How to Rate Your Images with Stars in Zoner Photo Studio Pro 17

Zoner Photo Studio is a fantastic alternative to . It is affordable for just about any pocket. If you have a lot of images, or are just starting, you will want to organize your images somehow. Try to come up with a system that you will...
Part 1 of 3:

Small Scale Rating

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    Try to come up with a system that you will stick with. While you can change the way you do it, it's easier not having to do it over again.
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    Understand that you only have five stars to work with. You could try the following method, suggested by the creators of Zoner Photo Studio.
    1. No stars - An unrated photo, ready for rating
    2. One star - A bad photo with technical problems, Queued for deletion  
    3. Two stars - No technical problems, but photo is bland... yet it might be useful someday
    4. Three stars - Not a captivating photo, but still worth basic editing  
    5. Four stars - One of the best photos in the album  
    6. Five stars - One of the best photos in your archive, worth presenting officially.[1]
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    Navigate to the photographs that you will be rating.
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    Switch to Preview, if you are in browser mode.
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    Hold your left hand (on a Qwerty keyboard) on the number row numbers, 1, 2, 3, and 4.
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    Move your right hand to the cursor (directional) keys.
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    Move through your images using the directional keys and rating them with your other hand.
Part 2 of 3:

Large Scale Rating

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    In the Manager tab, in the Browser view, click in the search box.
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    Check the tick box for "Include subfolders".
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    Select OK. Now you will see all of the images in the primary folder (My Pictures in this instance).
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    Change to Preview and then rate the images as instructed before.
Part 3 of 3:

Using the Star Ratings

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    Still leaving the 'Include subfolders' selected, bring up the advanced search options.
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    Select the "equals" sign and then the number of stars that you want to look at for processing. The example here, uses 2 stars.
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    Process them the way you want. Delete, name, move, etc.
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