| The Auto Tag & Describe feature is currently in beta. |
As photographers, we understand that incorporating descriptions and keywords (tags) into our galleries and images enhances the likelihood of potential clients discovering our work. Nonetheless, this process can be labor-intensive, particularly following an extensive shoot. Zenfolio's Auto Tag & Describe feature leverages AI to facilitate a more efficient workflow.
What is Auto Tag & Describe?
Auto Tag & Describe is an advanced tool integrated within Zenfolio that evaluates the images you upload. Based on this evaluation, it will automatically:
- Identify the Shoot Type (e.g., Portraits, Weddings, Landscapes) for your gallery based on the images, thereby eliminating the need for manual selection.
- Generates a Gallery Name and Description: A concise paragraph summarizing the content of your gallery.
- Recommends Gallery Tags: Keywords pertinent to the overarching theme of the gallery.
- Suggests Image Tags: Specific keywords for individual images within the gallery.
These automatically identified Shoot Types and generated descriptions/tags can substantially enhance the organization and visibility of your gallery in search results (both within your Zenfolio site and potentially on external search engines, depending on your Gallery's search settings), thereby giving you back valuable time.
Enabling or Disabling Auto Tag & Describe
You have complete control over whether Auto Tag & Describe will automatically generate descriptions and tags for your uploads.
- Log into your Zenfolio account and click on your name located in the top right corner.
- Select the Account Settings option from the dropdown menu.
- Go to the Account tab.
- Scroll to or select the Auto Tag & Describe Settings option.
- Toggle the Auto Tag & Describe switch to enable or disable the automatic generation of descriptions and tags.
- If ON: By default, Auto Tag & Describe will automatically analyze your uploaded images to generate suggested gallery descriptions and tags for new galleries that you upload.
- If OFF: By default, Auto Tag & Describe will not automatically generate gallery descriptions or tags when you upload new galleries.
| Note: The Gallery's Shoot Type detection will occur automatically, regardless of the Auto Tag & Describe setting. |
Disabling Auto Tag & Describe for a Specific Gallery Upload
Even if you have the automatic generation setting enabled account-wide, you might occasionally want to upload a gallery without generating descriptions and tags.
- Begin the standard gallery Gallery creation process.
- Proceed to the second step where you select your Gallery Preset and Upload Options.
- Uncheck the Auto Tag & Describe checkbox on this screen. This will prevent Auto Tag & Describe from generating a description or tags only for the current upload batch.
| Note: The Gallery's Shoot Type detection will occur automatically, regardless of the Auto Tag & Describe setting. |
Reviewing and Editing Auto Tag & Describe Results
If you upload a gallery with Auto Tag & Describe enabled:
- On the very first time using Auto Tag & Describe, a window will appear providing you with information regarding the service and allowing you to review the Gallery name, Description, Shoot Type, and tags generated.
- For future uses of Auto Tag & Describe, a temporary green confirmation message will appear briefly on your screen. Clicking on this will open the same window as referenced above, for you to review.
- Once the Auto Tag & Describe processing is finished, you will receive a notification that will be added to your Notification Bell icon (usually located in the top navigation bar). Clicking on this will open the same window as referenced above, for you to review.
- At any time, you can also see and edit Auto Tag & Describe's generated suggestions:
- Navigate to the newly uploaded Gallery, and click the More button, next to "add media".
- Select Edit Gallery Info.
- In the Edit Gallery Info screen, you can review, modify, or remove the automatically generated Gallery Description and Gallery Tags. (You can also review/change the detected Shoot Type here).
Reviewing Image-Level Tags
Auto Tag & Describe also adds relevant tags to individual images (if description/tag generation is enabled). To review or edit these:
- Navigate into the desired Gallery, and hover your mouse pointer over the image you want to check. Click the kebab menu (three vertical dots) on the image thumbnail.
- Select Edit Media Details.
- Scroll down to the Tags section to view and modify the automatically added tags.
Important Note on Gallery PrivacyUsing Auto Tag & Describe to add tags does not override your main gallery privacy and search settings. If you have set a gallery to be password-protected or not discoverable via search, it will remain that way regardless of the tags added by Auto Tag & Describe. You must change the gallery's main visibility settings if you want it to be searchable. Auto Tag & Describe is designed to be a helpful assistant, automating the metadata and Shoot Type selection process while still giving you complete control over the final details associated with your valuable work. |
*Per legal requirements, Auto Tag & Describe feature is not available for photographers based in Illinois.