Quick Guide

1. Create a project and import photos

On desktop, create a new project, enter a name and creative brief, then import photos or a folder. Originals stay where they are; the app creates references and preview caches.

Keep camera cards and external drives accessible. To inspect originals after removing a card, copy them to a stable folder before importing. Cache files are not original-file backups.

2. Select, sequence and save a version

Use K to keep, X to reject, U to mark undecided, 1–5 to rate and 0 to clear a rating. Save notes explicitly. Ratings and selection are independent; rejection never deletes the original.

Open the sequence view and drag to reorder, or use move up/down. Named versions preserve selection, order, ratings and saved notes. Use undo or version restoration to revise formal edits.

An original, a RAW-embedded JPEG and a derived preview are different sources. Read the source label before judging detail. This is not full RAW development or a professional print-color workstation.

3. Give the Agent a clear brief

Open the selection workspace and choose AI selection. Describe your creative goal in the conversation, choose the count and scope, and check which photos will be analyzed before starting.

Select 12 frames for a quiet coastal series. Avoid repetition and suggest an order with reasons. Open with space; close with traces of people.

AI features depend on account allowance and service availability. A task may inspect only part of a project. Check coverage and draft reasoning rather than treating suggestions as final decisions.

4. Review before accepting

Inspect the draft diff: photos, reasons, additions, removals and moves. Accept some items, explicitly replace the sequence, or discard it. Generating a draft does not change formal selection.

If the baseline is stale, compare again or start a new task. Resume budget pauses only with explicitly chosen limits. Model, consent or memory changes may require a new task.

5. Separate text, image and sharing consent

Real text tasks may send goals, filenames and notes to the configured service. Visual tasks send re-encoded JPEG previews up to 1,400px. Check the actual observation service and model, then allow for this task, this project, or deny images.

Revoking permission stops future sends but cannot recall content already sent. Clearing local observation caches does not delete the provider’s records.

6. Inspect evidence and correct memory

In preference memory, inspect human evidence, hypotheses and counterexamples. Confirm, correct, disable or retire hypotheses, or exclude evidence from learning. Deleting a current record does not clear all history and backups.

Cross-project memory is off by default and currently lets only the offline Agent cite eligible local-project clues. Shared projects and cloud models are excluded. Follow the prompt to start a new task after memory changes.

7. Choose how to share

A preview package creates a separate web copy while the local project stays editable. Formal migration freezes desktop writes and moves further work to the web; desktop shows only the initial migration snapshot.

A migration timeout does not prove nothing was uploaded. Resume with the same service and account, or cancel only after confirming the cloud has not committed. Committed migrations cannot simply be cancelled. Sharing neither uploads originals nor authorizes AI.

Accept project invitations on the web using the specified email. Reviewers comment and propose; viewers read only; editors need separate approval permission. Formal work changes only when the author or an authorized approver accepts operations.

Formal work is read-only offline. After reconnecting, review the latest version before submitting. Closing the page can lose unsaved edits. Revocation cannot retrieve downloaded images or screenshots.

8. Export and care for your data

Export project JSON, selection CSV, contact sheets, print references, metadata sidecars or shared preview packages from desktop. Choose a new name and inspect the result. Local paths are omitted by default; entered text may still contain private information.

Print references export as HTML for browser printing to PDF. For a complete local backup, quit the app and copy its data directory; back up originals separately. Shared-service administrators must also back up the database and preview objects.