Sorting pictures with PUX in Adobe Lightroom

Many of the photographers I speak to utilize some sort of software to help them keep their photographs organized. One of the best software packages out there to help you do this is Adobe Lightroom. Still, even the best software needs guidance, and when you come back from a shoot with 100 or 1,000 images – you’re always faced with the inevitable task of sorting through your shots for the keepers.

A great system for helping you wade through this process is built right into Lightroom. It’s a system which they call PUX. The essence of PUX is to use flags to get the job done.

The ‘P’ key sets the flag to Pick. Those are keepers. The ‘X’ key set it to Rejected, and those ones are sequestered. Once all of your pictures are sorted through, you can then revisit your rejected (X’ed) pictures and use the ‘U’ key to remove the flag for re-assessment. This is nice because you don’t have to worry too much on your first run through… and you can leave the decision making to your initial gut reaction.

The PUX system makes it much quicker and user friendly when you’ve got a lot of pictures to catalog. It’s an intuitive way of thinking when deciding which ones stay… and which go. The process can be streamlined even further by filtering, and Pix Veritas goes into detail about how to do just that. [Link] (via Gene)