Finding duplicaed photos

[camerart]

Hi,
I have a folder of photos. Some have been cropped and put in separate folders, now I want to sort them out, and clear duplicates.
Is there a windows program that would find them please?
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[480sparky51 50]

Not if the original and the edited image have different filenames.

 

[TJMcG124 7]

There are some programs out there, some that just search for file names, some for metadata, some will use AI to compare the actual images. I would suggest you use a bot like ChatGPT or Google's Gemini and describe what you need in as much detail as possible, then tell it to recommend some programs for you. I had two, and neither worked very well; they made you look through thousands of files if you wanted to make sure something didn't get deleted that wasn't supposed to, and took forever to scan a large number of images.

 

[camerart]

There are some programs out there, some that just search for file names, some for metadata, some will use AI to compare the actual images. I would suggest you use a bot like ChatGPT or Google's Gemini and describe what you need in as much detail as possible, then tell it to recommend some programs for you. I had two, and neither worked very well; they made you look through thousands of files if you wanted to make sure something didn't get deleted that wasn't supposed to, and took forever to scan a large number of images.

Hi T,
I was wondering if AI could do it!
I've cropped some, and renamed them, so the only way is by recognition.
I can do it with a page of thumbnails, epecially if I can slide them into a 'done' folder. This may be best.
I'll see if anyone comes up with another suggestion, thanks.
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[smoke665]

Now you see why DB management using a top>down hierarchical tree is so important. Using a top>down structure: Master file>category >subcategory >subcategory >subcategory means that each time you click on a decending category your files are automatically sorted for you.

You might try reversing the haphazard structure using the search function in Google Photos: Edit, Organize, Search, and Backup Your Photos to separate similar/like images into new folders. That will make it easier to spot duplicates.

 

[camerart]

Now you see why DB management using a top>down hierarchical tree is so important. Using a top>down structure: Master file>category >subcategory >subcategory >subcategory means that each time you click on a decending category your files are automatically sorted for you.

You might try reversing the haphazard structure using the search function in Google Photos: Edit, Organize, Search, and Backup Your Photos to separate similar/like images into new folders. That will make it easier to spot duplicates.

Hi S,
4 years ago, I was careful to make a good filing system structure, and was processing the photos, by cropping and naming them. This was a slow process, then I was made redundant.
Now I've given them to an archive, and am trying to remember where I was in the process, so that they are left with just the processed photos.
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[Rickbb75 14]

Lightroom Classic just added an AI tool for this but I’ve not used it. They called culling.