PhotoScape is yet another addition to the club of comprehensive and user-friendly software solutions which allow users to play with images. It is one of those exclusive programs which appeal to the casual user as well as the geek alike. PhotoScape is a firm favorite due to its easy-to-use interface as well as the goodness it brings to the user.
Designed by MOOII Tech of South Korea, PhotoScape first saw the light of the day back in 2008. It has been the subject of numerous improvements as well as upgrades ever since and is available for both Windows and Mac platforms.
PhotoScape provides a whole range of extremely handy utilities to its users, some of which include Photo Batch Editor, GIF Animation, Color Picker, Face Finder and so on. These features have ensured PhotoScape continues to attract interest with every passing day.
However, one area where PhotoScape is found wanting is the ability to root out duplicate images. Since the whole task is related to images, the user ends up with a whole battalion of images on their computer. If the user hasn’t swept away duplicate images, there is every chance that there are duplicate images present in big numbers on the computer. How would the user feel when they find that a significant number of images they just batch processed within the last few hours turn out to be duplicated? What good the duplicates would be?
Let’s just switch to the solution without any further ado. There is a neat trick that can help get rid of any duplicate images in no time. The app’s name is PictureEcho, and it is designed for the kill.
The Solution
PictureEcho is all that you need to kill away duplicate images within minutes. This software is designed to sweep clean duplicates and kill them off in style. It is extremely conservative in occupying system resources, yet is super efficient in performing the intended task. Another plus point is that it comes with a super easy user interface, which means that the user shan’t be worried at all about getting lost in the various options and scan modes. The user interface facilitates a newbie to get the entire process, as well as the nitty gritty very soon.
PictureEcho supports scanning all the known image types for duplicates. So next time you come across a folder that contains a whole lot of images stashed on your computer’s hard drive, you can proceed to scan it for duplicate images right away without bothering about the image types (unless the images are raw).
- Download PictureEcho from its official website and execute the setup file to complete the installation.
- Launch PhotoScape from the desktop shortcut and click the Viewer tab.
- In the pane on the left, navigate to the folder(s) which contain images (and duplicates possibly).
- Now launch PictureEcho and click the Add Path button.
Adding up the scan location - Select a folder which contains duplicate images (refer to step # 3), and click OK to add it. Repeat this step until you’ve added all the folder(s) which you want to scan for duplicate images.
- On the further end of the PictureEcho header, select the Exact Match radio box and then click Start Search to launch the scan.
- The scan will spring into action and a progress bar will show it’s progress. Once it is over, PictureEcho will lay out all the duplicates in groups.
Scan progress - Now you can manually select the duplicates for further action by clicking the checkbox next to each image. Alternatively, you can click the Select Duplicates button and choose an option that appeals to you the most.
- The last step requires you to click the Select Action button and choose Permanent Delete.
- Now hover back to the left pane of PhotoScape user interface (step # 3), and you will notice a sizeable drop in the number of images there because the duplicates have just disappeared!
Note: You can also find about the duplicates deleted as well as the storage space recovered by clicking the History link in the footer of the PictureEcho user interface. Now you can view the relevant details for each scan separately.
Finally, if you’ve got any questions/observations/suggestions about PictureEcho, you can happily get in touch with the Support team. Have a good day folks!
