Working with Images

Rate Photos with XMP Star Ratings on iPhone & iPad

FileBrowser Professional lets you rate or reject photos using your iPhone or iPad using XMP star ratings, making it easy to organise images and prepare them for editing workflows such as Lightroom.

Image Properties

Tap a photo to view it full screen, then tap the "i" icon in the top menu, you can Rate or reject the photo using the star icons.

From Full Screen

Tap a photo to view it full screen, then tap the screen again. Rate or reject the photo using the star icons at the bottom of the screen.

To remove a rating tap the current rating icon again.

FileBrowser Professional photo viewer on iPad showing star rating controls used to assign XMP ratings to images for Lightroom workflows

From Gallery View

  • Tap the sort icon and change your view mode to one of the "Gallery" modes.
  • Then tap the "Properties" header on the right.
  • Select a photo in the file listing and edit the Star rating on the right.

Tip: Keyboard shortcuts for when viewing in fullscreen or in Gallery view. Type “0” to “5” (or “x” to reject) on an external keyboard.

Use Right and Left arrow keys to move to next and previous images.

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FileBrowser Professional gallery view on iPad showing image properties panel where a user can apply star ratings or reject photos using XMP metadata