Find, organize, and select your best photos and clips with modern, local AI tools in Adobe Lightroom Classic using the Excire Search 2026 plugin. A revamped panel for the 2026 edition puts common actions at your fingertips, and improved AI integration parses your catalog and detects faces faster. This software is sold as a single-user perpetual license for multiple personal devices.
AI Search
Simply describe the image you're looking for in natural language, and Excire's AI will instantly locate it, eliminating the need to manually scroll through thousands of photos.
Automatic Keywording
The upgraded AI applies relevant keywords to your photos with the option to batch apply them into Lightroom's keyword system.
Culling and Review Tools
Speed up your workflow by having the AI evaluate face sharpness, group by events/subjects, and find your best shots quickly.
Aesthetic Assessments & Search
Excire's AI evaluates photos for visual appeal, providing aesthetic scores so you can easily search based on aesthetic criteria and identify your best images for portfolios, social media, or client deliveries.
Advanced Duplicate Detection
The upgraded Search for Duplicates tool identifies and removes exact and near-duplicate files with customizable settings, making catalog cleanup effortless.
Facial Recognition & People Search
The improved AI rapidly finds specific individuals or portraits based on inputs like "smile" or "female," while People Search pinpoints familiar faces in your library.
Search by Example Photo
Find visually similar images by selecting a reference photo, and Excire will create a Lightroom collection of matching images.
Video Support
Upgraded AI integration now makes it possible to analyze and search video clips in addition to photos, where supported by Lightroom Classic workflows.