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Chapter 04 · Choose

4.2

The rail

The rail in each of the four phasesFour rail states show Sweep with Keep and Reject, Rate and Inspect with stars, and Cleanup with Rescue and Delete. Shortcuts appear below controls.ⅠSWEEPⅡRATEⅢINSPECTⅣCLEANUPKEEP\REJECTX★★★☆☆0–5★★★★☆0–5RESCUE\DELETE
Fig. 4.2Each phase has its own rail controls. Cleanup has Rescue and Delete; all its photographs are already rejected.

Choose’s left rail is a card for the current phase: what it is for, its actions with their keys, your progress and the way on.

Open, the card is 184 pt wide. Narrowed, it is a 64 pt rail with the phase numeral and title above full-width buttons. The left-sidebar button at the bottom right switches between the two.

Phase Controls Shortcuts Way on
I · Sweep Keep, Reject, Clear \, X, ] Next: Rate (.)
II · Rate Five stars, each with its meaning, and the 0 hint 0–5 Next: Inspect (.)
III · Inspect Five stars, the 0 hint, and a legend of space, K and ⌘3 0–5 Develop these (D)
IV · Cleanup Rescue, Delete \, ] —

Cleanup omits Reject because every photograph there is already rejected. Verdict buttons are tinted; a solid fill indicates the current verdict.

All rating and verdict shortcuts work in every phase. Hidden buttons do not disable their shortcuts.

Status bar. With one photograph selected, it shows the filename, rating, verdict and position, such as 4 of 297. VoiceOver reads Item 4 of 297. These details remain visible in Loupe with the filmstrip hidden and in Compare.

Each change is reported with ⌘Z, for example Kept L1004360.DNG, Rated L1004360.DNG 3 or Kept 12 photographs. A zero rating is reported as cleared.

New ratings appear immediately and animate left to right. Switching photographs displays the existing rating without replaying the animation.