Cull Me uP

Product 01 · Pocket Light Table

Cull Me uP

One image. One decision. Keep moving.

Open the folder. See the shoot.

Reject the obvious. Keep the promising. Continue later on iPad or Mac.

A familiar photographic gesture, rebuilt for RAW.

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One image. One decision. Keep moving.

The pocket Light Table is built for momentum: reject the obvious, keep the promising, undo in one tap — in the car, on the train, while the shoot is still in your eye. Fast enough that culling stops feeling like a chore, and starts feeling like looking at your photographs again.

Open. Review.

One of these keeps you moving.

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OpenReview

No import. No preview generation. You open the folder and you're already reviewing.

Technical proof

Native RAW, nothing in the way.

The reasons the first pass feels instant.

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No catalog

Nothing to ingest, nothing to maintain. Point at a folder and go.

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No preview generation

No waiting for thumbnails to bake. RAW is decoded on the fly.

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No import required

Your files stay where they are. CMP reads them in place.

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Native RAW · XMP compatible

Real RAW decoding; picks, rejects and ratings travel as portable XMP sidecars.

Real scenarios

What it looks like on a real shoot.

Not gamer benchmarks — real photographer moments.

47s

First pass

2,418 RAW reviewed, picks kept — before the coffee got cold.

3,800

Wedding day

Frames culled on the train home, while it was still fresh.

61 MP

Sony A7R V RAW

Instant grid, real RAW decode — no preview wait, no import.

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Conversions

XMP round-trips to Lightroom, Capture One and DxO. Nothing locked in.

Pocket Light Table

Not a smaller desktop app.

Cull Me uP on iPhone is built for one job: the first pass while the shoot is still fresh. Full-screen review, Pick / Reject / Maybe, quick Zoom Check, immediate undo, simple filters and micro-sessions you can finish in a few minutes.

The iPhone is for momentum. It should feel fast, tactile and light: reject the obvious failures, mark the promising frames, then continue with more space on iPad or Mac when the work deserves a deeper look.

Stars and colors are there when needed. The core gesture stays simple.

Contact sheets on an illuminated photographic light table
Original gesture Bruce Percy

Contact sheet logic. Not a screenshot, not a mockup — a reminder that culling was always a visual act before it became software administration.

From contact sheets to RAW folders

The same instinct, finally rebuilt for today.

Selection has always started with seeing the work in front of you. Cull Me uP turns the digital folder back into a visual table.

A familiar photographic gesture, rebuilt for RAW.

Open the folder. See the shoot. Move through it with rhythm. Keep your choices portable.

Proof, not promise

The Light Table has to feel fast before it can feel joyful.

A dedicated Performance Lab now collects grid-opening benchmarks and demo slots for real fluidity videos. It belongs here because speed is one of the core Cull Me uP product promises.

See the latest internal benchmarks and demo placeholders on the Performance Lab →.

The table opens

A first pass should feel visual before it feels technical.

Cull Me uP exists for the first contact with the shoot: the grid, the rhythm, the obvious rejects, the first keepers, the moment when the shoot starts becoming a selection.

Open the shoot
Open the shootThe folder becomes a visual table, not a wall of filenames.
Fast Reject Mode video
Move fastPick / Reject removes friction from the obvious decisions.
Find the Heroes
Find the HeroesThe goal is not more software. The goal is a clearer body of work.
iPhone micro-session demo
Leave cleanRatings and choices can travel with your files.

Why Cull Me uP exists

The Light Table was never about nostalgia. It was about seeing clearly.

  1. 01

    From contact sheets to RAW folders.

    The same instinct, finally rebuilt for today: see relationships, compare frames, remove the noise, and let the strongest images emerge.

  2. 02

    Before the backlog.

    The faster you can make the first pass, the less likely the shoot becomes another folder you avoid reopening.

  3. 03

    Before the algorithm.

    Cull Me uP does not pretend to know your taste. It gives you a faster way to apply your own judgment.

When you want it

Cull Me uP is the entry product: buy the Light Table once.

Launch

Cull Me uP

Perpetual purchase

  • Best for First-pass RAW selection
  • Platforms iPhone · iPad · Mac
  • Pick / Reject ✓ Included
  • Ratings & labels ✓ Included
  • Portable choices ✓ XMP-friendly

Reduced launch price planned

The pricing page explains what you buy, what you own, and how updates work. See pricing details →

Culled before getting home.

I culled the wedding in the car outside the venue. By the time I got home, the gallery was basically done.
Clairewedding photographer · Lyon

Try it on the next folder you would normally postpone.

Cull Me uP is for the first pass: fast, visual, joyful selection before the editing software takes over. It comes to the App Store in August 2026.

Production placeholders

Media map for Cull Me uP iPhone

Pocket Light Table visuals: full-screen iPhone, Fast Reject, Zoom Check, real photos and micro-sessions.

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iPhone hero screenshot

iPhone full-screen image review: Pocket Light Table.

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Fast Reject Mode video

One image, one reject gesture, immediate undo visible.

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Zoom Check demo

Double tap / quick zoom check without leaving flow.

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Real iPhone photo set

A real image used inside the app, ideally landscape/dog/travel.

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3:2 or 4:3
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Own photo preferred

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iPhone micro-session demo

3-10 minute micro-session concept: continue where you left off.

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