Latest news:
31 Aug 2002:
The version 1.4 has been released (the official release).
Added the concept "User-defined list of unlike images in the gallery".
If the program marks some pair (or group) of images as similar ones
and displays them in the list of duplicates (as they satisfy to the
given criterion of similarity), but yours personal visual perception
of this pair/group says to you that this is not the case and the images
have nothing in common with each other, you can forcedly mark them as
UNLIKE images. It also can be made if you do not want to delete any
from the duplicates (for whatever reasons). The program will not display
the marked images in the list of the duplicates at the following procedures
of search. If a certain third image similar to one of presented in the
list of unlike images would be found, the program will display only
one image from the group of unlike ones in the pane of duplicates, having
marked it by a green arrow (clicking on this arrow allows to thumb through
the group). The operations with such "pseudo-groups" are limited!
Addition of new pairs in the list of unlike images is accomplished directly
from the window for comparison of two images (the button with sign of
unequality between names of the images). It is possible to look through
and to edit the list of "not duplicates" as well as the list of duplicates.
The used operations for the list of unlike images are limited to comparison,
viewing, and removal from the list. The appropriate menu items ("View"
of the main menu) and tool buttons (three buttons with glasses) have
been added for switching between various modes of viewing:
1. Files of the gallery,
2. List of found duplicates,
3. User-defined list of unlike images.
Added the options to store the result of last search of the duplicates
and the user list of "not duplicates" in gallery files. The gallery
file format has been slightly changed correspondingly, and the old versions
of ImageDupeless (up to 1.3 inclusive) cannot read gallery files created
by the new ones (1.4BETA and higher). The given options are called "Store
list of duplicates in gallery files" and "Store user list
of unlike images in gallery files".
Added the very useful option to compare images from two already generated
galleries (see the menu item "Tools/Compare with new images", then select
"another gallery file (*.glr)"). At that there is no repeated reading
of the images. The given option works only in the registered version.
Added the possibility to change size of the window for comparison of
two images and to maximize it.
Added the buttons for renaming/moving image files in the window for
comparison of two images (the buttons with the inscription "Abc" located
near the buttons for removal of images). It is possible to select a
new file name and path in the special dialog for renaming/moving image
files. At that, there is a possibility to set quickly names and directories
of the current files in the window for comparison and the given settings
will be stored for the following sessions. There is a possibility to
add easily an index to the file name (if a file with such name is already
exists and you do not want to replace it). Thumbnails for source (renamed)
and target (if exists) files are optionally displayed in the dialog.
Besides, if these files are binary equal, sign of equality will be displayed
between the thumbnails.
Added the buttons to mark the images displayed in the window for comparison
of two images for following deletion (small rectangles under the deletion buttons).
The marks will be updated in the left pane of the main window (red ticks in the top
left corner of thumbnails) after the window for comparison has been closed.
Please, select the menu item "Delete selected images" to delete the marked images.
Changed appearance and location of the element displaying quality of
compared images in the window for comparison of two images. There are
three parameters of quality:
1. Area of the image,
2. Size of its file,
3. Relation of the file size to the image area.
The vertical blue bar is located between the buttons for removal of
images. If compared parameters are equal, the sign '=' will be drawn
on the bar on the place appropriate to the parameter. If some image
has better value of a parameter, the sign '+' will be drawn near the
bar on the side appropriate to the image. At that, distance between
the sign and the bar ... If the image files are binary equal, the big
red sign '=' is displayed instead of this element. The numerical value
of a level of difference for compared images is located now under the
given element.
Appearance of the bottom part of the window for comparison of two images:

Added some hot keys to raise efficiency of work in the window for
comparison of two images:
"R/V" - passes to the previous/next pair of images;
"F" - adds the current pair of images into the user-defined list of unlike ones;
"D/G" - deletes left/right image;
"C/B" - marks left/right image for following deletion.
Added the progress bar of removal and the cancel button to interrupt
the process (but not to restore already deleted files, so do not forget
to set the option "Put deleted files in Recycle Bin") in the dialog
for removal of marked images.
In the dialog with the list of the files marked for removal double
clicking the left mouse button on a file name now starts a program for
detailed viewing the appropriate image (as well as in all the other
lists).
Added displaying the warning that it is desirable to turn off the option
"Store thumbnails in gallery files" for saving of time and
memory when size of the gallery is more than 30000 images (generally,
we do not recommend to create galleries of the huge sizes, it is much
better and more efficient to divide the huge gallery into themes by
their root directories and to operate with the separate galleries).
Added "*.JPE" to the list of supported file extensions.
Changed approach to shareware limitations and warnings. The program is
provided now by a trial period. The other limitations has also been changed, in particular:
Working with the first pair of thumbnails in EACH row is possible now in the duplicate pane;
Some limitations in the window for comparison of two images have been relaxed;
Shareware warnings have been added;
It is not possible to store the lists of found duplicates and unlike images in gallery files;
30-day trial period has been added.
Corrected the old dialog for moving images (now it is possible to change
only file names).
Fixed bug where the confirmation for removal of files was asked always
in the window for comparison of two images, not depending on program
settings.
Fixed the other petty defects and bugs.
10 Jun 2002:
The version 1.3 has been released (the official release).
Added the mode of displaying thumbnails of all the gallery images in
the left pane of the main window. The tool button and the corresponding
menu item allow to switch between the modes of displaying duplicates
and the whole gallery.
Added the option "Store thumbnails in gallery files". If you wish to
use a gallery in off-line mode, you must set this option before creation
of the gallery! Namely presence of thumbnails in gallery files allows
to look through the galleries even if the source image files are absent
on a disk. However turning this option off forces process of gallery
creation 2-2.5 times faster and makes size of the gallery file 3 times
smaller. This option has no influence on quality of further search of
duplicates. We greatly recommend to turn this option off when working
with huge image archives on HDD (more than 2Gb) and/or under deficiency
of RAM. Possibility to add thumbnails into the galleries created under
such condition will be appeared in the near future. Small benchmark
for this mode can be found at the page "About the
program".
Removed the limitation!: in the unregistered version different images
(rather than the same ones) are displayed now in the window for comparison
of two images.
Added the option "Put deleted files in Recycle Bin" (the "READ-ONLY"
attribute is ignored now during deletion). The option "Ignore the READ-ONLY
attribute" (if it is set, the files marked as "READ-ONLY" will be deleted
without the additional warning) is temporarily grayed.
Added several visual elements allowing to predetermine quickly a ratio
of quality for compared images in the window for comparison of two images.
A level of difference for shown images is displayed numerically by color
text (the used palette consisting of blue color gradations is similar
to the palette used in the left pane of the main window) below the window
(between the buttons for deletion of the images). If the image files
are binary equal, the red symbol '=' is displayed instead of the number.
Besides three symbols corresponding to the following parameters of images:
a) the area of the image, b) size of its file, c) relation of the file
size to the image area, are located abreast under the buttons for deletion
of the images. The symbol '+' is located under the image that has larger
value of the appropriate parameter, correspondingly, the symbol '-'
is located under the image that has smaller value of the parameter,
and the symbol '=' is used if the appropriate values coincide.
Added the possibility to start a program for detailed viewing the image
in the window for comparison of two images by double clicking the left
mouse button (double clicking is also works for thumbnails of neighbors
in the registered version).
Slightly accelerated the process of loading of new image pairs in the
window for comparison of two images (remark: the time of loading of
the images is increased almost three times when the mode of displaying
neighbors is turned on; it is recommended to use the given mode if only
it is really necessary for you or if your computer is powerful).
Removed blinking and added image caching to accelerate work in the
window for comparison of two images; added the tooltips containing the
complete file names over thumbnails of neighbors.
Added the option "To use internal viewer for thumbnails" for viewing
images by double clicking on thumbnails.
Added displaying the number of the current group of duplicates and
the general number of the groups (in brackets) in the title of the window
for comparison of two images.
Corrected output formats for date of last modification of a file and
for its size in the window for comparison of two images and in the right
pane of the main window.
In the left pane of the main window the rows of duplicates are sorted
now in descending order of an average level of similarity of the images
in the row (works only in the registered version).
Added the possibility to start a program for viewing the current image
in the left pane by pressing the key button "SPACE".
Added restoring width of columns of the list in the right pane at the
next session.
Icons in message boxes has been brought to conformity with types of
the concrete messages (question, information, warning).
Slightly corrected scrolling when the current image has been pointed
out.
Accelerated deletion of images from the gallery.
Accelerated displaying the list in the right pane at a plenty of the
gallery images.
Fixed bug where the left pane of the main window was not always
repainted after the window for comparison of two images has been closed.
Fixed bug where the dirty wasn't set after changing a root directory
for the gallery.
Fixed bug where not always neighbor (in alphabetical order) images
were shown in the window for comparison of two images.
Fixed bug where a thumbnail was not always shown in the window for
comparison of two images during the off-line mode.
Fixed the other petty defects and bugs.
24 May 2002:
The version 1.3BETA has been released (the official release will be available within two weeks).
22 Apr. 2002:
The version 1.23 has been released (bugfixes and improvements).
Fixed bug appearing when the root directory of a disk has been set as
the root directory of the gallery.
Improved quality of thumbnail imaging under Windows 2000 in the dialog
for comparison of two images.
Added optional displaying thumbnails for previous and next
(in alphabetical order) image files in the same directories where
basic compared images are located (even if the former images are not
included into the gallery). This mode works now only if the gallery
files are available. Warning: the mode slows down switching between
pairs of similar images.
Adjusted location of buttons in the dialog for comparison of two images.
16 Apr. 2002:
The version 1.22 has been released (bugfixes and improvements).
Completed the installation/deinstallation process: all the information
about ImageDupeless is removed from the registry at deinstallation.
The file extension ".glr" is registered for the application.
Added tips to the buttons of the dialog for comparison of two images.
Added vertical scrolling with the mouse wheel at the left pane.
09 Apr. 2002:
The version 1.21 has been released (bugfixes and improvements).
Added sorting on any column (and in any direction) in the right pane.
Added support for Photoshop image format (*.PSD).
Improved the dialog for comparison of two images.
Read-only files can also be deleted after an additional question.
Corrected scrolling by arrow buttons in the left pane and focusing on
a thumbnail at setting the current image in the right pane.
Fixed bug where ticks of duplicate presence remained in the right
pane if files have been replaced (rather than removed) during comparison.
02 Apr. 2002:
The version 1.2 has been released (the official release).
Added the dialog for setting gallery refresh parameters (change
the root directory, add new files, reread changed, remove deleted ones).
Fixed bug where the dirty wasn't set after refreshing the gallery.
27 Mar. 2002:
The version 1.084 has been released.
Fixed bug where the left pane wasn't refreshed after deleting images.
Fixed scrolling in the left pane (it isn't work properly at a plenty
of duplicates under Win9x/Me).
Replaced own dialog for setting a root directory by the standard Windows dialog.
Added registration mechanism.
21 Mar. 2002:
The range of the level of maximal difference has been a little more narrowed,
and the parameters have been optimized at setting a non-optimal level
(optimum - 11 %).
19 Mar. 2002:
I cannot release the version 1.07, therefore jump at once till the version
1.08.
Fixed bug where the left window was not updated automatically, if the
process of reading or comparison was interrupted or did not give results.
The options in the dialog for comparison of two images are kept now
in the system registry and can be restored at the following session.
Sped up the refresh function for huge galleries. Warning for the evaluation
version: all the gallery will be scanned, but no more than 1000 images
will be included into it.
Found (but not corrected) bug where fallout of the scroller in the left
pane is possible at a plenty of duplicates under Windows 9x/Me (the
problem is not shown under Windows 2000).
Added one more limitation to the evaluation version: the dialog for
comparison displays the same image.
Added possibility to mark forcedly all the gallery files as off-line
at absence of only some of them on the data medium when the gallery
are read or refreshed. It accelerates work when the gallery are stored
on CD.
Added the internal filter for supported graphic formats (now in the
initial list of files for reading only those of will be included which
have the following extensions: jpg, gif, bmp, pcx, jpeg, png, tif, tiff,
pmg, wmf, emf, eps.
Slightly changed design of the duplicate pane in an inactive state.
Fixed bug of setting the parameter "Maximal level of difference"
via the comparison dialog at restart.
Slightly optimized the function for generating thumbnails
Found (but not corrected) bug that the program interacts badly with
XnView; this viewer is not always started and slows down (such problems
are not observed when AcdSee or InfraView are used).
04 Mar. 2002:
Unlocked the parameter "Maximal level of difference",
but I do not advise to depart especially from the value 11. This parameter
is also kept from one session to another.
Added the dialog for comparison of two images. It is made active at double
click on rectangle to the left of image groups in the list of duplicates.
By default first two images in a row will be compared. To compare other
pairs in the row it is necessary to select equally two images by single
click (selected images are highlighted by a black background).
Fixed bug at removal of an image through the list of duplicates when
a row contains more than two thumbnails.
Slightly improved appearance of the list of gallery images.
Found (but not corrected) bug where colors inside GIF images can be distorted
at reading; comparison of such images gives wrong results.
28 Feb. 2002:
Fixed bug at saving options for output information on a thumbnail background.
27 Feb. 2002:
Slightly changed design of the site.
Added running the given external viewer by double-clicking on the image
name in the right pane.
Added scrolling for thumbnail window by arrow buttons (mouse wheel works
also, but not everywhere).
Added the concept of the current image in the list of thumbnails. It
is selected by mouse movement (without clicks) or by arrow buttons at
scrolling and is highlighted by blue frame. For the current image its
name with a complete path is displayed in the status bar.
A number of parameters are kept now separately from a gallery
file (in the system registry) and accordingly are restored at the
following session.
Added the menu item/toolbar button "Delete the selected images"
(works for the selected thumbnails (highlighted by a black background)
in the left pane).
Added output of the warning that the image is absent on the disk at double
clicking (for off-line mode). For such images all the known information
and the corresponding thumbnails are also shown.
Added output of names of the files (after the gallery has been
composed) located at the given path but not included into the gallery,
because the program has not taken up them as the images.
Added output of the offer to save the gallery at exit. (Tracking
changes of gallery contents at various operations is not made).
Added new options: show file name, its size, and image resolution
on a thumbnail background. According to it the option dialog has been
modified.
Added the dialog for comparison of two images (preview version,
not tested).
21 Feb. 2002:
Fixed crash when reading some GIF images.
Fixed bug where double click on thumbnails didn't work.
17 Feb. 2002:
Slightly sped up.
Removed restrictions for some parameters.
Added the checkbox "Show images" and the button "Stop"
into the dialogs for image reading and comparison.
Added output of file sizes and image resolutions into the list of gallery
images.
Carried out small benchmarks.
10 Feb. 2002:
Added off-line mode, i.e. possibility to work with images of
the earlier created gallery, not having them in availability on CD/HD
(the gallery file format has been changed for this reason).
03 Feb. 2002:
Added the menu item/toolbar button "Refresh gallery"
- rebuilds the list of the gallery components: leaves the files which
is not present on the CD/HD at the given moment and adds those of which
have appeared in the path for the gallery.
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