Guide
How to filter, search and sort your event photos
A few thousand photos is only useful if you can find the right ones. Filter by person with face recognition, keep favourites together, search by name, and sort your library so the events you care about stay at the top.
Ways to slice an event
- Person filter powered by face recognition, with any / all matching
- Favourites tab for the photos you hearted
- Private / public filter, and in group events, filter by who uploaded
- Search by person inside an event; search your whole library from the header
- Newest uploads first inside an event; sort and star events on the dashboard
Tip
Name people as you go: once a person is named, their filter chip works across every event, so handing each family their photos is a couple of taps instead of a scroll.
Step by step
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Filter by person
Open the event and tap Filter to open the Filter lab. Pick one or more people (search them by name) and the gallery narrows to the photos they appear in. Match mode decides whether a photo needs any or all of the chosen people.
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Filter by favourites, privacy or uploader
The Favourites tab shows only hearted photos. In the Filter lab, narrow to private or public photos, and in a group event, to photos one member uploaded.
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Search
Type a name in the event's Search by person box to jump straight to one person's photos. The magnifier in the header searches your whole library: events, albums, groups, reels and people.
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Sort
Inside an event, photos list newest upload first so what you just added is at the top. On the dashboard, Sort & filter orders events by newest, oldest, favourites, most photos or name, and can show only personal or only group events. Star an event to pin it to the top.
Frequently asked questions
How do I find all the photos of one person?
Type their name in the Search by person box, or pick them in the Filter lab. Picsta uses face recognition to filter to every photo they're in.
Can I combine filters?
Yes. Choose several people in the Filter lab and set Match mode to all to see only photos with everyone in them, or any to see photos with at least one of them. Privacy and uploader filters stack on top.
What are favourites for?
Hearting a photo marks it a favourite so you can see them as a group on the Favourites tab, and they surface first when you build a reel or choose a cover.
Can I group photos by ceremony?
Not with labels today. The practical way is to move or copy the photos from one ceremony into their own event, or curate them into an album - both keep the original event whole.
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