Auto-compare pictures?

Is there a standalone program that can read in multiple picture files
and determine if they are the same thing or close to each other? There's
an online website that does something like this called, TinEye, but it
only compares online pictures to other online pictures, I'd like
something similar to compare local pictures on my on machine! This is
more than just comparing filesizes and CRC's, this actually seems know
how to visually compare the pictures.

Yousuf Khan

On Tue, 05 Apr 2011 15:20:08 -0400, Yousuf Khan wrote:

> Is there a standalone program that can read in multiple picture files
> and determine if they are the same thing or close to each other? There's
> an online website that does something like this called, TinEye, but it
> only compares online pictures to other online pictures, I'd like
> something similar to compare local pictures on my on machine! This is
> more than just comparing filesizes and CRC's, this actually seems know
> how to visually compare the pictures.
>
> Yousuf Khan

Since your question is hardly win7 specific, I'd suggest you try a couple
of the photography groups - alt.photography or rec.photo.digital should
get you some answers.

On Tue, 05 Apr 2011 15:20:08 -0400, Yousuf Khan
<> wrote:

>Is there a standalone program that can read in multiple picture files
>and determine if they are the same thing or close to each other? There's
>an online website that does something like this called, TinEye, but it
>only compares online pictures to other online pictures, I'd like
>something similar to compare local pictures on my on machine! This is
>more than just comparing filesizes and CRC's, this actually seems know
>how to visually compare the pictures.


I haven't used this myself, but it claims to do what you want and has
a free trial.

<http://www.imagecomparer.com/>


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Char Jackson

Yousuf Khan <> wrote in
news:4d9b6b6b$:

> Is there a standalone program that can read in multiple picture files
> and determine if they are the same thing or close to each other?
> There's an online website that does something like this called,
> TinEye, but it only compares online pictures to other online
> pictures, I'd like something similar to compare local pictures on my
> on machine! This is more than just comparing filesizes and CRC's,
> this actually seems know how to visually compare the pictures.
>
> Yousuf Khan

You might want to look at a general-purpose "duplicate file finder" -type
program. They can handle pictures, music or whatever, but they only work
if the file contents are byte-for-byte identical.
<http://www.techsupportalert.com/best-free-duplicate-file-detector.htm>

On Tue, 05 Apr 2011 15:20:08 -0400, Yousuf Khan wrote:

> Is there a standalone program that can read in multiple picture files
> and determine if they are the same thing or close to each other? There's
> an online website that does something like this called, TinEye, but it
> only compares online pictures to other online pictures, I'd like
> something similar to compare local pictures on my on machine! This is
> more than just comparing filesizes and CRC's, this actually seems know
> how to visually compare the pictures.
>
> Yousuf Khan

Search for a program called "deduper".
It compares images regardless of size.
It is quite old so I don't know if it will work on windows 7 64 bit or not.

"Yousuf Khan" wrote in message news:4d9b6b6b$...

Is there a standalone program that can read in multiple picture files
and determine if they are the same thing or close to each other? There's
an online website that does something like this called, TinEye, but it
only compares online pictures to other online pictures, I'd like
something similar to compare local pictures on my on machine! This is
more than just comparing filesizes and CRC's, this actually seems know
how to visually compare the pictures.

Yousuf Khan

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I use Duplicate Cleaner. It's free! And it checks any type of file for an
exact copy. You can choose a specific directory to search, or even groups of
directories, and it list ALL the identical files in the chosen directories.
It will then delete any or all of the duplicates found (user defined), and
will remove any empty folders it leaves behind when it's finished. Very good
program.

http://www.digitalvolcano.co.uk/cont...licate-cleaner

jim

On Tue, 5 Apr 2011 23:22:38 +0100, "jbm" <> wrote:

>"Yousuf Khan" wrote in message news:4d9b6b6b$...
>
>Is there a standalone program that can read in multiple picture files
>and determine if they are the same thing or close to each other? There's
>an online website that does something like this called, TinEye, but it
>only compares online pictures to other online pictures, I'd like
>something similar to compare local pictures on my on machine! This is
>more than just comparing filesizes and CRC's, this actually seems know
>how to visually compare the pictures.
>
>Yousuf Khan
>
>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>I use Duplicate Cleaner. It's free! And it checks any type of file for an
>exact copy. You can choose a specific directory to search, or even groups of
>directories, and it list ALL the identical files in the chosen directories.
>It will then delete any or all of the duplicates found (user defined), and
>will remove any empty folders it leaves behind when it's finished. Very good
>program.
>
>http://www.digitalvolcano.co.uk/cont...licate-cleaner

He said he'd like a program that identifies pictures that look alike,
not just pictures that are identical.

By the way, your newsreader is a total failure when it comes to
quoting and attribution.

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Char Jackson

On 05/04/2011 4:11 PM, Mark Blain wrote:
> You might want to look at a general-purpose "duplicate file finder" -type
> program. They can handle pictures, music or whatever, but they only work
> if the file contents are byte-for-byte identical.
> <http://www.techsupportalert.com/best-free-duplicate-file-detector.htm>

Yeah, no, I already have those types of utilities. I'm looking for
something that finds duplicates based on the content of the photos, e.g.
resized, cropped, retouched photos.

Yousuf Khan

On 05/04/2011 3:55 PM, Char Jackson wrote:
> I haven't used this myself, but it claims to do what you want and has
> a free trial.
>
> <http://www.imagecomparer.com/>

Hmm, thanks, this looks like it'll work by its description. I'll see
what it can actually do.

Yousuf Khan

On Tue, 05 Apr 2011 19:23:31 -0400, Yousuf Khan
<> wrote:

>On 05/04/2011 3:55 PM, Char Jackson wrote:
>> I haven't used this myself, but it claims to do what you want and has
>> a free trial.
>>
>> <http://www.imagecomparer.com/>
>
>Hmm, thanks, this looks like it'll work by its description. I'll see
>what it can actually do.
>

Would you mind coming back after you've played with it to let us know
how well it works? If it does what it claims, I'm sure others would
benefit from it, including myself.

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Char Jackson