Nowadays due to the popularity of smartphones and DSLR camera, many people are so keen to capture the beauty of nature, and their daily lives. Websites like Instagram, Snapchat etc encourage them to engage in snapping every moment of their lives and share it with their friends/ followers easily.
Modern computers and smartphones are capable of processing a really big number of photos in a matter of seconds, and upload them to the Internet; hence many users only have to put in little effort to complete the entire process. However, as usual, the pesky similar photos can hinder the user experience, especially if they are really huge in numbers. This can be a nightmare, more so because not many software solutions are available that facilitate scanning for visually similar photos. This guide demonstrates how to weed out visually similar photos with ease from your computer.
Solution
Photos can be edited with a number of image processing applications with ease. Some of the image processing applications are ACDSee Photo Studio, Adobe Lightroom, Adobe Photoshop, GIMP, PhotoScape etc. A single photo can be edited in many ways, such as using a filter, adjusting its brightness and contrast, balance and so on. If a photo is edited by a professional editor numerous times during the editing process, there is every likelihood that numerous copies will be created and will be scattered around the computer. This can be very problematic as it means precious hard drive space is wasted for no good, and a lot of time is wasted in tracking the required photo.
We recommend PictureEcho for removing visually similar photos. This software program has the ability to lookout amongst tons of images with a perfect degree of accuracy while scanning for similar as well as duplicate photos.
- Download PictureEcho from its website and install it.
- Launch the software and locate the Add Path button. This button allows you to add as many folders/ drives which you want to scan for similar/ duplicate images.
- In the next step, select the radio box for Similar Match and finally click the Show preview checkbox before you click Start Search to kickstart the scan.
Select the radio box for Similar Match - Once the scan is over, PictureEcho will bring the results in its user interface. The photos will be grouped with their visually similar copies and will also be providing handy information relating to each photo. The footer also provides valuable info, including Wasted Space, which implies how much space can be recovered if the detected similar photos are removed from the computer.
Scan summary can be viewed in the footer - Click the Select Duplicates button and select the one that suits you the best from the several options that are available. You will also notice that selecting the option results in all the irrelevant images being highlighted in green in the results section.
- Finally, click the Select Action button to choose an option of your choice, Permanent Delete kills the target photos for good, whereas Move to Folder allows the user to back up the photos to a different location.
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Raza Ali Kazmi works as an editor and technology content writer at Sorcim Technologies (Pvt) Ltd. He loves to pen down articles on a wide array of technology related topics and has also been diligently testing software solutions on Windows & Mac platforms. If you have any question about the content, you can message me or the company's support team.