Excire Foto 2027: photo search and culling tutorial

Excire Foto 2027 is a standalone photo management application with AI search and culling tools. James from the Excire team introduces it using a catalog of around 80,000 images. He says the software runs locally on the computer and presents this as a privacy benefit. The overview also covers support for managing video files.

The workflow starts by pointing Excire Foto at images on internal or external drives. During initialization, it analyzes their content and generates descriptive keywords alongside any keywords the user adds manually. Duplicate search helps identify copies, near duplicates and burst sequences.

Search options include written descriptions, visible text within photos, keywords and colors. James demonstrates finding a specific person from a reference photo, searching by facial characteristics and locating visually similar images. Filters narrow results by file format, star rating, content or capture date.

For culling, users can configure rejection criteria for blur, poor exposure or closed eyes, then group images for review. Smart selection can pick images using criteria such as sharpness or eye sharpness; James advises checking the final choices. Excire Foto handles organization rather than editing. The demonstration ends with opening selected images in an editing application and exporting files with settings for names, formats and image size.