Duplicates

[frlindla]

See my attachment. I Guess it is safe to delete 1960 (1) and 1960 (2) here?

When there is just one photo in the result window, does that mean that it`s one duplicate even though there is no (1) behind the filename?

I Guess I am just afraid to delete in one go..... (crtl+A after the duplicate search and then press delete)

[frlindla]

Here is an other example. As you can see, it is the same photo just With the -2 behind in the filename. But different date and time! There are several duplicates that also have the same date and time (06.07.2017 22.49).

Can something happen when I use DxO? In DxO a processed photo is saved as jpg in the same location as the original photo...

[Mario]

The first screen shot looks like a Result Window, after you did some kind of search?

The image at the top is the original image used for your search, and the two images in the result row are what your search has found.
I cannot tell if you can delete these files. If you are looking for binary duplicates, these two matches would be real duplicates of the original. If you used another search, these two files may look the same, but may contain different metadata...

Tip: Use the File Window tip (point them mouse at the upper right corner to see detailed information about each image.

The (1) and (2) behind the file name are usually added when you duplicate files in Windows Explorer.
IMatch appends -1, -2, ... when you press Ctr+C, Ctrl+V in a File Window to duplicate a file.

I cannot tell you what DxO is doing, this depends totally on how you use it.

[jch2103]

Did you create a version of the image in DXO? When you do so, DxO adds a number at the end of the name. I'm not at my computer to confirm details.

[frlindla]

The first screen shot looks like a Result Window, after you did some kind of search?

The image at the top is the original image used for your search, and the two images in the result row are what your search has found.
I cannot tell if you can delete these files. If you are looking for binary duplicates, these two matches would be real duplicates of the original. If you used another search, these two files may look the same, but may contain different metadata...

Tip: Use the File Window tip (point them mouse at the upper right corner to see detailed information about each image.

The (1) and (2) behind the file name are usually added when you duplicate files in Windows Explorer.
IMatch appends -1, -2, ... when you press Ctr+C, Ctrl+V in a File Window to duplicate a file.

I cannot tell you what DxO is doing, this depends totally on how you use it.

Yes, the first file (Duplicates) shows a result window after a search. I used the search function for duplicates in Imatch (Ctrl+M,D). If they look the same, aren`t they duplicates then? They may have different metadata, but since they look the same (original and photos in Result window), that must mean that there are two photos too much in that case??

The second attachment (Duplicates2), I have set Imatch to sort my photos by "custom". In the filewindow these two photos then come side by side. The photo "IMG_0280 is stacked With a dng-file and a jpg-file. This photo has the right date and time. But the photo "IMG_0280-2" has a wrong date and time.

What I think is that IMG_0280-2 is a duplicate that I don`t need. Perhaps I have duplicated the file myself 06.07.2017?

In DxO I process the raw-file and save the final result as a jpg-file in the same location as the raw. So I don`t create a Version there. In Imatch I have set it to stack these two files. I can`t see that this process creates duplicates?

When I have finished a photo shoot, I copy the photos from a card Reader and paste them into the right folders in the database. I can`t see that this process should create duplicates?

[Mario]

When you search for binary duplicates (you did not tell us so we had to guess) the matches are binary duplicates (real dupes).

A custom sort sorts the file by the order in which you arrange them.
If you have not manually arranged the files, the order is based on the Default sort preset.

If the two files have different dates, they have different metadata or were created at different times.
You have to look at the files yourself (check the size, metadata etc.) to decide whether or not you can delete them.
IMatch can only show what you've got and then let you decide.

If you have a workflow that spreads duplicate files in your folders, I would recommend to improve it.

[frlindla]

My problem is that I don`t know exactly what in my workflow that creates duplicates...

So I Wonder: Have anyone experienced situations like this or other situations that created duplicates?