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6 changes: 3 additions & 3 deletions content/overview/workflow/import-review.md
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Once images have been imported, their thumbnails are displayed in the lighttable view, within which you can organize and catalog your imported images -- please refer to the [digital asset management](../../lighttable/digital-asset-management/_index.md) section for more information.

The primary use for the lighttable view is to review your images and decide which you would like to edit further and which to discard. The following is a possible culling process to choose which images to edit/delete:
1. Set the lighttable view to only show images with a rating of exactly 1 star using the _view_ setting on the [top panel](../user-interface/top-panel.md). Since darktable assigns a 1 star rating to newly-imported images by default, this will show all of the images you have just imported. You can use the [collections](../../module-reference/utility-modules/shared/collections.md) module to further refine your selection if needed.
2. Perform a quick first-level screening of your images: If any images are badly out-of-focus or otherwise unwanted, _reject_ them or give them a 0-star rating (by pressing the "R" or "0" keys, respectively, while hovering over the image with your mouse). If you would like an image to pass to the next review phase, press 2 to give it a 2 star rating. Any images that no longer have a 1 star rating will automatically disappear from view. Continue in this manner until no more images remain visible in the lighttable view.
1. Set the lighttable view to only show images that are not rated with a star using the _view_ setting on the [top panel](../user-interface/top-panel.md). This will show all of the images you have just imported. You can use the [collections](../../module-reference/utility-modules/shared/collections.md) module to further refine your selection if needed.
2. Perform a quick first-level screening of your images: If any images are badly out-of-focus or otherwise unwanted, _reject_ them or give them a 1-star rating (by pressing the "R" or "1" keys, respectively, while hovering over the image with your mouse). If you would like an image to pass to the next review phase, press 2 to give it a 2 star rating. Any images that you rated will automatically disappear from view. Continue in this manner until no more images remain visible in the lighttable view.
3. Alter the lighttable view to only show images with 2 stars. Go through these images more carefully, and decide whether to promote them to a 3 star rating, or put them back down to a lower rating. Again, proceed until no more images remain in the lighttable view.
4. Alter the lighttable view to only show images with 3 stars. Perform quick edits and experiments on those images in the [darkroom view](../../darkroom/_index.md) to decide if they are worthy of further effort. If you are happy with the results of those edits, promote that image to a 4 star rating for final editing.
5. Go through your 4 star images, perform any final edits on them and then [export](../../module-reference/utility-modules/shared/export.md) to see the final result. Increase the rating a final time to 5 stars to indicate that processing is complete.

_If space is at a premium you might consider permanently deleting your rejected or 0-star images. Select these images in the lighttable view and use the 'trash/delete' option in the [actions on selection](../../module-reference/utility-modules/lighttable/selected-image.md) module. You should only do this for images you are certain you will never need again._
_If space is at a premium you might consider permanently deleting your rejected or 1-star images. Select these images in the lighttable view and use the 'trash/delete' option in the [actions on selection](../../module-reference/utility-modules/lighttable/selected-image.md) module. You should only do this for images you are certain you will never need again._