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How much time should I set aside to cull this photo shoot?

Review every image once. Multiply the image count by the target percentage and round up to a whole shortlist. Multiply the shortlist by editing minutes, convert both tasks to hours and add them.

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Worked example

With the example inputs below, the calculator returns these results.

Images to edit 102

Images to review
850 images
First-pass review per image
6 s
Target share to edit
12 %
Editing per selected image
4 min

Other results

First-pass review
1.42 h
Selected-image edits
6.8 h
Total work
8.22 h

Use your own figures

Reserve time for the full first pass as well as the selected images. Open the worksheet, replace the example values, then copy or print the result.

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