account you are signed into now appears in the account menu and on major paywall pages.

• When applying multiple AI Presets in a single Ship, we now point you to the Snapshots panel in Lightroom so you can switch between them.

• Removed the Choose Your Project Type screen. To start editing immediately, click SHIP + EDIT as soon as you enter a project.

• Pressing Return now confirms primary actions in modals.

• Cleaned up some outdated modals.

• Added text cursor and hover states to Personal AI Preset names on the Preview screen.

• Removed the ‘waiting room’ for slower machines.

• Preferences are now accessible from the account menu in the top right.

• AI Preset nomination text is clearer and easier to understand.

• Improved guidance when Shipping photos to a Lightroom catalog that already contains those images.

• Switching to a new sort order now automatically moves you into that view.

• White text links on colored backgrounds now have hover states.

• The number bar has been visually polished.

• Right clicking with multiple images selected in Grid View no longer clears the selection.

• Removed duplicate Undo and Redo entries from the Edit menu.

• Plugging in a memory card on the ingest screen no longer triggers the ingest suggestion pop up.

• The ingest suggestion pop up no longer appears when removing a memory card.

• Fixed an issue where scene skipping shortcuts stopped working during metadata scanning.

• You can now use + and - when naming a Lightroom catalog in the Ship modal.

• Fixed a filter clearing issue that could leave no image selected.

• Selecting an Image Focus score filter no longer deselects Images with no Focus Score.

• Clearing the blue highlight from the AI Preset dropdown is easier. Viewing the Preview page now clears it.

• Fixed an issue where selecting all AI First Pass filters could only be cleared via the ‘All’ checkbox.

• The onboarding tutorial now animates more smoothly.

• Fixed issues where Image Assessments could become inconsistent when switching projects.

• Resolved a conflict with some editing apps related to XMP sidecar formatting.

• You can now apply multiple AI Presets with the same name when Shipping to Lightroom.

• AI Preset application is more resilient when one or more files have issues.

• Portrait aspect ratio images are now much less likely to be chosen as project cover images.

• You asked for it... We've made your Loupe View thumbnails fully customisable! Head to Preferences or right-click on a thumbnail to:
  • Change the thumbnail size.
  • Show and hide filenames.
  • Show and hide ratings.
  • Decide how your First Pass Image Assessments and Scene Ranking show up  – full color, minimal color, or none.

• We fixed some filters that were misbehaving.
• Fixed some cases where edits were not shipping to Lightroom CC.
• Fixed some issues with updating to make it more reliable. 

• Over the coming weeks, we're rolling out the ability to apply multiple AI Presets as you Ship to Lightroom Classic. You'll be able to switch between these AI Presets in Lightroom's snapshots panel on the left-hand-side.
• We're also rolling out the ability to easily toggle between the edited photo and the raw photo in Lightroom.
• You can now filter by an Image Focus score and below, or an exact score. For example
  • Show me all photos with an Image Focus score of 4 and below.
  • Show me only photos with an Image Focus score of 4, 5 or 6.

• Fixed a situation where you could visually have no sort order.

• We've simplified sorting, so it's much easier to toggle between capture time and scene rank orders. This will be rolling out over coming weeks.
• DNG converter won't bounce around in your dock any more when you're using or training an AI Preset.
• Refined and reduced onboarding prompts.
• Some visual tweaks to the new Loupe View thumbnails.

• Fixed a scrolling issue with the new filmstrip in Loupe View.
• Multiple behind the scenes performance and stability improvments.

• New Onboarding tutorial to help new users feel at home and learn the basics fast.
• Adobe DNG Converter will no longer bounce around in your dock.

• Revamped thumbnails in the Loupe View filmstrip that show image assessments and scene rank more clearly.
• Refreshed project creation and sign in experiences.
• General performance improvements accross the board.
• Added a more clear 'downloading' state for AI Presets.

• Fixed an issue with Survey Mode, where you would be put back to the first image in your project if you cleared images while in a filtered state.
• Fixed an issue with cropping, where flipping the aspect ratio of a crop on a portrait image would lose the apsect ratio.

• Fixed an issue where some scenes would never finish calculating.
• Fixed an issues where the project type choice screen would appear as if it was not responsive.
• Updated Shipping to Capture One to work with newer versions.
• Fixed several issues with cropping, including some innacurate crop aspect ratios.
• Fixed flickering thumbnails in Scenes View.

• We added a 4x5 aspect ratio to the crop panel.

• Added support for more cameras:

  • Canon EOS R5 C

  • Hasselblad CFV-50c, CFV-100c

  • Leica SL3

  • Nikon Z f (standard/lossless compression only)

  • Olympus/OM System OM-1 Mark II, TG-7

  • Pentax KF, K III Monochrome

  • Samsung S23+, S23 Ultra

  • Sony A9-III, ILX-LR1

• Fixed an issue where in some circumstances, thumbnails and images did not load correctly
• Fixed an issue where an AI Preset could get stuck in pre-processing
• Fixed an issue where images could be incorrectly rank ordered

• We've made the biggest improvment to the way we caluclate scenes in years. If you have the new version should see a vast improvement in the quality of the scenes constructed. Note: we're rolling this out over several weeks so you might not get this update straight away.
• AI Preset creation feels far more seamless now. Once you've intiatied training, it now takes place largely in the background. You can track progress by clicking on the icon in the very top toolbar.

Lightroom CC support for AI Presets

We’re excited to announce that Narrative’s editing features now integrate with Lightroom CC!

After culling, choose to pre-edit your selection in one click as you Ship direct to Lightroom CC. Your images will appear in Lightroom pre-edited with the AI Preset of your choice – ready for you to add your finishing touches.

You can use it offline, and there’s no need to upload images or catalogs to apply your edits.

• After you Ship and pre-edit you'll see a summary of how many images have been auto-straightened (free with Narrative!)
• If you train a new AI Preset it will be automatically selected for you to use when Shipping.

• We’ve added a summary to the end of your projects, featuring stats about your project, such as, what percent of images you rated and your average image focus score. Just scroll to the very last thumbnail of your project in Loupe or Scenes View to see yours!

• Renamed "Styles" to "AI Presets"

• Set custom keyboard shortcuts. Head into 'Preferences', then 'Keyboard Shortcuts' to change the shortcut key for most shortcuts in the app.
• You can now toggle auto-level off and on from the Ship modal. As a reminder, auto-level (automatic straightening of your photos to align to the horizon, or prominent architecture) is free with Narrative!
  
• We're rolling out the ability to skip straight to the Ship+Edit modal when you create a new project if you're ready to Ship+Edit without culling first.

• When you train a new Personal AI Preset, or use an AI Preset – only one instance of Adobe DNG Converter will pop-up.
• You can now rename your AI Presets directly from the Preview screen.

• Fixed an issue where Narrative could show a blank screen if you're payment method was expired or unavailble.

• Videos will now play directly inside the app
• We can now provide links from emails and websites that open specific parts of the app

• We've refreshed the Pro Paywall so it's easier to know what's in the Pro plan

• New onboarding video when you create your first Personal Style.
• New modals to inform you about our new free Style and how to improve your Personal Style.

• Fixed an issue where existing Lightroom catalogs were not pre-populated in the Ship modal.
• Fixed the image renaming element context menu which had become misaligned.

• You will now receive 500 bonus editing credits when you create your first Personal Style, so you can try it out and start to improve it.

• Fixed an issue where having fewer than 2,500 images available would halt progress in the Style builder start-up phase.
• Fixed an issue where changing tabs during the first part of Style creation could cause you to lose progress.

Style builder improvements:

• We'll now check up-front if you have enough images to create a Personal Style, and advise you to plug in external drives if not.
• When detected, external drives will be automatically scanned when entering the Style builder.
• While creating a Style, you can switch tabs without losing your selection or settings.
• Draft Styles are no longer saved if you close the tab before progressing to upload.

• You can now drag and reorder tabs.
• Your credit balance is now displayed in the super-nav.
• Personal Stlye and Artist/Narrative Styles are now seperated on the Style home page.
• More prominent call-outs to create a Personal Style across the Ship modal, Style home and Style Previews.

• Fixed a 'Select All' bug on the Style builder screen.

• Greatly improved editing consistency. Similar images should now be edited far more consistently, as well as an overall improvment to the quality of editing.

• Narrative's tags (t) and rejects (x) can now be read by Lightroom. (Tags will show as flags)
• After you train a Style, you are now directed to the Style Preview screen so you can see the results right away. You can easily access Add Images and Review Images from this screen too.

• Fixed a bug where too many DNG converters could fire up at once causing poor performance.

• You can now move or copy directly from the Ship modal!

• It's now much easier to apply a Style via the Style Preview screen. When you click on 'USE THIS STYLE' you'll be able to open a project directly, and that Style will be selected and ready to use.

• There is a brand new Narrative Free Style! – Modern True Tone.
• Added an info dot on Personal Style cards. Hover over to see:
  • The current version of your Style.
  • When it was created or last updated.
  • How many images and corrections are included in your Style.
• Shift + Home and Shift + End select all images from your current selected image to the first or last image in the project.

• Styles are now sorted more consistently accross the various parts of the app.
• Disk space is now calculated before a move or copy operation in order to determine if it would successfully complete or not.

• Fixed an issue where right-clicking while having multiple images selected could cause you to loose your selection.
• Fixed an issue where you could accidentally create a project by dragging a Style preview image.

• Personal Styles now receive before and after preview images – so you can easily see what your Style looks like. Older Personal Styles will get preview images the next time your Style gets updated (add some more images, or make some corrections!)

• Better and more robust support for offline editing.
• More accurate (and generous) disk space detection for moving and copying files on macOS.

• Fixed an issue where duplicate catalogs show up in the Style builder screen.

• You can now see multiple previews of Edit Styles directly inside your current project via the Ship modal by clicking the small preview image on any Style card.

• The Edit quickstart video is now permanently accessible from the Style Builder screen.
• Various miscellanious UX improvments.

• Further refinements to the Style builder:
  • When building or modifying a Style, you can now visit a 'Review' tab where you can see only the images currently selected for/used in the Style.
  • Default to viewing 'All catalogs' first.
  • You can now name your Style directly in the Style builder screen.

• You'll be asked less frequently what type of shoot you're importing.
• The right-click context menu is now linked to the item clicked, not the active item.

• Hold shift and use your arrow keys to add and remove from a selection.

• Improved image name truncation in thumbnails and the shot info panel.

• You can tag t and reject x images on Windows.
• You can now flick through only selected images. Select multiple images, then hold option/alt and use your navigation keys.
• The Home and End keys will now skip you to the start or end of the filmstrip.
• You can now click on the Focus Score icon in the right-hand toolbar and have the Image Focus Score filter open.

• There's now a thicker border around the selected image in Scenes View.

• Fixed an issue where drop-downs, such as the subfolder filter drop-down, could get cut off on smaller windows. These drop-downs are now scrollable.

• We've changed the name of the app to Narrative Select + Edit to reflect its new editing capabilities.
  • Mac users will need to pin the new app icon to their dock after updating.
• We've added a bunch more support for cameras and filetypes:
  
  • Sony A7C-II, A7CR, ILCE-6700, ZV-1M2, ZV-E1, ILCE-7RM5 (A7R-V), ILME-FX30.
  • Sony YCC (Medium/Small compression) pseudo-RAW support.
  • Panasonic DC-G9 II, DC-ZS200D / ZS220D, DC-TZ200D / TZ202D / TZ220D, DC-S5-II, DC-GH6.
  • DNG 1.7
  • Canon EOS R6 Mark II, EOS R8, EOS R50, EOS R100, EOS Ra.
  • Hasselblad X2D-100c.
  • Leica Q3, M11 Monochrom.
  • Nikon Z30, Z8 (HE/HE* formats are not supported).

• Fixed the situation where, at narrow screen widths, the Ship modal could break.
• Fixed an issue that could cause a Style to fail to get a cover image.
• Fixed an issue related to Shipping and Styling JPEGs.

• Several user interface improvments in the Style builder screen.
• Improved the experience of using Narraive offline.
• Renamed 'Pro' Styles to 'Paid' Styles for clarity.

This the BIG ONE! Inside your Narrative app, you'll now have your very own AI editing assistant that applies edits in your chosen Style to your images as you ship them to Lightroom.

Not only can you create your own personal AI editing Style, we've also been working with some of the biggest and influential names in the industry to help you elevate your creativity further.

Find out more here.

• Select for Windows is now able to Ship partial selections to Lightroom Classic and Lightroom CC! 🎊

Improved detection accuracy when Shipping to the last used/current Lightroom Catalog.

• New progress screen after Shipping starts.

• Photo system menu item "Edit Date and Time..." is now "Change Capture Time..."

• When you Ship images from multiple folders to Lightroom Classic, we’ll ensure all images from all folders will be included on the import dialog.
• Reliability improvements for moving and copying.

• Fully redesigned Ship modal.

• New onboarding highlight for Scenes View and a stepped tour of the view.

• Faster startup time for Select on Windows
• Select can now warm users on arm devices, such as M1 Macs, if they are attempting to Ship images to a Lightroom catalog where those images are already present.

• Fixed a bug that could cause Select to crash in certain scenarios.
• Fixed the contact support button on the generic error screen.

• Narrative Select is now available on Windows! This update also comes with several fixes and imporvements over the last version of the beta.

• We've improved the reliability of project creation. Previously Select had a slim chance to stall on the project naming screen.

• Twice as many images now marked as undesirable by First Pass Image Assessments, and with greater accuracy!
• Updated the app to reflect the changes to the Select Free plan.

• Fixed the [Camera Serial] block when renaming images.

• Vastly improved groupshot scenes. Select is now much better at differentiating between subjects in groupshots – so, you should rarely see two or more different groups of subjects mixed into one groupshot scene.

• Fixed a bug where the plan comparison screen would show to Pro subscribers when dragging and dropping multiple folders onto Select.

• Added a new option when renaming images to apply the rename to all files in the project, regardless of any filters currently set.

• Fixed a scenario where Shipping could fail when a folder contained many non-image files.
• Fixed the count shown on the main button when renaming images which could be incorrect in certain circumstances.

• Improvements to Change Capture Time:
  • Filter counts corrected to show unfiltered totals for each individual camera.
  • Your currently selected image remains as the preview image if you switch from 'Selected images' to the camera containing that image.
• Various minor UI improvements including:
  • Moved the Survey Mode icon next to Loupe, Scenes and Grid View icons in the horizontal toolbar.
  • We've simplified the help menu.
  • Simplified the description that shows below the filter bar in the Ship modal.
  • "Best focus" is now highlighted in blue when you hover over image focus score tooltips.
  • Removed an unnecessary preference to permanently show frames around faces.
  • Updated copy and illustration on the screen that shows if you try to create a project directly from a memory card.

• The zoom preview window in Survey Mode now accurately shows the area you are currently zoomed into.
• Undo/Redo now work in Survey Mode.
• Fixed the preference to switch off the rating confirmation toast notification.

• First Pass
  

  
  First Pass is our vastly improved AI-powered culling assistant that saves you heaps of time by getting you to your best photos, faster.

  Think of First Pass as your junior culling assistant. They added one of three labels to your photos – potential picks, unlikely picks and undesirable picks. 

  If you’re in a hurry, you can save heaps of time by hiding everything except potential picks and just looking through those. In most cases you’ll pick something from these. If you have more time to hand you could also quickly check the unlikely picks in case you didn’t find what you wanted from the potential picks. It’s highly unlikely you’d pick something with the undesirable picks label, so you can safely ignore these (unless you know you were trying to shoot something weird or arty that First Pass doesn’t understand).

  First Pass doesn’t do your culling for you, it’s an assistant – you are still the creative, artistic expert here. Ultimately, you have the final call.

• Sort by "Scene rank" & "Scene time" on Loupe and Grid Views

Simplified sign in screen and sign in with Google support.

• Ship now reliably supports catalog creation for the latest versions of Lightroom.
• Scenes in Scenes View will now be displayed correctly for projects where two or more photographers were shooting at the same time. Previously, scenes could appear split up into lots of fragments.

Select now has an info bar which shows at the bottom of all three views. It contains information about:

• You current image number.
• The total number of images currently displayed in the project.
• A percent to indicate how far you have progressed through your project.
• Your current scene number.
• The total number of scenes in the project.
• Where you current image ranks compared to the other images in the scene.
• Rating information.
• The currently selected filename.
• The number of images selected, if more than one are selected.

• Substantially faster project scanning. Eye and Focus Assessments, Image Assessments and Scenes will now be ready even faster than before!

• Focus Assessment colors are now consistent with numbers. For example, 1 is now always shown as red.

• When setting up an ingest, Select will now detect when a memory card is attached or detached and reflect that in the Memory Card panel on the left hand side.
• The various menu icons in top right of the application window have been consolidated and tidied up.

• An image could occasionally be given a focus score that was not aligned with the scores of the faces in the image, this has now been fixed.
• Fixed some scenarios where updating to a new version of Select could cause database instability.

• CR3, ARW and other Raw files with HEIF embedded previews are now supported.
• Raw files with bitmap previews are now supported, such as Hasselblad FFF and F3R files and Leica DNG files.
• The filmstrip will now animate when you navigate between scenes in Loupe View.

• Focus Assessments are now far more accurate across a wide range of subjects, lighting conditions and camera types.

• Create a new project with Command + N
• Close your current project with Command + W

• The filter bar will automatically open the first time you apply a rating to a project.
• Further improvements to scene detection.
• Project cover images will be retained even if you disconnect the source folder.
• Clearer loading states for Focus Scores.

• Fixed an issue where renaming a project and tapping return could temporarily lock out ratings keys.

• Vastly improved scenes. Select will now group similar images into scenes much more accurately. In addition, each scene will now only be made from images from one camera.
• You can now ship to the latest version of Capture One (2023).
• UI tweaks to make scenes clearer in Loupe View.

• Fixed an issue where numbers showing the Assessment Rank in Scenes View could appear to be seemingly random.
• Fixed an issue where unrecognised color ratings caused the ratings bar to become transparent.

• Eye assessments are now more accurate at identifying whether it is appropriate for a person’s eyes to be closed in a given image.
• Finding faces in images is now faster.

• Fixed an issue where star ratings were not being copied to images when using the “Copy Files” action.

• ] increases the star rating of selected images, [ decreases it.
• ⌘ , (command + comma) will now open the preferences panel.

• We've improved the logic that picks your project's cover image.

• We've fixed various Ship issues related to the newest version of Lightroom – v12.
• Tapping return now confirms the rename project dialog box.

• You can now ship to Photoshop (Camera Raw).

• Select now supports .PEF files from some Pentax cameras.

• We've added your camera's flash status to the shot info panel (if it's available).

• You can now choose to delete single images without confirming each time.

• Fixed an issue where Select could open Lightroom on start up.

• Filter by Focus. Photos featuring people are now given a focus score from 0 to 10, shown at the bottom of the vertical toolbar. You can choose to filter out images below the score of your choice from the filters in the horizontal toolbar.

• Fixed an issue that could cause larger ingests to fail.
• Fixed some errors that could result in Select crashing.

• Delete or archive multiple projects. From the projects screen you can now select multiple projects. Hold command + click to add individual projects to your selection or shift + click to select a range. Now, click on the relevant icon in the toolbar to delete or archive your entire selection. Note: to open a project, simply double-click.

• We've added a 'Deselect All' button to ingest.

• Memory card detection. When you plug a memory card into your computer with Select open, we'll offer to copy your images off your memory card to your computer or external storage device, while simultaneously assessing your images and creating your project.

• It's now clearer what's included on the Select Pro plan and how to upgrade from Select Free.

• Fine rotation. You can now rotate your images by a fraction of a degree from the crop panel [C].

• The update available message will now only show for 1 minute before Select automatically restarts and updates.

• Your ratings and capture time sort order should now be available much sooner after completing an ingestion.

• No longer erroneously show "generating previews" when zooming into JPGs.
• Fixed an issue where an unrelated image could show for an instant while navigating.

• Ingest improvments - All attached memory cards will be automatically displayed. We've also improved the look and usability of image selection and the destination folder controls.

• Surface the Quickstart tutorial more prominently to new users

• Fewer external hard drives will be incorrectly identified as memory cards

• Select will use the same date format (DD/MM/YYYY vs MM/DD/YYYY) as your system’s default region/language
• Updated the app menu to surface more contextual actions e.g new Photo menu

• Archiving - Projects can now be archived. If a project has not been interacted with for 40 days and 40 nights it will automatically be archived.

• Ingest more is now always available, there’s no longer a need to wait until assessments have finished.

• Several issues preventing projects from being created from a memory card have been fixed.

• Cropping - Just hit "C" on your keyboard or click the crop icon on the right side bar to open up the new Crop Panel. Crops can be freeform, maintain the original aspect ration, or lock to square, 3 x 2, 4 x 3, or 16 x 9 aspect ratios (for landscape photos).
• Rename - Photos can be bulked renamed following a formula of your choosing. Do this at any time in a project via the Edit menu's new "Rename Files" option or by clicking on the pencil next to a filename in the Info Panel. When creating a project with ingest, you can choose to have your files renamed as part of copying them to their destination.

• Faster image navigation on slower than average Macs.

• The right side bar now shows the number of primary, secondary, and tertiary faces for the currently displayed photo. Clicking on the tertiary face count will toggle whether those faces are shown or not.

• The current view (grid, scenes, or loupe) will be remembered when switching between projects.

• Select now starts faster.

• Fixes an issue preventing culling directly from a memory card.

• When creating a project with ingest, you will be told if the destination drive does not have enough free space.
• Projects created with ingest can now be cancelled before all of the files have finished copying; this will delete the project.

• Projects created with ingest can now select up to four memory cards as their source.
• Lightroom Classic no longer needs to be closed before shipping.

• You should no longer see "Failed to update" notifications when using Select without an Internet connection.

• Projects created with ingest will now have advanced features available for more photos sooner.
• Subjects looking down with their eyes closed (posing or walking for example) are now more accurately detected. These subjects are given a positive Face Assessment.

• Advanced filters (camera/serial, capture date, lens, & subfolder) will now automatically appear when applicable (ex. two cameras used for shoot) and otherwise be disabled.

• Full support for photos taken with Sony α1 (ILCE-1)

• Sorting no longer resets to the default when switching between projects

• Projects in the process of being ingested can now be canceled.
• Copying and moving files is now faster.

• Filter photos by their containing folder.

• Projects created with ingest now get their own project card and tab immediately, allowing you to easily work with existing projects while ingest is occurring and then return to your ingestion later.
• On slower than average Macs, as part of project creation there will now be an optional waiting screen while photos are being assessed.

• An additional fix to the “maintain folder structure” checkbox for ingest project creation.

• Numerous tweaks & small improvements when creating a project using ingest.

• Subjects which are almost kissing are now given a positive Face Assessment.

• Fixes the "maintain folder structure" checkbox for ingest project creation not being properly applied.

• Keyboard shortcuts for color and star ratings can now be changed via preferences. Optionally use 1 through 5 for colors and control plus 1 through 5 for stars.

• Project info has been removed from Grid view and is now available from any view by right clicking on a project's tab.
• How scenes are shown in the Loupe view's filmstrip has been tweaked.

• Switch between Close-ups panel modes by clicking on a face. You'll be brought to pan mode with that face centered at 100% zoom.
• Scenes view thumbnails now show the specific ratings you've applied.
• Assessments now appear even faster for higher end Macs including recent models with M1.
• Images now appear in their correct orientation faster.

• Capture time sorting is now much faster for most projects shot with one camera.
• Focus and eye assessments will appear sooner, particularly for images that have many faces.

• Survey mode: image compare - Select up to 12 images when you're in any view and open Survey mode to see them all at once. Use the N key to enter this mode and escape to dismiss it.
• Survey mode: face compare - Directly compare faces from up to 6 images at once by selecting multiple images and opening up Survey mode, faces. Use Shift + N to directly enter this mode and escape to dismiss it.

• Fixed an issue where occassionally rating an image would fail with "Image not ready to rate".

• Navigating between images is faster, especially for projects on external hard drives. This applies to all image types, with the biggest speed up for Sony ARW files.
• Thumbnails will now appear faster when you view them for the second or later time. This means you should see fewer grey squares as you scroll back and forth through the filmstrip and grid view.

• Zoom Close-ups panel in Pan Mode - When the Close-ups panel is in Pan Mode, you can now zoom in further to see fine details or zoom out and see the broader context. Easily navigate within your zoomed in image using the “minimap” in the upper right corner.

• Fixed multiples issues where shipping to Lightroom would fail
• Fixed an issue where shipping to Lightroom Classic could be slow

• Revised Focus Assessments - Assessments now range from 0 (out of focus) to 10 (perfect focus) along with better descriptions when you hover over them.
• Thumbnails will now appear significantly faster for CR3 files. This means you should see fewer grey squares as you scroll the filmstrip and move through grid view.
• Faces will appear sooner in the Close-ups panel, particularly when there are many faces in the photo.

• Fixed an issue where filters reverted to default when a project’s source folder was refreshed.
• Fixed an issue that caused you to have to unexpectedly sign back into Select.

• Select Free users can now create 6 projects every month with all of our advanced features enabled. Read more about this change on our help center.

• Thumbnails will now appear significantly faster for RAF files. This means you should see fewer grey squares as you scroll the filmstrip and move through grid view.
• Smarter Face Zoom - Pressing space bar will now zoom you to one of the more important faces in your photo, not the centermost.

• Fixes an issue causing ratings or rotations to appear to have been applied to the wrong image(s).
• Fixes an issue where shipping to Lightroom would sometimes cause Lightroom to freeze.

• Fixed multiples issues where shipping to Lightroom would fail
• Fixed an issue where shipping to Lightroom Classic could be slow
• Fixed an issue when clearing multiple ratings using the context menu only cleared one of them
• Fixed an issue that resulted in the eye and focus state information being cutoff in the Close-ups panel
• Fixed an issue where keyboard shortcuts would trigger when typing into help chat window
• Fixed an issue where some Sony ARWs wouldn't show serial number information

• Ship to Capture One - You can now ship directly from Narrative Select to your most recently used Capture One catalog.

• Ship now lets you choose between images that match all or any of the ratings you selected.

• Resizeable Close-ups panel - The Close-ups panel can now be resized. You can drag the divider to adjust the size, double-click to reset it, or try using the new ⌥+ or ⌥- keyboard shortcuts.

• Ship now helps you avoid getting into some situations not well supported by Lightroom.
• All Face Assessments settings are now organized together in the Preference’s Assessments section.

• Fixed an issue where metadata (ratings and rotation) reading would never finish.
• Fixed an issue that caused you to have to unexpectedly sign back into Select.
• Fixed invert selection

• We’ve added a Pan Mode toggle to the Close-ups panel - When you’re in Pan Mode you can move the area that’s shown inside the Close-ups panel. Simply click and drag, or pan with your trackpad or magic mouse. We’ll still show Face Mode by default if faces are detected. But, if no faces are detected the Close-ups panel will automatically switch to Pan Mode. You can toggle to Pan Mode at any time, and you’ll stay in Pan Mode until you move to a new scene where faces have been detected.
• Pan in Zoom Mode using your trackpad or magic mouse.
• Added an icon that takes you to our quickstart guide in the top toolbar.

• Fixed an issue related to updating to a new version which should improve reliability and performance.

• Select now loves kissing and posing as much as your subjects! If your subjects are looking down with their eyes closed (posing or walking for example) or kissing, we’ll now give them a positive Face Assessment. This also improves the accuracy of Image Assessments.
• Added support for Hasselblad (3FR, FFF)

• Select will now prioritise getting metadata (ratings and rotation) for images you’ve clicked on.
• Detailed Face Assessment information will show on the Close-ups panel by default (you can change this in preferences).

• Fixed an issue where a new Lightroom catalog could be created with the incorrect name.
• Fixed an issue where the rotation for zoomed JPEG’s could be wrong.
• Fixed an issue where the face panel would sometimes display incorrect assessments for a face if there were background faces in an image.

• Thumbnails will now appear significantly faster for CR2, NEF and ARW files. This means you should see fewer grey squares as you scroll down your filmstrip and in grid view.

• Fixed a bug where holding down the arrow key could cause a momentary lag when using an external HDD.
• Fixed a bug where a scene thumbnail would sometimes fail to load when holding down the arrow keys.

• Eliminate has been replaced with "reject".
  • Reject works the same as other rating types, and shows up in the same places.
  • You can hide rejected images via the toolbar filters, just like every other rating.
  • Tap "U" to clear a tag or reject rating.
  • If you want T or X to toggle their rating, just tick "Applying a duplicate rating with a key will clear that rating" in preferences.
• Fully revamped zoom controls.

• Added a loading state to Scenes View.
• Added a toast notification in zoom mode to let you know if a high-resolution Sony preview is still loading.
• Added "Ship to Editing Program" to the File menu.

• Fixed a bug where the text describing what images will be shipped was incorrect when using the Image Assessment filters.
• Fixed a layout issue for the plan comparison screen during project creation.

• The 'Select Basic' plan is now called 'Select Free'.
• Added a new Image Assessment loader to the main image, and thumbnail images.

• Improved help prompts. Added a default arrow key choice prompt, reduced the overall number of help prompts, and you can now pause prompt timers by hovering over them.

• Fixed an issue where copying or moving Sony ARW files would also include a JPEG.
• Fixed shift + click behaviour when selecting a range of images.
• Fixed a bug where the active image would jump around when eliminating images in Scenes View.

• Automatic high-res Sony ARW previews. Instead of saving JPGs to your storage device, we’ll temporarily store the JPGs we need in a small cache on your computer.
• Ingest more images into a project. Once you’ve ingested images from one memory card, you can ingest images from another card into the same destination folder and project via the File menu.

• Navigating between images should be smoother during the sorting and assessment phases.
• Removed the ‘locking’ feature to improve the general performance and stability of the app.

• Fixed an issue where, on rare occasions, ratings would revert during the assessment phase.

• Native Apple Silicon (M1) support

• Fixed an issue where scene and Image Assessments could stop processing on larger projects.
• Fixed an issue where eliminated images would unintentionally get included when Shipping in some scenarios.
• Restore the ‘Y’ shortcut to toggle the filmstrip orientation between horizontal and vertical.
• Fixed bug where if you eliminated an image then reloaded the project it would be tagged instead of eliminated.

• Create projects in less than 3 seconds! Choose your folder, name your project then start selecting within 3 seconds – regardless of how many images you’re importing, or what device they are stored on.
• Invert selection. Tap Command+Shift+O, or go into the Edit menu and click ‘Invert Selection’.

• The camera serial number now shows in the shot info panel.

• Fixed an issue with the Ship modal where filters would be selected, but in a locked state.

• Show Face Assessment details in the Close-ups panel. Switch this on in Preferences > Assessments > and tick ‘Show score details in Close-ups’
• Eye Assessments are now displayed as icons with descriptions, rather than numbers.
• Additional Eye Assessment classes added.

• Faces in the Close-ups panel load faster when you skip to the next or previous scene.
• Added a new 1-click installer

Scenes view

• In scenes view, similar images are grouped into ‘scenes’ – they’re great for giving you a quick overview of your project, and letting you navigate faster.
• You can order images within each scene by capture time, reverse capture time and Image Assessment rank.
• With Image Assessment rank order, the worst images are put at the bottom of each scene – so you can find the best image faster and move on to the next scene!
• You can now filter to show only images with strong or moderate Image Assessment warnings. Just open the filters in the toolbar.

• Fixed a bug where zoom wasn't working as expected

• New streamlined filtering. By default, we’ll now only show star and Image Assessment filters. If you apply a color or tag rating to an image, those filter types will appear automatically. Or, you can click the three dots in the filters section to switch filter types on and off.
• We’ve integrated advanced filters (camera/serial, lens and date) with the rest of the filters in the toolbar. (Note: these will no longer appear in the utility panel.) Click the three dots in the toolbar filters to activate them. 
• You can now drag folders onto the Select icon in your dock to start a new project. 
• We've added a new drop overlay when you hover over Select while holding a folder.
• System menus are now contextual. They will reflect Select’s current state, view and active image(s).

• Fine-tuned a few things under the hood, so you should see fewer UI lockups.
• Fixed a bug around clearing multiple image colors.

• Reducing background faces. Select now deliberately ignores some of the very blurry faces in the background of crowded photos – meaning the Close-ups panel, Face Assessments and Face Zoom are much more useful in these scenarios. We’ll start ignoring faces for newly imported projects once you’ve updated. You can turn this feature off from the preferences panel if you don’t like it.

• We've made submitting support packs easier.

• Fixed a couple of issues with project naming.

• New, simpler, cleaner project creation flow.

• Select no longer momentarily lags if you’re scrolling rapidly.
• Improved the way ‘undo’ works. If you have a filter applied, then rate an image to hide it, undo will now remove the rating and take you back to that image.
• Project cards on the projects page should now appear much faster, and we’ll retain the cover image even if the project source becomes unavailable.
• You can now change the project name by clicking on it in the grid view header.
• Fixed a bug with filtering. If you apply filters that hide the currently active image, we now take you to the closest previous image that’s still visible.

• Smart Sony ARW Support – we now only create JPGs for Sony ARW files that don’t already have large embedded previews.
• Skip to the next and previous scene with left/right. (Swap to up/down in preferences).
• Additional onboarding prompts, minor styling tweaks and bug fixes.

• Keyboard shortcuts list now displays in-app
• Filename added to shot info panel
• CAPS lock toggles auto-advance, like in Lightroom
• Added a new help screen when you lose connection to a source folder
• Indicators on the projects screen that tell you if a project source folder is not connected

• Changes to clear ratings shortcut keys: [0] to clear only stars, [Command + 0] clears only colors and [Command + option + 0] clears stars and colors
• Additional education toasts
• New on-boarding prompts and updated visual style
• i toggles shot info panel open & closed
• Updated super-nav icons

Introducing: Image Assessments

They’re like Distill, but they show up automatically!

• Yellow hexagons tell you that you might find better images in that scene.
• Red hexagons tell you that it’s very likely you’ll find better images in that scene.
• Hover over them for an explanation, and a neat highlight that shows the scene they relate to.
• You can then use the filters in the toolbar to hide images with Image Assessment warnings.
• From preferences, you can choose to turn off just the yellow Assessments, or turn off Image Assessments altogether.
• Like with Distill, Images Assessment never delete your images. They are there as helpful advice, hopefully saving you time as you cull with Select Pro!

• Automatic sign-in for new users
• Ship to Lightroom catalog. Now you can choose to ship to:
  • Most recently used
  • Pick from a list
  • Create a new catalog

• Vertical scroll for horizontal filmstrip
• Help menu link changes

• Select can now generate high-resolution JPGs for Sony ARW files
• New Eye and Focus Assessment icons. The ellipse = eyes and the line = focus
• Pro and Basic plan support

• Cleaned up filters in the toolbar
• Improved onboarding, tooltips and help prompts
• Stability improvements for Distill and Scenes

• New Ship option modal and Lightroom CC support
• You can now Change capture times of your images
• Click to zoom - Clicking on the image or a face now zooms instead of locks. Hold ‘Command’ to bring back locking mode
• You can now change the sort order to Camera/Serial
• Advanced filters - You can now filter your project by:
  • Camera/Serial Number
  • Date
  • Lens

• You can now delete images
• New import screen with more information
• Time to Distill estimate - just hover over the Distill button after you import a project to see how long you’ve got left

• Importing images, face scanning and Distill are now significantly faster
• Multiple Distill bug fixes, plus 20+ other bugs crushed
• The Close-ups panel now loads much faster
• A-Z sort option for the Projects screen
• Auto-advance after rating preference now works with tagging
• We’ll remember your last used settings for Distill
• We’ll remember your window size and aspect ratio
• A bunch of other UX/UI improvements

• Face scanning now prioritises to the image you are looking at
• Drop a folder onto the Select window to start a new project
• The folder name is prefilled when you create a new project by linking a folder
• Select now supports the .ORF filetype

• Improved reliability of Distill, face scanning and project importing

• We now write the tagged status of an image as metadata in .XMP (sidecar) files
• Added a ‘contact support’ button to the toolbar

• Improvements in speed throughout, particularly image transition speed when you have Close-ups closed
• Upgraded our AI model for eye status detection
• Toolbar, tooltip and toast improvements

• Offline support fixed - You’ll now stay signed in while offline. Just sign out and sign in after updating
• Various minor bug fixes

• A complete overhaul of our thumbnail system - there should be much better performance now, especially if you're using a mechanical hard drive
• Various bug fixes related to auto-advance, ingest and rotation
• UI improvements including a higher contrast scroll bar

• Distill - smart tech to help you cull 15-20% of your images in 2 clicks. Meet our awesome new feature - Distill. It uses our smart AI to apply a rating of your choice to the worst images in each scene. This typically results in 15-20% of images being rejected! To try it, just import a new project and wait for the scanning to complete, then just click the DISTILL button in the toolbar.
• Tagging - You can now select images with a non-metadata rating, a simple little tickbox. Just press T to tag or untag. Note - other programs won’t be able to read tags
• Eliminate - You can now eliminate images with X. By default, eliminated images hide from your filmstrip. Press Command X to show them. Images that have been eliminated don’t ship, move or copy
• Click to rate stars - you can now click on the ratings blocks below thumbnails and the main image to add/change star ratings. Though we still recommend using the keyboard shortcuts!

• You should now stay signed in when you’re offline
• Further improvements in general performance and optimisation
• You can now rotate multiple images
• Updated our eye, focus and scene AI
• Various bug fixes

• Scene detection & navigation. Our AI can now detect scenes (a set of very similar images in capture time order)
  • SHIFT + L/R – Move to the first image in the next or previous scene in an instant by holding shift and pressing left or right to skip to the next scene
  • CMD + L/R – Cycle through images in a scene in a loop until you’ve found your favourite
  • CMD + SHIFT + CLICK – Select all images in a scene
• Resize thumbnails in Grid View
• Added ‘File’ to the menu for all file and project-related actions
• Preference to clear when you apply a duplicate rating – via Preferences / General
• Changed the Closeups panel and Shot Info controls

• Thumbnails load in much more efficiently
• Rebuilt and unified the thumbnails across filmstrip, grid and ingest
• Tidied up the projects page
• A fix for refreshing folder

• Copy and Move images. Right-click on your selected images, or go to the Edit menu and click ‘Copy file(s)’. *Note – copy/move will overwrite duplicates in the destination folder.
• New gradient assessments – via Preferences / Assessments
• See assessments in zoom mode – via Preferences / Assessments
• Swap the L/R arrow keys with UP/DOWN – via Preferences / Keyboard Shortcuts
• Removed re-rating (we’ll be adding a preference to turn this back on soon)

• Fixed a bug linked to High Sierra
• Minor UX/UI updates
• Further improvements to drag and drop
• Stopped the Closeups panel flashing when you rate an image

• Ingest - Phase 1. Copy files from an SD card to your computer or HDD. Phase 2 and 3 are in the works including multiple destinations, file & folder renaming and more
• RAW + JPEG pairing (Sony Support)
  • Sony users should shoot RAW+JPEG and keep both files in the same folder when importing. We’ll match JPEGs and RAWs with the same filename automatically
• Undo & redo rating, rotation and more (⌘ + Z, ⌘ + Shift + Z)
• New face zoom controls and help menu in the toolbar

• Improved the reliability of the SHIP button
• Improved the reliability of click+dragging files directly out of Select
• New and improved eyes and focus detection models
• Fixed various bugs and errors
• Improved error reporting for the support pack

• Preferences Panel (phase 1) including:
  • Change canvas colour
  • Change assessment colours and settings
  • Global workspace settings
  • General settings
• Select now automatically resumes face-scanning if it’s interrupted (e.g. you quit Select partway through the scanning process)
• You can now hide the filmstrip with ⌘Y (or right-click or check out the preferences panel)

• Added Auto Advance to the main menu under ‘Rate’. When this is on you’ll move to the next image when you add, change or remove a rating. (FYI, we removed CAPS lock controlling this as in previous versions)

• If multiple images are taken within the same second we now show them in the correct order as long as the filenames are sequentially numbered
• Pressing 0 (clear rating) now auto-advances
• Further improvements to import speeds
• You can now drag JPEGs directly from Select into a Finder folder
• Fixed some issues with the Close-ups panels that compressed bigger faces

P.S Sorry for bombarding you all with app updated recently! We’ve mostly been adding stuff behind the scene and needed to send out builds to test it was working.

• You’ll see a notification when you rate an image
• Added a progress bar to the import screen

• Support pack fix
• Higher contrast scroll bars
• Various minor bug fixes

• Import speeds boosted by up to 10x
• Rotating an image now writes to file
• Thumbnails now rotate to match the main image
• Added ‘SHIP’ to the main menu under edit, on right-click and as a shortcut ⌘E
• Added the number of images in a project to the project card

• Fix for incorrectly rotated images
• Speed improvements when the Close-ups panel is open
• Improved the feel of double-clicking in grid view
• Stability improvements
• Fixed some filter bugs
• Fixed a clipping issue with the filmstrip