ImgSearch v3.0.8 (C) by Vladimir Kladov, 2001-2007
updated 18/03/07
A program to search similar images. Jpg, Gif, Bmp, Ico, Cur, Wmf, Emf formats are supported. Free of charge. Basic capabilities:
In version 2.3:
+ Better decoding speed for jpeg format.
+ More convenient interface. It is possible to mark images
for delete by a single mouse click on it. When button 
on toolbar clicked
all marked images are removed to Recycle Bin. Or it is possible to mark image for delete
and delete it immediately with once more click on button on the image. For marked image,
in top-left corner of the image, button with blue check appear: 
. When mouse is
over this button, it is shown as 
.
+ It is possible to test only images in certain folders
exclusively. Images in folders, marked with green check mark, are compared between each
others and between images in all other folders. Images in folders which are not marked for
exclusive check, are not compared between each others. This mode is very useful when new
images are added to the collection and should be checked for originality.
A folder is marked for exclusive check with button 
on toolbar.
+ Fast view of images in view area. Three scale modes:
- proportional,
-
fit to window,
- fit vertical (no width resize).
Several sort modes: by width x height, by file size, by file path, descendant.
It is possible to preview images from file list.
+ Keyboard interface:
arrows up and down - to select group of similar images,
arrows left and right - to select image in group,
space - to mark image for delete (or to remove mark),
Delete - remove image to Recycle Bin.
+ double-click image opens it in associated application.
+ icons left from groups are indicating group state:
empty - no marks, more then
one image;
some images are marked, some are not;
all
except one are marked to delete;
all are
marked to delete;
one image in group
still live (others are deleted);
all are deleted;
some are
deleted, more then one live, no marked.
+ Sound can be turned off (button 
on toolbar).
+ Comparison made faster by minimizing output while
processing. Click on icon 
in bottom left corner to see again which files
are compared.
+ Before starting compare operation, it is possible to select between speed and quality (5 points).
+ Renaming files and folders added.
+ Excluding undesired or handled groups from view possible now (pop-up menu on group or key "-").
In version 2.41:
+ Very low memory needs.
+ More stable working with corrupted jpeg images. A button 
added to show / hide a list of such images.
+ Button to minimize program to tray.
+ In cooperative mode program works slowly as background process, and requires much less processor time.
In version 2.5:
+ Memory and disk resources requirement decreased twice, some changes to make program more stable when working with corrupted jpeg images.
+ Some improvements of the interface (less flicks, context-sensitive toolbar buttons). Some small fixes in resize handling.
+ Can work now under Windows 95.
In version 2.6:
+ Recognizing formats added: GIF, ICO, CUR, WMF, EMF. Image format is recognized by a signature, not by extension (but files extension should be one of above or BMP, JPG, JPEG to be listed). Animated GIFs are compared by the first frame, multiple format icons and cursors are compared by the best quality (largest size) icon.
+ JPEG images in CMYK recognized normally. Earlier version were terminated abnormally while trying to decode such images. Also, decoding 1 pixel height JPEG images fixed.
+ A message about problems with some images decoding is not stopping the search process: it is now executed in a separate thread.
+ Popup menu added for files view and thumbnails view with items "Move to..." and "Copy to...". Files view made multiselect-aware to allow group moving/copying.
+ Keyboard shortcuts added for toolbar buttons, such as Ctrl+"+" (Add Dir), Ctrl+"-" (Remove Dir), Ctrl+Spc (Exclusive Dir), Ctrl+Enter (Compare), Ctrl+Del (Delete marked), Ctrl+M (Move marked), Ctrl+S (Sound), Ctrl+P (Performance/Pause).
In version 2.7:
+ Two additional modes added: Do not compare in same folder and Do not compare in different folders. For huge image collections, it is much faster to make two searches in these two modes, than to do a single search on entire gallery.
+ Speed increased more, memory usage lowered more.
In version 2.8:
+ PNG and PCX formats support added.
In version 2.9:
+ A mode of pre-computing symmetry coefficient added (turned on by default). It increases speed (images with very different value of the coefficient are not compared).
In version 3.0:
+ Fixed: reading bmp-files in 15 bit per pixel format.
+ Fixed: memory leak while reading gif images.
+ Memory usage reduced. Speed increased for case when a lot of very similar images are in a gallery.
+ Fixed: comparing images sizes.
+ Mode added: Descending sort order (comparison is started from images, most prolated horizontally).
+ Move to... and Rename operations fixed (file located normally after moving/renaming).
+ Comaprison quality (70% to 100%) now separated from thumbnail size in start comapare dialog. Other useful changes in the interface.
+ GIF animation added.
In version 3.0.8:
+ Right mouse click or (left) click with Shift button pressed marks all images from the previour marked one (or from the start of the group of similar images), which makes marking process much more comfortable, especially if a group contains a lot of similar or identical images.
+ Problem with files with a character ';' in the name is fixed.