Solo shots for covers
Filter '1 person' and type a concept like 'beach at sunset'. Close-ups with a single subject surface immediately, which is exactly what a YouTube cover or a reel thumbnail needs. Details on the face recognition page.
Solution
Find the right frame before the trend moves on
You publish every week, and your Mac holds thousands of shots, exports and screenshots from past shoots and campaigns. Today the brief asks for a vertical solo shot for a YouTube cover, and it is buried somewhere under files named final_v3_export.png. PhotoCore reads the content of every image on device: filter '1 person', type 'beach at sunset', and the frame is on screen, with search answering in under 50ms across 10,000 images.
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The daily hunt
The cover is due today, the file has no name
Stop scrolling exports, start describing
A content library grows in every direction: camera shoots, phone captures, brand assets, screenshots of analytics and slides. The shot you need exists, you shot it in March, and its filename says nothing. PhotoCore indexes those folders in place and lets you ask for the image the way you remember it.
- Describe the shot the brief needs, like 'beach at sunset'
- Add a people-count filter to match the format, solo or group
- Keep every folder where it is: indexing is in place and read-only
Point and filter
Four moves from brief to post
Group shots for team posts
Switch the same filter to 'more than 3 people' when the post is about the team, a workshop or a collaboration. Combine it with text, like 'more than 3 people' plus 'around a whiteboard', and skip the solo portraits entirely.
Screenshots, both ways
One toggle hides screenshots and documents when you need real photos. Flip it back when you need that one slide: screenshots are indexed by content too, so 'pricing slide with a blue chart' finds it. See photo culling.
Post the sharpest frame
Sort any result by on-device quality scoring before you export. The sharp frames rise to the top, the soft ones sink, and you pick the winner yourself in seconds instead of pixel-peeping ten near-identical shots.
AI rename
Exports with names that mean something
From final_v3_export.png to a real name
AI rename looks at each image and proposes a filename that describes it, using a local model by default. A folder of anonymous exports becomes a folder you can read at a glance, and the files stay findable in Finder, in your uploader and in every tool downstream. If you prefer, point it at a remote endpoint with your own key, stored in the macOS Keychain.
- Local model by default, so images stay on the Mac
- Names describe the content, so exports sort themselves
- Optional remote endpoint, key kept in the macOS Keychain
Good to know
The engine behind it
Search runs on SigLIP 2 through Core ML on the Apple Neural Engine: under 50ms across 10,000 images, in more than 100 languages, across JPEG, PNG, HEIC, TIFF, WebP, GIF and BMP. The full detail is on the AI photo search page. Everything runs on device, works offline, and keeps working when an external drive is unplugged, so the content library travels with the Mac.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Can PhotoCore find a screenshot by what is in it?
Yes. Screenshots are indexed like any other image, so you can type 'pricing slide with a blue chart' and get the slide. When you want photos only, one toggle hides screenshots and documents from the view.
Can I filter photos by how many people are in them?
Yes. People-count filters cover '0 people', 'exactly 2', 'more than 5' and similar options, and they combine with text search. Filter '1 person' plus 'beach at sunset' to surface solo close-ups, or 'more than 3 people' for team shots.
Does AI rename send my images to the cloud?
By default AI rename runs on a local model, so nothing leaves your Mac. You can optionally point it at a remote endpoint with your own key, stored in the macOS Keychain. Search, faces and quality scoring always run on device.
Will PhotoCore reorganize my export folders?
No. Folders are indexed in place and read-only: no import, no copies, no moved files. Your export structure stays exactly as your workflow left it, and PhotoCore adds a search layer on top.
Get started free
Ship the post, skip the scroll
Download PhotoCore free and index up to 200 images to try search, people-count filters, the screenshots toggle and quality sort. Full access is a one-time purchase of 59.99 euro, or 29.99 euro Early Bird until July 15.