imagic: AI photo culling + RAW editing you own for $10, not rent

imagic culls big shoots with AI (scores sharpness, exposure & detail, flags duplicates) AND does your batch RAW edits + export - in one desktop app that runs 100% locally. The twist: it's a one-time $10, not a subscription. Aftershoot & FilterPixel are monthly, Lightroom is monthly; imagic you buy once and own. Free 7-day trial, no card. Windows, macOS, Linux.

Hi PH! I'm Luke, maker of imagic. I got tired of two things: paying Adobe every month, and paying another monthly subscription (Aftershoot/FilterPixel) just to cull my own photos. So I built imagic - a desktop app that does AI culling AND batch RAW editing in one place, runs 100% locally, and costs $10 once instead of $15/month forever. It scans your RAW folders, scores every shot for sharpness/exposure/detail, flags duplicates, keeps your best frames, then batch-edits and exports in the background. Windows, Mac, Linux. Free 7-day trial, no card. It's early and still has a few quirks - I'm building it in the open toward Lightroom-level polish - so I'd genuinely love your honest feedback, especially from high-volume shooters. What would make this a no-brainer switch for you? I'm here all day.

Does the AI culling actually learn from your accept/reject choices over time, or is it purely rule-based on sharpness and exposure metrics?