Finding Duplicate Photos - Organize Images Easily - Save Valuable Disk Space
A popular duplicate photo finder - Visual Similarity Duplicate Images Finder or VSDIF for short, has been placed first in a recent series of tests conducted by a local analyst firm to rate the leading products in the duplication detection field.
More than six different tests were performed to find out the best software in the market for detecting duplicate images from a large database. Some of them include speed, accuracy, resource utilization and format support.
The first test to be conducted was the format support test. Many of the applications failed in this test, as they required the input to be in certain specific formats like BMP or JPEG. VSDIF managed to support most of the image format standards followed these days, apart from handling some obscure formats too. It won in this category without competition. This result also means that VSDIF can work at different color schemes, depth and aspect ratios.
This duplicate photo finder supports all popular photo formats (100+ types including Photoshop/Lightbox PSD) and more than 300 RAW camera photo formats.
More than six different tests were performed to find out the best software in the market for detecting duplicate images from a large database. Some of them include speed, accuracy, resource utilization and format support.
The first test to be conducted was the format support test. Many of the applications failed in this test, as they required the input to be in certain specific formats like BMP or JPEG. VSDIF managed to support most of the image format standards followed these days, apart from handling some obscure formats too. It won in this category without competition. This result also means that VSDIF can work at different color schemes, depth and aspect ratios.
This duplicate photo finder supports all popular photo formats (100+ types including Photoshop/Lightbox PSD) and more than 300 RAW camera photo formats.
Supported OS: Windows 8 / Windows 7 / Windows Vista/Windows XP / Windows 98 including x86 and x64 32 bit and 64 bit operating systems.
Supported server OS: Windows Server 2003 / Home Server / Server 2008 / EBS 2008 / HPC Server 2008 / Server 2008 R2 / Home Server 2011 / Server 2012 / MultiPoint Server / Small Business Server
Supported server OS: Windows Server 2003 / Home Server / Server 2008 / EBS 2008 / HPC Server 2008 / Server 2008 R2 / Home Server 2011 / Server 2012 / MultiPoint Server / Small Business Server
Duplicate Photo Finder Accuracy
The next important aspect of image duplication detection products that was tested was accuracy. Some of the tools did not find any similarities between photos that were flipped or rotated. VSDIF compares images by using advanced algorithms that can make all the difference when it comes to problems like these. Most of the applications also raised quite a few false positives to images that were placed to confuse specific algorithms. VSDIF managed to jump past this hurdle by using a series of image manipulation algorithms in combination to overcome individual problems.
Find Similar Photos Faster - Performance
For any software, speed is an important factor, as time saved is time earned. When it comes to finding exact duplicates, VSDIF was the quickest. It assigned each image a hash checksum based on its pixels, thus giving each of the images a unique value. By comparing these values, duplicate images can be easily spotted. Most of the products used the naive approach of comparing pixel by pixel, which is an inefficient approach if there are a large number of images. When it came to finding ‘similar’ images, some of the competing products were as fast as VSDIF, but none managed to be just as comprehensive. VSDIF’s advanced optimization algorithms and efficient implementation makes the software very system friendly. It demands only a modest system, while many rival tools need high end workstations.
About Duplicate File Finders
VSDIF is an established product on the duplicate detection market. It tries to emulate the ‘human’ approach to find the similar images. It can scan specified folders and subfolders for duplicate detection. It also takes care of rotated or flipped images. It is color agnostic, it can find similar images even if they were applied to different colored filters. It has extensive options that let the user fine tune the working of the software. The Pro & Corporate versions available for nominal costs provide ever better speed and accuracy than the basic version. It is used extensively in the medical field for duplication detection in medical imaging systems, as it supports DICOM, a medical imaging storing standard natively.
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MindGems is a leading software firm that has many products tool Folder Size, Visual Similarity Duplicate Image Finder and Fast Duplicate File Finder , Duplicate Music Finder, that are well known for their well designed, accurate approaches to tackle their respective problems successfully.