Duplicate Finder That Will Find Duplicates of Single Photo?

Lin Evans · Jul 6, 2019

I'm looking for software which allows searching for duplicates of a SINGLE PHOTO. I don't want to find all the duplicate photos on my hard drive(s) - I have software which does that. I have thousands of duplicates scattered across multiple drives but I just want to find all the duplicates of a single photo.

Does anyone know of software which can do this?

Best regards,

Lin

wklee · Jul 6, 2019

There was a software I previously used called Clone Master. Not sure but it should work with Win 10. I am still on Win 7. Tried others but this one allows picking individual files with the contextual menu from Windows Explorer.

http://softbytelabs.com/wp/clonemaster/

Another way is to use something like Scooter Software’s Beyond Compare 4. You didn’t mention if the file names are identical or non identical?

https://www.scootersoftware.com/

Lin Evans · Jul 6, 2019

wklee said:
There was a software I previously used called Clone Master. Not sure but it should work with Win 10. I am still on Win 7. Tried others but this one allows picking individual files with the contextual menu from Windows Explorer.

http://softbytelabs.com/wp/clonemaster/

Another way is to use something like Scooter Software’s Beyond Compare 4. You didn’t mention if the file names are identical or non identical?

https://www.scootersoftware.com/

Thanks much - I'll see if I can find Clone Master - actually I want to use it on Win XP. The file names are different or I would just search Windows for the file name, so hopefully the program looks at similar images.

Best regards,

Lin

Lin Evans · Jul 6, 2019

wklee said:
There was a software I previously used called Clone Master. Not sure but it should work with Win 10. I am still on Win 7. Tried others but this one allows picking individual files with the contextual menu from Windows Explorer.

http://softbytelabs.com/wp/clonemaster/

Another way is to use something like Scooter Software’s Beyond Compare 4. You didn’t mention if the file names are identical or non identical?

https://www.scootersoftware.com/

I downloaded and installed Clone Master, but it has no provision for searching for a single file. It's a great duplicate finder, but I already have a couple of those that work well. What I need is to be able to search for a single image and find all instances of it only. Thanks for trying, but I deleted Clone Master because it's another duplicate finder which looks and catalogs all duplicates...

Best regards,

Lin

wklee · Jul 6, 2019

Lin Evans said:
wklee said:

There was a software I previously used called Clone Master. Not sure but it should work with Win 10. I am still on Win 7. Tried others but this one allows picking individual files with the contextual menu from Windows Explorer.

http://softbytelabs.com/wp/clonemaster/

Another way is to use something like Scooter Software’s Beyond Compare 4. You didn’t mention if the file names are identical or non identical?

https://www.scootersoftware.com/

Click to expand...

I downloaded and installed Clone Master, but it has no provision for searching for a single file. It's a great duplicate finder, but I already have a couple of those that work well. What I need is to be able to search for a single image and find all instances of it only. Thanks for trying, but I deleted Clone Master because it's another duplicate finder which looks and catalogs all duplicates...

Best regards,

Lin

It was about 5 to 6 years since I tried it. My memory is blurred.

wklee · Jul 7, 2019

The older threads here are 5 to 7 years old which won’t help with HEIC if you have dupe file in that format. I have not looked at this for at least 3 - 5 years. Good luck.

You can try looking at VSDIF, if you are keen.

gscotten · Jul 7, 2019

Lin Evans said:
I'm looking for software which allows searching for duplicates of a SINGLE PHOTO. I don't want to find all the duplicate photos on my hard drive(s) - I have software which does that. I have thousands of duplicates scattered across multiple drives but I just want to find all the duplicates of a single photo.

Does anyone know of software which can do this?

Best regards,

Lin

If you are using Windows, the built-in File Explorer will search for all copies of a given file name across all drives. Just click on"This PC" and type it into the search box. Granted, you may have multiple different images with the same name, but it should narrow it down enough to handle.

Lin Evans · Jul 7, 2019

wklee said:
The older threads here are 5 to 7 years old which won’t help with HEIC if you have dupe file in that format. I have not looked at this for at least 3 - 5 years. Good luck.

You can try looking at VSDIF, if you are keen.

Thanks wklee - VSDIF is perfect and allows a single file to be used. I may buy it even though it won't run on my XP system for some unknown reason. I have other systems with Win 7 pro and Win 8.1 and I can always copy the file I'm searching for to another drive connected to one of the systems which the program will run on. It looks like a very good product. The only drive I can't search is the internal C: drive on my XP but I'll use one of the other programs to search that drive.

Best regards,

Lin

Lin Evans · Jul 7, 2019

gscotten said:
Lin Evans said:

I'm looking for software which allows searching for duplicates of a SINGLE PHOTO. I don't want to find all the duplicate photos on my hard drive(s) - I have software which does that. I have thousands of duplicates scattered across multiple drives but I just want to find all the duplicates of a single photo.

Does anyone know of software which can do this?

Best regards,

Lin

Click to expand...

If you are using Windows, the built-in File Explorer will search for all copies of a given file name across all drives. Just click on"This PC" and type it into the search box. Granted, you may have multiple different images with the same name, but it should narrow it down enough to handle.

Hi George,

Thanks! Actually, I'm a programmer so I'm really familiar with the search facilities. The images I'm searching for have various file names. Some are tiff, some jpg and some PNG but all of the same subject so to find them over seven external drives, it has to be a program which searches by visual criterion.

I think I've found a solution with the help of the suggestion of WKLee to try Visual Similarity Duplicate Image Finder. It won't run on my XP (I just tried it) but I'll use it on a different system and I'll be able to check all my hard disks except the C: drive on the XP which I'll check with one of my other duplicate checking software programs.

Thanks though for the reply and suggestion.

Best regards,

Lin

Carey Brown · Jul 8, 2019

Lin Evans said:
gscotten said:

Lin Evans said:

I'm looking for software which allows searching for duplicates of a SINGLE PHOTO. I don't want to find all the duplicate photos on my hard drive(s) - I have software which does that. I have thousands of duplicates scattered across multiple drives but I just want to find all the duplicates of a single photo.

Does anyone know of software which can do this?

Best regards,

Lin

Click to expand...

If you are using Windows, the built-in File Explorer will search for all copies of a given file name across all drives. Just click on"This PC" and type it into the search box. Granted, you may have multiple different images with the same name, but it should narrow it down enough to handle.

Click to expand...

Hi George,

Thanks! Actually, I'm a programmer so I'm really familiar with the search facilities. The images I'm searching for have various file names. Some are tiff, some jpg and some PNG but all of the same subject so to find them over seven external drives, it has to be a program which searches by visual criterion.

I think I've found a solution with the help of the suggestion of WKLee to try Visual Similarity Duplicate Image Finder. It won't run on my XP (I just tried it) but I'll use it on a different system and I'll be able to check all my hard disks except the C: drive on the XP which I'll check with one of my other duplicate checking software programs.

Thanks though for the reply and suggestion.

Best regards,

Lin

If you're a programmer then you might look up the P-Hash (perceptual hash) algorithm for finding similar images. I put together a program based on that and built on top of a MySQL database. Works very well. I wrote it to cull similar photos but same approach could be used to organize similar images.

Lin Evans · Jul 8, 2019

Carey Brown said:
Lin Evans said:

gscotten said:

Lin Evans said:

I'm looking for software which allows searching for duplicates of a SINGLE PHOTO. I don't want to find all the duplicate photos on my hard drive(s) - I have software which does that. I have thousands of duplicates scattered across multiple drives but I just want to find all the duplicates of a single photo.

Does anyone know of software which can do this?

Best regards,

Lin

Click to expand...

If you are using Windows, the built-in File Explorer will search for all copies of a given file name across all drives. Just click on"This PC" and type it into the search box. Granted, you may have multiple different images with the same name, but it should narrow it down enough to handle.

Click to expand...

Hi George,

Thanks! Actually, I'm a programmer so I'm really familiar with the search facilities. The images I'm searching for have various file names. Some are tiff, some jpg and some PNG but all of the same subject so to find them over seven external drives, it has to be a program which searches by visual criterion.

I think I've found a solution with the help of the suggestion of WKLee to try Visual Similarity Duplicate Image Finder. It won't run on my XP (I just tried it) but I'll use it on a different system and I'll be able to check all my hard disks except the C: drive on the XP which I'll check with one of my other duplicate checking software programs.

Thanks though for the reply and suggestion.

Best regards,

Lin

Click to expand...

If you're a programmer then you might look up the P-Hash (perceptual hash) algorithm for finding similar images. I put together a program based on that and built on top of a MySQL database. Works very well. I wrote it to cull similar photos but same approach could be used to organize similar images.

Thanks Carey,

That's a good idea! Actually, VSDIF has the feature I was looking for in their Pro version which is reasonably priced. If I had the time I would sure give P-Hash a look, but the ease of having VSDIF to use has solved my issue. Thanks again for the suggestion !!

Best regards,

Lin

wklee · Jul 9, 2019

Time for me to look into it again. I really abandoned my efforts to keep things organized when I stopped photography. Also my PC has slowed down immensely. It is 1 decade old.

The new v7 of VSDIF also now supports HEIC files.

--
Never buy version 1.0 of anything.
Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've got
Till it's gone
They paved paradise
And put up a parking lot
Joni Mitchell's Big Yellow Taxi

Mfcrisis · Jul 10, 2019

Duplicate Cleaner - Find and remove duplicate files

Duplicate Cleaner: the fastest and most popular tool for finding duplicate files. Over 1 million downloads: Get your copy now! Free and Pro versions available.

www.digitalvolcano.co.uk

Works really well... there is a free version and a pro version (which I bought years ago). Also in the Windows app strobe. Finds all types of duplicates, including photos. Highly recommended!

Jim31500 · Jul 11, 2019

Just a heads-up, the free/evaluation VSDIF does not enable single image searches, if I tried it correctly

Lin Evans · Jul 11, 2019

Jim said:
Just a heads-up, the free/evaluation VSDIF does not enable single image searches, if I tried it correctly

Jim,

Neither does the paid version unless you buy the Pro or Corporate one.

Best regards,

Lin

Jim31500 · Jul 11, 2019

That's what I thought Lin....$40 min.

Have you tried VisiPics (free/donation) ? Seems to do the job.

Cheers,

Jim

Lin Evans · Jul 11, 2019

Jim said:
That's what I thought Lin....$40 min.

Have you tried VisiPics (free/donation) ? Seems to do the job.

Cheers,

Jim

Hi Jim,

Thanks for the link - I'll check it out. I didn't see anything about being able to search for a single image duplicate, but if that's a feature it's a good one.

Best regards,

Lin

Jim31500 · Jul 11, 2019

Lin, You might have to put the single image in a folder by itself, and include the batch folder in the similarity search.

Jim31500 · Jul 11, 2019

Another freeware proggie worth a try for similarity is Nils Maier's SimilarImages 2013.11

It works for me on a single image.

andyJ32 · Dec 23, 2020

Lin Evans said:
gscotten said:

Lin Evans said:

I'm looking for software which allows searching for duplicates of a SINGLE PHOTO. I don't want to find all the duplicate photos on my hard drive(s) - I have software which does that. I have thousands of duplicates scattered across multiple drives but I just want to find all the duplicates of a single photo.

Does anyone know of software which can do this?

Best regards,

Lin

Click to expand...

If you are using Windows, the built-in File Explorer will search for all copies of a given file name across all drives. Just click on"This PC" and type it into the search box. Granted, you may have multiple different images with the same name, but it should narrow it down enough to handle.

Click to expand...

Hi George,

Thanks! Actually, I'm a programmer so I'm really familiar with the search facilities. The images I'm searching for have various file names. Some are tiff, some jpg and some PNG but all of the same subject so to find them over seven external drives, it has to be a program which searches by visual criterion.

I think I've found a solution with the help of the suggestion of WKLee to try Visual Similarity Duplicate Image Finder. It won't run on my XP (I just tried it) but I'll use it on a different system and I'll be able to check all my hard disks except the C: drive on the XP which I'll check with one of my other duplicate checking software programs.

Thanks though for the reply and suggestion.

Best regards,

Lin

Thanks both to you and WKLee !!!!!

This tool is a killer...I do not know how I have missed it.

Version 8.0.0.1 support also Lightroom and performance and precision is stunning:

https://www.mindgems.com/article/find-similar-and-duplicate-photos-in-adobe-lightroom/

I looked for such tool in the past, but gave up as I did not find anything that produces acceptable results. I tried also the PHASH proposed in this thread, but it has so much false positives that it is more dangerous than useful.

Thank you for sharing...I'm back to deduplication as I have tons of images to remove

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