How to find duplicate images on Digikam!

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Feb 17, 2011

“At the momemt im unlocking digiKam’s features one by one and as
im doing it i woud like to share them with you.

“Here is how to filter and locate duplicate images and look
alikes on your library. If you are like me and if you have a huge
amounts of pictures in your database then this feature is
definitely worth it. However in order to use them you need to do
something first. I tried and tried to find duplicates but couldnt
do it due to this.

“First go to tools on digikams tools bar and from there go to
“rebuild fingerprints”, just like the thumbnail generating option
that i wrote last night this has two options.”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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