Visual Search Pony

Duplicate image search is a common problem in the modern world of terabyte hard drives and

unlimited Internet access. Many files virtually get buried within the informational depth of your

computer. Not a big surprise that many images, photos and pictures become duplicated over

time. Same images in different resolutions, picture formats, or a little bit modified find their

place on your hard drive making it really hard to find what you need among these countless

clones.

Visual Search Pony offers a simple yet effective solution to the duplicate images problem. This

all-terrain, all-wheel driven software toolbox discovers duplicate or just similar images using

the built-in technically advanced mechanisms. With it, the problem of eliminating low-quality

duplicates becomes solved in several clicks. Remarkably, the program automatically detects

the best images and marks all others for removal. By default Visual Search Pony prefers older

images to newer ones, and uncompressed or raw formats to JPG or GIF.

Locating doubles is fine, but Visual Search Pony also can search for modified copies using one

of two intellectual algorithms. The first one analyzes the color scheme of a picture and builds a

so called "color map". Using it, the program can detect duplicates of a sample image even if they

are rotated, scaled or pixelized. The second algorithm allows you to find similar pictures using

the contour of a sample: this way Visual Search Pony can unearth even those pictures that have

their colors changed.