Image search utility
Discussion
Over the years I've drawn 1000s of figures for a client. They often come back with a lousy screen grab saying 'can we use this one again with these changes' So my hunt begins.
Is there a PC utility that'll do this chore for me? Like Google image search can, but just pointing at a folder filled with JPGs etc
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Is there a PC utility that'll do this chore for me? Like Google image search can, but just pointing at a folder filled with JPGs etc
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Even if google categorised your images somehow they would possibly only show up in a search for 'stick man' for example.
Maybe if it's got text in it what you need is some kind of OCR that you can load them all in to or through and either search from within the OCR or dump the text out somehow.
Maybe if it's got text in it what you need is some kind of OCR that you can load them all in to or through and either search from within the OCR or dump the text out somehow.
You might get somewhere with a tool like Similar Image Finder ( http://www.similarimagefinder.com/) provided the nature of your images means there's sufficient visual differences between them for an automated system to be in with a chance of telling them apart whilst also allowing it to realise that a screengrabbed copy of one image is likely to be the same as the original quality source image... I used SIF years ago and found it to be pretty good when dealing with the same image that'd been resized, had bits cropped off/borders added, logos overlaid in corners etc, so if might get you started and, if nothing else, it might at least help you to perform the initial cull of images that definitely aren't a match, leaving you with far fewer ones you then need to check manually.
I've also used the free version of Duplicate Cleaner ( http://www.duplicatecleaner.com/) which only provides exact matching, however the paid-for version unlocks a bunch of additional features that let it perform similar image matching - if you find that SIF doesn't work well enough, you might want to try the trial verison of DC to see if that performs any better.
I've also used the free version of Duplicate Cleaner ( http://www.duplicatecleaner.com/) which only provides exact matching, however the paid-for version unlocks a bunch of additional features that let it perform similar image matching - if you find that SIF doesn't work well enough, you might want to try the trial verison of DC to see if that performs any better.
twister said:
You might get somewhere with a tool like Similar Image Finder ( http://www.similarimagefinder.com/) provided the nature of your images means there's sufficient visual differences between them for an automated system to be in with a chance of telling them apart whilst also allowing it to realise that a screengrabbed copy of one image is likely to be the same as the original quality source image... I used SIF years ago and found it to be pretty good when dealing with the same image that'd been resized, had bits cropped off/borders added, logos overlaid in corners etc, so if might get you started and, if nothing else, it might at least help you to perform the initial cull of images that definitely aren't a match, leaving you with far fewer ones you then need to check manually.
I've also used the free version of Duplicate Cleaner ( http://www.duplicatecleaner.com/) which only provides exact matching, however the paid-for version unlocks a bunch of additional features that let it perform similar image matching - if you find that SIF doesn't work well enough, you might want to try the trial verison of DC to see if that performs any better.
Cheers Twister will give them a try. Just had a go with ImgSeek which crashed every 30 secs.. shame looked good. I've also used the free version of Duplicate Cleaner ( http://www.duplicatecleaner.com/) which only provides exact matching, however the paid-for version unlocks a bunch of additional features that let it perform similar image matching - if you find that SIF doesn't work well enough, you might want to try the trial verison of DC to see if that performs any better.
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