First Use: From Empty Library to First Image Search
A complete first-use workflow: enter the workspace, handle database and spreadsheet prompts, add a material folder, watch indexing progress, confirm database statistics, and run your first similar-image search.
A complete first-use workflow: enter the workspace, handle database and spreadsheet prompts, add a material folder, watch indexing progress, confirm database statistics, and run your first similar-image search.
This guide walks through a practical first run. Start small: choose a folder with a manageable number of images, index it, and run one reverse image search.
1. Enter the Search Workspace
Open the desktop client and click "Go Search". Wait for the local service to connect. The first launch may take a little longer because the app is preparing the local environment.
2. Handle First-time Prompts
If the database location prompt appears, choose a stable folder with enough disk space. If the spreadsheet parsing reminder appears, decide whether you need Excel image extraction now. You can skip Excel parsing if you only want to test normal images.
3. Understand the Workspace
The collapsible left panel has File, People, and Results tabs. File contains folders and collections, Results contains search history, and People appears when face data exists. The middle area shows thumbnails. The collapsible right panel shows details for the selected item. The top toolbar contains entries for image search, semantic search, pose search, face search, face filtering, duplicate detection, and more tools.
4. Add the First Material Folder
Use the add-folder entry, choose a folder from your computer, and select the basic image search strategy. For a first test, global image search is usually enough.
5. Watch Indexing Progress
The task progress area shows how indexing is going. Wait until the task finishes before judging whether search works.
6. Confirm Indexing Succeeded
Open database statistics or select the folder in the left tree. If thumbnails appear and counts look reasonable, the folder has been indexed.
7. Browse the Indexed Material
Click the folder and browse thumbnails. Adjust thumbnail size if you need more detail or a denser overview.
8. Run the First Reverse Image Search
Open image search, upload or paste a reference image, choose the global strategy, set a reasonable result count, and start searching.
9. What to Do After Results Appear
Preview candidate images, add useful ones to a collection, or export selected results for delivery.
Common Cases
- If the folder is empty, confirm the source folder contains supported files.
- If search is unavailable, check whether image search data was generated.
- If results are noisy, crop the reference image or search within a smaller folder.