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free plugins.
Practical resources built by Belfast Photo Workshops for photographers who want to work smarter. Free, open-source, and built with the same tools we use every day.
KeywordAI
AI-powered keyword suggestions for Lightroom Classic
Stop spending hours manually keywording your photos. KeywordAI uses Claude AI to analyse your images and suggest up to 30 relevant keywords in seconds — directly inside Adobe Lightroom Classic.
- Analyses subjects, location, lighting, mood, colours, and photographic style
- Review & Select mode — tick the keywords you want, untick the ones you don't
- Auto batch mode — process multiple photos with no interruptions
- Works with JPEG, PNG, HEIC, WebP, and RAW files (with Lightroom preview)
- Keywords applied directly to your photo metadata in Lightroom
- Adobe Lightroom Classic (version 5 or later)
- Python 3 — free from python.org
- An Anthropic API key — free account at console.anthropic.com
- A small amount of API credits (minimum $5 — covers hundreds of photos)
Running cost: approximately $0.01 or less per photo. $5 of Anthropic credits will comfortably cover hundreds of photos. You only pay for what you use — no subscription.
IPTCFiller
AI-powered IPTC metadata for Lightroom Classic
Professional metadata matters — for stock submissions, press photography, and archiving. IPTCFiller uses Claude AI to automatically populate your IPTC metadata fields including title, description, caption, and more, directly inside Lightroom Classic.
- Automatically fills IPTC title, description, and caption fields
- AI analyses each image and writes contextually accurate metadata
- Review mode — check and edit before applying
- Batch mode — process entire selections with no interruptions
- Essential for stock photography, press, and professional archiving
- Adobe Lightroom Classic (version 5 or later)
- Python 3 — free from python.org
- An Anthropic API key — free account at console.anthropic.com
- A small amount of API credits (minimum $5 — covers hundreds of photos)
Running cost: approximately $0.01 or less per photo. Both plugins share the same Anthropic API account — one $5 top-up covers both.
AI-generated captions for editorial and press photography, formatted for wire submission.
Automatically sort and tag photos by shooting style, mood, and visual category.
A simple browser-based tool for calculating equivalent exposures and depth of field.
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