AI for Lightroom Classic that develops photo by photo.
Sekondo connects Claude or ChatGPT to Lightroom Classic. You tell it how you want the shoot and your assistant develops in your catalogue, photo by photo, each with its own adjustment.
What Sekondo does in Lightroom Classic.
It learns from you, and this is just a sample. If Lightroom Classic can do it, Sekondo does it.
- Reads from the catalogue the photos still waiting to be developed, RAW or JPG.
- Sets the white balance each light asks for: neon, tungsten or LED.
- Lifts the exposure on what came out dark and holds the highlights back so they do not blow.
- Opens the shadows, cleans the noise where the ISO climbed and adjusts the tone curve.
- Treats subject and background separately, each with its mask, in backlit shots.
- Crops and straightens the horizon where the shot was handheld.
- Takes to black and white the one that asks for it.
- Sets aside duplicate photos without deleting any.
- Imports photos into the catalogue and stacks the copy that comes back from Photoshop with its original.
- Groups the photos by job into collections.
- Exports each group for print and for social. If you ask, with the name you want; on its own it does not rename or delete any file.
- Applies Auto Tone.
- Adjusts the colour temperature, vibrance and saturation, and each colour separately.
- Applies your presets.
- Adds grain and blurs the background.
How to brief it.
Like someone who just walked into the studio: it knows Lightroom Classic and knows nothing about your client. You tell it which catalogue, what you want and the judgement to apply. Before touching anything it reads the whole thing, and when it is done it tells you what has changed. Each command is a single step in the history: if you do not like it, Cmd+Z and it is back as it was.
It works on your computer, with your Claude or your ChatGPT. The file never leaves your machine.
Lightroom Classic tasks Sekondo solves, step by step.
How do I develop hundreds of photos in Lightroom Classic without doing them one by one?
Sekondo reads from the catalog the photos still waiting to be developed, sets the white balance each light calls for, lifts the exposure of what came out dark while holding the highlights, opens the shadows and cleans up the noise.
How to ask: “Develop the pending photos in the catalog: white balance per light, exposure and noise.”
How do I set aside duplicate photos without deleting them?
Sekondo sets aside the duplicate photos without deleting any.
How to ask: “Set aside the duplicate photos in this catalog without deleting any.”
How do I export each group of photos for print and for social media?
Sekondo groups the photos by job into collections and exports each group for print and for social media; on its own it never renames or deletes any file.
How to ask: “Group the photos by job into collections and export each one for print and for social media.”
Works on your computer, with your Claude or your ChatGPT. The file never leaves your machine.
Frequently asked questions about Sekondo in Lightroom Classic.
Can the AI develop my photos in Lightroom Classic?
Sekondo has your Claude or your ChatGPT develop in Lightroom Classic the photos that are still missing, in RAW or JPG: white balance for each light, exposure, shadows, highlights, noise and tone curve, photo by photo.
How to ask: “Develop the missing photos from the wedding, each one according to its light.”
Can it develop hundreds of photos at once?
Yes. It looks at each photo before touching it and adjusts it in its own way, without applying the same adjustment to all of them blindly.
How to ask: “Develop the 300 photos from this job and tell me which ones need a second look.”
Can it separate the subject from the background in a backlit shot?
Yes. It masks the subject and the background and treats them separately.
How to ask: “In the backlit shots, brighten the person without blowing out the sky.”
Can it set aside the duplicate photos?
Yes. It sets them aside and deletes none.
How to ask: “Set aside the duplicate photos in this folder.”
Can it straighten the horizon?
Yes. It crops and straightens the horizon where the shot was taken handheld.
How to ask: “Straighten the horizon in the beach photos.”
Can it organize the catalogue by jobs?
Yes. It groups the photos by job into collections, and stacks the copy that comes back from Photoshop next to its original.
How to ask: “Make one collection per client with this week’s photos.”
Can it export for print and for social media?
Yes. It exports each group at the size and format of each use, and with the name you ask for.
How to ask: “Export the selection for print and, in another folder, for Instagram.”
Can it apply my presets?
Yes. It takes the preset you name and runs it on the photos you indicate.
How to ask: “Apply my ‘Warm wedding’ preset to all the banquet ones.”
Does it touch my originals?
No. The develop is reversible and stays saved in the catalogue, just as when you develop yourself.
How do I connect it the first time?
The installer puts the panel in Lightroom Classic. Open it and, the first time, press Connect. When the light turns green, you are connected.
Does it work with Claude and with ChatGPT?
With Claude and with ChatGPT, always in the desktop app. It is explained in the Docs.
You create.
Sekondo does the rest.
