Duplicate files

Steven Scates

• January 31, 2014 21:46

Hi, I have a catalog that has duplicate files or thumbnails. The find duplicates command says there are no duplicates, but they are the same photos with the same file number. How do I use the tool to eliminate duplicates?

Thanks, Steve

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  rmoorlag

  • February 01, 2014 22:03

  If you have imported two identical files that have different file paths, Media Pro does not recognize these as duplicate files, but as similar files. To locate these types of files, use the Show Similar command in the Find menu
  
  (Media Pro defines duplicate files as two or more items that reference the same file path. Missing files are catalog items whose stored file path doesn't correspond to an image because you may have moved, renamed, or deleted the original image.)

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  Steven Scates

  • February 01, 2014 23:01

  Hi and thanks for your help.mi tried the find similar files and it also missed them. Is there something that must be done first, like select all, that is needed for the command to work?
  
  Thanks again, Steve

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  rmoorlag

  • February 02, 2014 18:20

  1.Select the 'source' image you want to compare the others with.
  2. Choose 'Show Similar' from the Find menu
  3. And now you have some options. Try to experiment with it to find different results.
  When you choose a narrow matching this can take a long time. First try Loose and narrow it down.
  
  After each search some results are presented. At this moment you can not perform a new search. First 'reset' by (for example) selecting a label/rating/keyword (does not mather what) and and then deselecting.

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  Steven Scates

  • February 02, 2014 23:07

  Thank you and I will give it a try,
  
  Steve

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  philippe2

  • February 25, 2014 14:43

  Hi ,
  
  I have a problem with the function ..... Find/show similar
  I want to compare the name of my RAW file and the JPG for making an extraction , last week it works super !!!
  An Idea ?
  
  Phil

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