Case studies · Curatorial image selection

Impact4Curator

Finding, among hundreds of images, the ones that carry an exhibition – that is a product question, not image editing.

What it is

Impact4Curator is software for curatorial work with images: review, rate, arrange on a digital light table and pass on as a structured selection. The result is not a layout, but a selection of images with a traceable structure.

The spark

Anyone who exhibits and curates knows the step for which there are hardly any tools: a large body of material has to become a selection. Layout programs come in too late, image management tools too early.

The idea: a tool made exactly for the step in between – the light table on which connections, sequences and fields of tension become visible.

What was built with AI

Built with AI:

import and a source explorer for large collections
stars, colour labels, keywords and smart collections
comparison views and a ranking that leads step by step to a robust selection
a free light table for arranging, grouping and relating
export with sequence, groups and metadata as a project package, folder or ZIP

What only experience decides

The strongest decision is a no: design is left to other tools. Impact4Curator concentrates on what happens before the layout.

Just as deliberate: videos and documents may sit in the project, but the curatorial tools apply only to the image. A product that can do everything can do nothing properly.

Theses on film

What a company gains

Selecting from large collections happens everywhere: product photos, drafts, variants, submissions. The same pattern – review, rate, relate, pass on in a structured way – turns a folder full of material into a decision.

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