Automatically tag and find photographs with AI

What you will do

When you want to find photographs of a subject or object without browsing the whole project, Arams can add tags automatically and filter the project by a tag you choose. The result is a focused set that you can review for your next task.

Automatic AI tagging is free and does not use photo-analysis credits. It runs separately from the credit-based photo and face analysis started with Analyze. You do not need to choose Analyze to generate tags.

Automatic tags can be inaccurate or incomplete. Choose a tag that describes what you need, then check the filtered photographs before selecting, editing, or exporting them.

Prepare automatic image tagging

1. From the home screen, open Settings and select General.
2. Under Analysis, find Automatic image tagging.
3. If the row reads Automatic image tagging (download available), select the download control at its right.

Download the automatic-tagging component from the Automatic image tagging row. Arams 1.10.2 · Windows · American English

4. If you started the download, wait for it to finish. A switch appears in place of the download control.

Wait for the switch to appear; the percentage in this row belongs to the tagging model. Arams 1.10.2 · Windows · American English

5. Turn on Automatic image tagging. If the switch is already on, leave it on and continue.

Turn on Automatic image tagging before importing photographs. Arams 1.10.2 · Windows · American English

Follow tagging progress and review the suggestions

1. Create a project and add your photographs with Automatic image tagging enabled. Wait until tags appear before trying to use one.

Following progress is optional. If you want to see whether tagging is still running:

1. Select the bell icon at the top of the window.
2. In the background-operations panel, find Tagging images. Other operations can appear in the same panel, so use this row—not Analyzed or Analysis completed—to follow automatic tagging.

Follow the Tagging images row, not the Analyzed counter. Arams 1.10.2 · Windows · American English

To choose a tag for filtering:

1. Select a photograph that shows the subject or object you want to find, then open Details and Faces.
2. Expand Metadata and Tags if needed. Look for a tag that accurately describes what you need.

Compare useful and inaccurate suggestions with the photograph itself. Arams 1.10.2 · Windows · American English

In the example above, cosmetic and tube describe the product and can help find similar photographs. catch and muscle do not describe it usefully, while the visible earring has no earring tag.

Comparing suggestions on other photographs is optional. It can help when several tags describe your subject but you do not know which one will narrow the project most effectively.

A specific tag can narrow the project more effectively than one shared by many photographs. Arams 1.10.2 · Windows · American English

The contrast portrait received earring, necklace, pearl, and portrait, but not cosmetic. A tag shared by most photographs will narrow the project less than a more specific one.

Find photographs with a generated tag

1. Select the displayed tag that best describes the subject or object you want to find.
2. Inspect the filtered set and exclude false matches from your working selection.

Inspect the filtered result visually before continuing. Arams 1.10.2 · Windows · American English

The search is complete when the Tags filter is active and the grid contains the photographs you want to work with. In this example, selecting cosmetic left the portrait with the cosmetic tube and excluded the contrast photographs. When you finish, reset the filter to show the whole project again.

If your selection must be complete, also check any important photographs that may be missing the tag. Automatic tagging does not guarantee that the same subject or object will always receive the same description.

For filename, date, manual-tag, and person searches, see Find photographs and people.

If it does not work

• The tagging switch is not available: if Arams offers a model download, let it finish before importing photographs.
• Tagging is still running: open the bell, check Tagging images, and wait for the operation to finish.
• No generated tags appear: confirm that Automatic image tagging is on, then check the named tagging operation in the bell panel. Starting Analyze is not a troubleshooting step for automatic tags.
• The object has no useful tag: find the photograph manually. You can add your own tag in Add tags to make it easier to find later.
• A tag includes unrelated photographs: treat them as false matches and inspect the filtered set visually before selecting, editing, or exporting.
• Too many photographs match: try a more specific tag.

Related topics

• Import photos
• Find photographs and people
• Filter photographs during culling