> I'm trying to clean up my duplicate images. I have TP8 scan a tree for Similar Images and it works great in identifying them, all 5000 of them, even puts a = sign on the duplicates.
>
> Is there a way to
select all duplicates or
tag all duplicates so I can delete/move them?
>
> Thanks
> Adnan
Hello Adnan!
When you sort a set of images by similarity, you might see 2 different signs beetwen adjacent thumbnails:
? (double tilde)
= (equal sign)
Case 1:
A "?" between 2 thumbnails means images are similar but not identical.
Case 2:
A "=" between 2 thumbnails, means images are not similar, images are identical because the computer file also is identical (MD5 are the exact same)
In Case 1 an automatic deletion would probably delete some files that you would like to keep and leave similar ones you would like to delete. I wouldn't try to delete identical files automatically using TP
In Case 2, it s not a similarity issue, you can find high quality free software to eliminate duplicate files, and you don't lose the image by eliminating any of the dupes, because they have exact copies of each other.
here is an example of a good free duplicate finder/elimination tool:
[link=
http://www.digitalvolcano.co.uk/content/duplicate-cleaner]Duplicate Cleaner[/link]
Best regards,
Berni