Release v3.4.0

[bmachek]

This update brings 1 fix and 6 other changes.

Test release

This release brings a breaking change and a big new feature, so it is released as test release.
Please also read the Disclaimer before using the software.

Highlights / breaking changes

• MCP interface make Lightroom and LrGenius controllable via an AI agent.
• New SigLip2 model for better results in smart search. Requires a new model download and re-indexing (only smart-search data)
• AestheticScorer. New aesthetics model on top of the new SigLip2 model to assist with culling and general image quality analysis.

Fixed

• Fix redo wiping index data, rendition file names and collection removal

Other changes

• Enter API keys in password fields in the Plug-in Manager
• MCP endpoint and agent bridge: AI agents work in Lightroom
• SigLIP2 So400m NaFlex embedding model (part 1 of 4)
• AestheticSigLIP score + genre at index time, and a trimmed set of catalog fields (part 2 of 4)
• Culling ranks on the stored aesthetic score (part 3 of 4)
• Search by aesthetic score and genre; best photos with no term (part 4 of 4)

Download

If you are on	Download
Windows (64-bit)	LrGeniusAI-windows-x64-3.4.0.exe
macOS (Apple silicon)	LrGeniusAI-macos-arm64-3.4.0.pkg
Your own server or Docker	LrGeniusAI-plugin-docker-backend-v3.4.0.zip

Already have LrGeniusAI installed? You do not need the installer. LrGeniusAI offers this update inside Lightroom — choose Update Now when it appears, then restart Lightroom.

Back up your catalog first

LrGeniusAI writes its results into your Lightroom catalog, and Lightroom counts
each of those writes as an edit: every photo LrGeniusAI processes gets a new
Edit Date, smart collections that filter on Edit Date pick it up, and the
old date cannot be set back. With Automatically write changes into XMP
turned on, Lightroom also writes the new metadata into XMP sidecars and
DNG/JPEG files, so cloud or NAS sync will upload those files again.

Back up your catalog before you run a new version over it, and start with a few
photos. How to back up, and what else to check:
https://github.com/LrGenius/LrGeniusAI/wiki/Getting-Started#before-you-start-back-up-your-catalog

If your computer warns about the download

Both installers are downloaded rarely enough that Windows and macOS may not
recognise them yet. This is about how well known the file is, not about
anything found in it.

• Windows — if SmartScreen says "Windows protected your PC", click
  More info, then Run anyway.
• macOS — if the installer is blocked, open System Settings → Privacy &
  Security and click Open Anyway. In Terminal, xattr -d com.apple.quarantine <path to the .pkg> does the same thing.

Something not working? Please open an issue at
https://github.com/LrGenius/LrGeniusAI/issues — a description of what you did
and what happened is enough to get started.

Technical changelog

What's Changed

• Enter API keys in password fields in the Plug-in Manager by @bmachek in Enter API keys in password fields in the Plug-in Manager #421
• MCP endpoint and agent bridge: AI agents work in Lightroom by @bmachek in MCP endpoint and agent bridge: AI agents work in Lightroom #422
• Fix redo wiping index data, rendition file names and collection removal by @bmachek in Fix redo wiping index data, rendition file names and collection removal #424
• WIP: SigLIP2 So400m NaFlex embedding model (part 1 of 4) by @bmachek in WIP: SigLIP2 So400m NaFlex embedding model (part 1 of 4) #423
• AestheticSigLIP score + genre at index time, and a trimmed set of catalog fields (part 2 of 4) by @bmachek in AestheticSigLIP score + genre at index time, and a trimmed set of catalog fields (part 2 of 4) #425
• Culling ranks on the stored aesthetic score (part 3 of 4) by @bmachek in Culling ranks on the stored aesthetic score (part 3 of 4) #426
• Search by aesthetic score and genre; best photos with no term (part 4 of 4) by @bmachek in Search by aesthetic score and genre; best photos with no term (part 4 of 4) #427

Full Changelog: v3.3.0...v3.4.0

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