First steps

  • Install current version the plugin from the downloads.

  • Obtain an API key for the model you want to use, or install Ollama instead:

  • Configure API key in Lightroom plug-in manager. (Only if you use ChatGPT or Gemini)

  • Choose the model you want to use on the Lightroom plug-in manager.

  • Go to Library in Lightroom

  • Select some photos

  • Go to menu -> Library -> Plug-In Extras -> Analyze photo(s) with AI

  • If enabled a preflight dialogs pops up, where the settings for the batch run can be set/verified.

  • Also if enabled, a photo context dialog pops up for every photo, with a preview of the image and a text box to enter additional information for the specific image.

  • If enabled review before save for title, caption or Alt Text and the field is already filled with data, a review dialog will show up. There is not (yet) a dialog for reviewing keywords.

  • Wait it to fill your keywords, caption, title and Alt Text as selected.

 

If anything doesn't work as expected, send us a support request

Tips&Tricks

Adapting the prompt

 

It is possible to adapt the used prompt for the AI model to different use cases, photography genres.

For example portrait photography:

"You are a professional portrait photography analyst. You describe the model's attire, hair, eyes as detailed as possible"

 

The different prompts can added/edited/deleted via the Lightroom Plug-In manager.

Use an external host for Ollama

 

Using Ollama Ai models is a very GPU intense process. So if you want to offload the AI processing to another machine with a faster GPU, you can do that by:

  1. Installing and running Ollama on the "faster" machine.

  2. Editing the Ollama base URL to point to the fast machine in the Lightroom Plug-In manager.

Submitting existing keywords and GPS coordinates

 

If your photo include GPS coordinates and/or there are existing keywords, you want to give the AI as aid. You can do so in the Plug-In Manager by checking the boxes next "Submitting existing metadata".

The preflight dialog

The Preflight dialog can be activated in the plugin settings.

 

It's a collection of settings that can be configured before each run. All but one of these settings can also be configured in the plugin settings.
The exception is the AI ​​behavior value (it represents an AI parameter known in technical jargon as "temperature"). This determines how creatively the AI ​​will approach content generation. We recommend values ​​between 0 and 0.1 for the best and most consistent results. A low value (slider to the left) produces particularly good results when using Ollama.

Photo context

 

There are two ways to provide the AI ​​with some contextual information about a photo before processing. This can be helpful if there is information about the image that the AI ​​cannot derive from the content. The two options are:

  • The Photo Context dialog, which can be activated in the Preferences or the Preflight dialog. The dialog is displayed after you start the Analyze process before each photo of the batch is analysed.
  • Or directly in the Metadata panel of Lightroom Classic's Library module.

You have the set the dropdown next Metadata to "All Plug-in Metadata" to get view as on the screenshot. Afterwards there's a text input field called "Photo context" where the context can be entered in simple words.