Three piles and a reason for every frame
"Archived: one of 6 near-identical frames; frame 0412 is kept instead (eyes closed)." Every photo in the shoot gets a line like that, next to Keep, Review or Archive. You read the reason, nod or disagree, and move on.
Move anything, lose nothing
Keep means it would go to the client. Review means it's a judgement call and wants your eye. Archive means a better frame exists or something went wrong technically. Nothing is deleted. An archived photo is one click from Keep, every change records who made it and when, and your decision wins if the cull runs again.
What it looks for in a frame
The cull is free and runs on your Mac. The first decisions appear within seconds of the card going in, and the same files always give the same piles, so a second run never reshuffles your work.
The burst of nine at the kiss
Frames shot seconds apart that look nearly the same become one stack, and CullTone picks the strongest inside it instead of comparing it with the whole day. If you imported a card twice, the copies are archived as duplicates. Exposure brackets stay together.
Eyes, faces and the family photo
Closed eyes alone never send a frame to Archive. A laugh, a blink during a blessing or a head bowed in prayer can be the frame the family frames, so those go to Review. In a group photo the reason names the person, "back row, 2nd from left", and says when another frame in the burst has their eyes open, which helps if you swap heads later.
Soft, or just a soft background
Focus is judged on the face or the main subject, so a creamy background is fine and high-ISO grain at a dark reception doesn't fool it. Badly blurred frames go to Archive. Slightly soft ones go to Review, because sometimes the slightly soft frame is the only one of that moment.
You and your second shooter
Both cards go into one project. Bursts and scenes group across both cameras, and their clocks are lined up so the vows from two angles sit side by side. Two identical bodies can't be told apart yet, and you can't set a clock offset by hand.
No ritual left empty
Each stretch of shooting always keeps some photos, so a short ceremony can't vanish because every frame in it was a little soft. With People on, you can say the groom's mother needs at least five keepers, and her best Review frames move up.
When six frames are all good
Sometimes a burst is six sharp frames with every eye open. Those stay in Review for you, or you can ask for an optional paid second opinion on just those bursts. The project shows the price first and waits for your yes.
It is paid from the AI credit that comes with your plan. Each project starts with a $1 allowance, which the owner can change. Running the cull again doesn't charge twice.
Every call explained, every call yours
Every call is written down, so you never have to guess why a frame went where it did. Disagree, move it, and your choice sticks. On your first few shoots, flick through Archive and see where it differs from you; after that you'll know how hard to look.
Cull a shoot you've already delivered
Run a past shoot through the trial and compare the Keep pile with what you delivered. You'll see quickly where it disagrees with you.