Picseta

What is Picseta?

Picseta is a web tool that generates stock photo metadata—titles, descriptions, and keywords—tailored for Shutterstock and other photo marketplaces. It’s designed to help contributors reduce the time spent writing metadata by producing drafts in bulk and letting you review and edit before publishing.

Beyond one-at-a-time prompts, Picseta focuses on a workflow for uploaded photo sets: generate metadata for multiple images in a batch, adjust what you want, and then copy or export the results for use in your marketplace upload process.

Key Features

• Batch generation from uploads: Upload a single image or a full batch to generate metadata for many photos in one workflow, instead of repeating prompts per file.
• Marketplace-tuned metadata: Produces titles, descriptions, and keywords intended for Shutterstock and other marketplaces.
• Review and edit before publishing: Lets you review and adjust titles, descriptions, and keywords prior to copying or export so you can correct or refine what was generated.
• Keywords editor for refinement: Provides a place to refine keywords before you publish each image’s metadata.
• CSV export for bulk workflows: Export metadata as a CSV for bulk handling in other tools and workflows (including Adobe Stock workflows, per the site).
• Chrome extension (included on Starter): Autofills titles, descriptions, and keywords directly on Shutterstock contributor pages, reducing copy-paste and tab switching.

How to Use Picseta

1. Upload your photos: Drop one image or upload a batch from your latest stock shoot.
2. Generate metadata: Use Picseta to generate titles, descriptions, and keywords tuned for marketplaces.
3. Review and refine: Edit the generated fields—especially keywords—so they match your preferences before you submit.
4. Copy or export: Copy clean metadata for use in your upload flow, or export all rows as a CSV for bulk processing.
5. Use the Chrome extension (Starter): When submitting to Shutterstock, use the extension to autofill the generated metadata on the contributor upload pages.

Use Cases

• After a stock photoshoot (batch metadata creation): Upload multiple images from a shoot and generate metadata for all of them in a single pass to speed up your workflow.
• Preparing Shutterstock uploads with autofill: Generate metadata, then use the Chrome extension to autofill titles, descriptions, and keywords directly on Shutterstock contributor pages.
• Curating keyword sets before publishing: Use the keywords editor to refine or correct keywords for individual images before copying or exporting.
• Using a CSV-based workflow across marketplaces: Export generated metadata as CSV to integrate with your existing bulk upload or asset-management process.
• Producing consistent metadata drafts for a series: For a set of related images, use batch generation and then quickly review and adjust output across rows rather than writing metadata from scratch.

FAQ

Can I try Picseta before paying? Yes. Every new account includes 10 free lifetime generations with no credit card required.

What does Starter include? Starter includes 500 AI metadata generations per month.

Is batch upload supported? Yes. You can upload multiple photos and generate metadata in one workflow.

Can I edit metadata before exporting? Yes. You can review and adjust titles, descriptions, and keywords before copying or exporting.

Does Picseta store my original photos at full resolution? No. Uploaded images are resized before storage—thumbnails to 400 px and working copies to 1080 px on the longest side. Full-resolution files are not retained.

Alternatives

• Stock contributor metadata tools (manual or template-based): For contributors who prefer writing metadata themselves or using fixed templates; typically involves more manual work but avoids AI-generated drafts.
• General-purpose AI writing assistants: Tools that generate titles/descriptions/keywords from prompts. Compared with Picseta, they may require more manual formatting and less marketplace-specific workflow support.
• Bulk CSV preparation tools for marketplaces: Solutions focused on importing/exporting bulk asset metadata via CSV. They may not generate metadata themselves, but can fit teams that already have their own metadata writing process.
• Browser autofill helpers for web forms: Tools that speed up entering content on websites. These can reduce copy-paste but usually don’t generate metadata tailored to stock marketplaces.