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  <p>Geeqie provides a utility to find images that have similar attributes or content.</p>

  <p>To display a new Find Duplicates Window press D or select Find duplicates from the File menu.</p>

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  <h2>Adding files to be compared</h2>

  <p>Add files to be compared using drag and drop. Drop files or folders onto the Find Duplicates window to add them to the list of files to compare. When one or more folders are dropped onto the window a menu will appear allowing you to choose the desired action:</p>

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  <p>When files are added to the window, the comparison is restarted to include the new files.</p>

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  </p>

  <h2>Comparison methods</h2>

  <p>The attribute to use for two images to match can be selected with the &#8220;Compare by:&#8221; drop down menu. Each method is explained below:</p>

  <dl class="dialog_desc">

  <dt>Similarity (low)</dt><dd><p>Slightly similar image content.</p></dd>

  <dt>Similarity (custom)</dt><dd><p>Similar image content, the value to use to consider two images a match is configured in the <a href="options_advanced.html">Advanced tab</a> of the preferences dialog by setting the &#8220;Custom similarity threshold&#8221;.</p></dd>
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  <h2>Results list</h2>

  <p>Files that match with the selected comparison method will appear in the list. Matching files are grouped in alternating color.</p>

          <p>Creates a new collection containing the selected images.</p>
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          <p>Print</p>
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          <p>Menu</p>
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          <p>Displays the context menu.</p>
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          <p>Control + T</p>
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          <p><br />
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          <p>Toggle display of thumbnails.</p>
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          <p>Control + W</p>
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          <p><br />
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          <p>Close window.</p>
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  <p>The <b>selection</b> can be changed using the keyboard and mouse the same as in a <a href="main_window_file_pane.html">file pane</a> of the main window.</p>

  <p>The image Dimensions column of the result list will only contain dimension information when comparing by dimensions, or when the data is easily available from memory or has been read from the cache.</p>

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  <h2>Status bar</h2>

  <p>Along the bottom of the Find Duplicates window is an area that displays the count of files contained in the window, and the number of files in the result list.</p>

  <p>Stage 1 is only used for the Dimensions, Checksum, and Similarity compare methods.</p>

  <p>If the time to complete a stage will be significant, an estimated time to completion will also be displayed in the progress bar. The estimated time only refers to the current stage, other stages are not included in the estimate. The time estimate is displayed using the format MINUTES:SECONDS.</p>

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  <h2>Thumbnails</h2>

  <p>Thumbnails can be displayed beside each image in the result list by enabling the Thumbnails check box.</p>

  <p><br />
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  </p>

  <h2>Compare two file sets</h2>

  <p>Sometimes it is useful to compare one group of files to another, different group of files. Enable this check box to compare two groups of files. When enabled a second list will appear, files can be added to this list using the same methods for the main list.</p>

  <p>When comparing two file sets the results list will display matches between the two lists. For each match group, the first file is always from the main group, and the remaining files are always from the second group.</p>

  <p><br />
  <br />
  </p>

  <h2>Drag and Drop</h2>

  <p>Drag and drop can be initiated with the primary or middle mouse buttons. Dragging a file that is selected will include all selected files in the drag. Dragging a file that is not selected will first change the selection to the dragged file, and clear the previous selection.</p>

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  <p>Geeqie provides a utility to find images that have similar attributes or content.</p>

  <p>To display a new Find Duplicates Window press D or select Find duplicates from the File menu.</p>

  <h2>Adding files to be compared</h2>

  <p>Add files to be compared using drag and drop. Drop files or folders onto the Find Duplicates window to add them to the list of files to compare. When one or more folders are dropped onto the window a menu will appear allowing you to choose the desired action:</p>

  <p>

  </dl>
  </p>

  <p>When files are added to the window, the comparison is restarted to include the new files.</p>

  <h2>Comparison methods</h2>

  <p>The attribute to use for two images to match can be selected with the &#8220;Compare by:&#8221; drop down menu. Each method is explained below:</p>

  <dl class="dialog_desc">

  <dt>Similarity (low)</dt><dd><p>Slightly similar image content.</p></dd>

  <dt>Similarity (custom)</dt><dd><p>Similar image content, the value to use to consider two images a match is configured in the <a href="options_advanced.html">Advanced tab</a> of the preferences dialog by setting the &#8220;Custom similarity threshold&#8221;.</p></dd>
  </dl>

  <h2>Results list</h2>

  <p>Files that match with the selected comparison method will appear in the list. Matching files are grouped in alternating color.</p>

          <p>Creates a new collection containing the selected images.</p>
        </td>
      </tr>

      <tr>
        <td>&nbsp;</td>

        <td>
          <p>Print</p>
        </td>

      <tr>
        <td>
          <p>Menu</p>
        </td>

        <td>&nbsp;</td>

        <td>
          <p>Displays the context menu.</p>
        </td>
      </tr>

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        <td>
          <p>Control + T</p>
        </td>

        <td>&nbsp;</td>

        <td>
          <p>Toggle display of thumbnails.</p>
        </td>
      </tr>

      <tr>
        <td>
          <p>Control + W</p>
        </td>

        <td>&nbsp;</td>

        <td>
          <p>Close window.</p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      </tbody>
    </table>
  </div>

  <p>The <b>selection</b> can be changed using the keyboard and mouse the same as in a <a href="main_window_file_pane.html">file pane</a> of the main window.</p>

  <p>The image Dimensions column of the result list will only contain dimension information when comparing by dimensions, or when the data is easily available from memory or has been read from the cache.</p>

  <h2>Status bar</h2>

  <p>Along the bottom of the Find Duplicates window is an area that displays the count of files contained in the window, and the number of files in the result list.</p>

  <p>Stage 1 is only used for the Dimensions, Checksum, and Similarity compare methods.</p>

  <p>If the time to complete a stage will be significant, an estimated time to completion will also be displayed in the progress bar. The estimated time only refers to the current stage, other stages are not included in the estimate. The time estimate is displayed using the format MINUTES:SECONDS.</p>

  <h2>Thumbnails</h2>

  <p>Thumbnails can be displayed beside each image in the result list by enabling the Thumbnails check box.</p>

  <h2>Compare two file sets</h2>

  <p>Sometimes it is useful to compare one group of files to another, different group of files. Enable this check box to compare two groups of files. When enabled a second list will appear, files can be added to this list using the same methods for the main list.</p>

  <p>When comparing two file sets the results list will display matches between the two lists. For each match group, the first file is always from the main group, and the remaining files are always from the second group.</p>

  <h2>Drag and Drop</h2>

  <p>Drag and drop can be initiated with the primary or middle mouse buttons. Dragging a file that is selected will include all selected files in the drag. Dragging a file that is not selected will first change the selection to the dragged file, and clear the previous selection.</p>

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