Excire Foto frequently asked questions (FAQ)
Excire Foto 2024 vs Excire Foto 2022 in comparison
Excire Foto 2024 offers some new features and improvements compared to the previous version. Here we have compared all the changes in a table: Features 2022 2024 Automatic AI-based keyword assignment X X (new improved version) Unrestricted free-text ...
How can I give Excire Foto as a gift?
If you would like to give Excire Foto as a gift, you can purchase the program as normal in our online store. You will then receive a purchase confirmation by e-mail with the activation code and the download links for the software. You can pass both ...
How can I search for file types such as JPG, TIF or specific RAW files?
In Excire Foto there is the option of reducing the display of photos in the grid to certain properties via the settings in the filter bar ( at the top). There is also a free text field (not to be confused with the X-Prompt AI text search!). In this ...
How can I delete the Excire Foto database?
To delete the Excire Foto standard database, follow these steps: Navigate to the Excire Foto application data directory. You can find this under "%APPDATA%\Excire Foto" (Windows 10) or under "/Users/<username>/Library/Application Support/excire-foto" ...
How do I select all but one duplicate for deletion?
Important: the display always shows all images of a duplicate group. So you should not delete all of them. There is also a difference between "Exact duplicates" and "Near duplicates". Both are search options in the duplicate search. With exact ...
How to update edited photos in Excire Foto?
Frequently asked question: I have changed photos in an image editor and also saved them to disk. But I don't see the changes in Excire Foto. What can I do? For background: if a folder has already been added to Excire Foto and its photos have been ...
How to make the metadata and keywords visible to other programs?
When adding photos, Excire Foto reads the metadata and automatically adds keywords to them after analysis. (When adding, the "Load keywords from analyzed photos" option must be enabled in the program settings. This is not active by default). After ...
Is it possible to share the same database from multiple computers?
Excire Foto is principally designed as a single-user software for one user accessing the database alone. It is not possible to access the database from multiple computers at the same time. It is possible, with some restrictions, for more than one ...
A photo in RAW format is not displayed
For raw data, Excire Foto uses operating system (Windows or MacOS) functions. For Windows, please install the MS RAW extension. Please install the raw image extension from Microsoft. Then perform the following steps: Restart Excire Foto Remove the ...
How can previews be moved to another drive?
Moving of previews to another directory or another drive is not directly supported by Excire Foto. However, there are functions in your operating system that you can use to achieve the same purpose. Note that this is for advanced users only and ...
How to use the HEIC format ?
Files with the extension .heic or .heif have been supported since version 1.1.1. On Mac OS, there is nothing further to do. Here, the HEIC format is automatically processed. On Windows, the HEIC format is not natively supported. In order for .heic ...
Open with... does not work as expected
If you want to open a photo from Excire Foto by right-clicking on it, but the call does not work, please proceed as follows: In Excire Foto: right click on the image on "Show in file browser" and then from Windows Explorer right click -> "Open with" ...
Can Excire Foto access the Apple Photos database?
Apple Photos uses a closed database/media library for the photos that external programs cannot access. To get them out of Apple Photos, you need to export the images from there to disk (using the export feature in Apple Photos). From there, you can ...
When are XMP files used for storing metadata?
When working with proprietary RAW formats, we face the challenge that a lack of standardization unfortunately prevents us from writing metadata directly to the file. This is a common limitation in the industry and is handled similarly by other ...
How can I create a backup of the database and import it?
To create a backup of your database, go to Excire Foto's menu and select "Help" → "Manual backup" Alternatively, you can perform the backup manually by copying the database files and associated folders. You can find the necessary information here: ...
How can I move the Excire Foto default database?
If you want to move the default database of Excire Foto to another directory, follow these steps: 1. If you have not selected the default database in Excire Foto, first switch to it via "File" -> "Open database folder" -> "Open default database" 2. ...