This overview shows which features are included in Excire Foto 2024, 2025 and 2027 as well as in Excire Foto Office Edition.
| Feature | 2024 | 2025 | 2027 | Office Edition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Installation and Initialization | ||||
| Automatic AI-based keyword assignment for photos | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Automatic AI-based keyword assignment for videos | – | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Extended progress bar when importing/analyzing photos | – | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Text recognition: visible text in photos is detected automatically new | – | – | ✓ | – |
| AI-powered search functions | ||||
| Unrestricted free-text search | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Search with keywords | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Find similar images | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Find similar images with external photo | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Search for faces | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Search for people | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Find people with external photo | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| GPS Search | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Search for text in photos (e.g. signs, bib numbers, shop names) new | – | – | ✓ | – |
| Person-centered workflow | ||||
| Close-up display and easy navigation for fast assessment of faces | – | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Visualization of facial focus and other attributes in preview mode | – | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Facetagging and display of tagged persons in collections | – | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| AI powered culling | ||||
| Selection project concept | – | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Automatic grouping and sorting options | – | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Filtering of bad and good shots based on different criteria | – | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Aesthetics ratings | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Smart photo selection with predefined or individual profiles | – | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Quick photo selection in overview mode (like on a light table) new | – | – | ✓ | – |
| Display and presentation | ||||
| Preview mode | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Automatic loading of 1:1 resolution into preview mode | – | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Comparison view in preview mode | – | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Professional slideshow | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Built-in video player | – | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Show GPS position of a photo in Google Maps | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Statistical analysis of photo habits (Analytics) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| World map view: explore photos by location new | – | – | ✓ | – |
| 3×3 grid and peaking mode in single image view new | – | – | ✓ | – |
| Supported formats | ||||
| JPG, PNG and BMP formats | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| RAW formats | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Support of PSD files | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Support of webp files | – | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Filter options | ||||
| Filter by IPTC Metadata | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Filter by media type (raw, photo&video) | – | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Filter by aspect ratio | – | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Filter by video length | – | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Combined search and filter field (image content, text in photos, metadata) new | – | – | ✓ | – |
| Timeline chart to narrow down by time period new | – | – | ✓ | – |
| Manage and organize | ||||
| Support of Windows network paths | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Multiple databases | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Read EXIF data | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Read IPTC metadata | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| IPTC manager & editor | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Save metadata | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Import stars, ratings, labels | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Import keywords | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Assign manual keywords | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Add GPS coordinates | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Batch renaming and moving of files | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Duplicate finder with numerous setting options | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Delete photos | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Create collections | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Status for folders and collections | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Assign and search for stars, flags & color labels | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Write person names to the files when saving metadata new | – | – | ✓ | – |
| Move or reset the database via menu command (File → Database actions) new | – | – | ✓ | – |
| Export and share | ||||
| Export photos (with or without metadata) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Share via dropbox | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Share via Google Drive | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Pass up to 25 photos at once to another program with "Open with…" new | – | – | ✓ | – |
| Additional features Office Edition | ||||
| Team solution with a two-tier role concept and user-defined access rights | – | – | – | ✓ |
| On-premises use for easy integration into the company’s own infrastructure | – | – | – | ✓ |
| Unlimited number of local and network databases | – | – | – | ✓ |
| FTP sharing | – | – | – | ✓ |
| Option to adopt folder names as keywords | – | – | – | ✓ |
| Option to hide irrelevant keywords | – | – | – | ✓ |
| License usage period as metadata field | – | – | – | ✓ |
| Convenient license and subscription management | – | – | – | ✓ |
✓ = included, – = not included