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License:
Free
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Downloads:
129,646
- Operating Systems:
Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 2000
- Additional Requirements:
Windows 2000/XP/2003 Server/Vista
- Limitations:
No limitations
- Date Added:
July 16, 2008
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Publisher's description of VisiPics
VisiPics does more than look for identical files. It applies five image comparison filters in order to measure how close pairs of images on the hard drive are. It will detect two different resolution files of the same picture as a duplicate, or the same picture saved in different formats, or duplicates where only minor cosmetic changes have taken place. All detected duplicates are shown side by side with pertinent information like file name, type and size displayed. Uses Hyperthreading or Multi-processors systems. Highly efficient results with adjustable similarity levels. Easy to use interface, preview your duplicates easily and pick the ones to delete with a simple click. Starts to display the results while scanning, you don't have to wait to delete your duplicates.
Version 1.3 includes load photographic RAW formats, detect rotations, new true multi-lingual, and other goodies and fixes.
Editor's review of VisiPics
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- "Duplicate picture finder"
- Reviewed on: June 1, 2009
- Version reviewed: VisiPics 1.3
Duplicate photos take up an incredible amount of unnecessary space on hard drives. However, many people leave them for fear of erasing an original. VisiPics is an innovative way to find these duplicates and safely know you are erasing the space-wasters.
This free program has a tangled interface that will take some experimenting to get used to. But once understood, it works fairly smoothly. Along the top are drop-down menus for files, actions, tools, and options, and all look fairly standard. Below, is a file tree and the meat of the program. Here, you will find an empty box with arrows and plus/minus signs along the sides, and buttons for applying picture filters. Searching for duplicates involves selecting a file from the tree and hitting the Play button. It successfully found duplicate files on our computer. Users can adjust how strict the program searches, as well as by size and file type. Any found duplicates appear side-by-side and can be easily deleted.
While we were initially turned off by the complexity of getting VisiPics moving, we were impressed enough with the results to say that this is a worthy download for anyone trying to create some space on their computer.
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User reviews
- Average user rating: 4.3 stars out of 53 votes
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: VisiPics 1.3
"Make sense out of huge image collections!"
Pros: This one may have a few rough edges, but it blows away any other free image duplicate finder software I've seen, and it gives commercial software a run for its money.
You don't just get a list of matching files -- you get useful tools to compare images flagged for duplication, and then you can ignore any that you know you want to keep. It's got great features and I use it regularly. :)
Cons: There is no warning that earlier version databases are now useless (it won't even load or convert 1.2x format databases), so plan on taking awhile to go through and reselect ALL your ignore settings for similar images in your collection(s). (sigh)
Still, I'm glad that Mr. FOUET continues to work on the software. When I can afford to I intend to send a donation to help out and show my appreciation.
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1 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Version: VisiPics 1.3
"Nice, Nice,Nice...... But...."
Pros: it finds all pictures you might have, shows them grouped together after which you can select to delete them or move them to other places... It runs from parent directories so no need to copy them over first.
Cons: I REALLY miss a maquee function so you can select rows of pictures to delete (or holding CTRL or shift to make multiple selections). I updated/cleaned out my whole digital photo library and deleted more then 10.000 doubles. Each and everyone needed to be select individually, which was really a pain in the lowerparts. I really don't understand why this isn't a possability since it's a very basic tool what has been implemented in the Windows operating system so I rather think it has been left out for some strange reason......
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Version: VisiPics 1.3
"A great program, made less effective from minor things"
Pros: I have 150,000 plus images from 80+ countries, all haphazardly filed through sloth and procrastination. This program should save my life!
Cons: 1] What do colored circles sometimes showing up on an image mean? 2] Being able to get large preview of one image is immensely helpful. MUCH more useful would be to have separate, overlaying, movable previews of all similar images in a given line.
Summary: Get it; put up with it, have faith in its evolution!
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0 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: VisiPics 1.3
Pros: i recently dl'd this awesome app but was bummed when a-squared picked up that visipics.exe is a "Trojan" sadly after only 2 days from reformatting my rig..uh!!.now im usually good with a2's fp's but i cant find any info on if this is a real "Trojan"
Cons: or just a a2 fp digg'n this soft big time but had to remove just for safety but would like to use this so if anyone would be cool enough to inform me of what,why and how to keep this app i would be very appreciative ! big time! thank people!
Summary: this prog is ill and does what it says very well but i myself and i assume others would like some info on fp's and other issues.. but in general the soft is good as gold minus the "Trojan"
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Version: VisiPics 1.3
Pros: The help section got me going very quickly. The simplicity of the utility is wonderful. I am always impressed with how quickly it finds duplicates.
Cons: Took me a minute to figure out that the green dot indicated which of the duplicate photos would survive. Otherwise, no cons.
Summary: I am consistently impressed by VisiPics
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