Collecting "similar" images based on appearance??

Can anyone recommend a Mac application that can aid in identifying "similar" images (from a specified group of many images) based on visual appearance??
In the past, I've used Microsoft's Expression Media Pro (formerly iView Media Pro) to assist me in gathering 'like' images which are similar in visual appearance to one another. This proved to be a tremendous aid over the years in situations where I found myself trying to collect images that were 'virtual' duplicates of one another, but could not be collected by so-called 'duplicate finder' apps because they didn't share the same metadata, resource fork, date created/modified, size, name, etc...
_An example of how this might happen:_
- "Open" an image into Photoshop
- "Edit Menu > Duplicate...",
- "Save As" with a different name...
+(in this example, some of the original metadata would be retained, but other identifiable info would be lost).+
_Another example would be if you_
- "Open" an image into Photoshop
- "Select All"
- "Copy"
- "New Document" +(which inherently uses the copied dimensions and resolution on the clipboard from the previous step)+
- "Paste"
- "Flatten"
- "Save As"
Here is a screenshot of Expression Media Pro's "Show Similar" dialog box:
Without going off on too much of a tangent, I've lost complete faith in iView Media Pro (which used to be my Digital Asset Management app of choice) ever since Microsoft bought it and turned it into Expression Media Pro...it's been way too buggy and has become all but unusable for me and my day-to-day needs...
It would be a tremendous help if someone could help me out here by recommending a Mac app to find and gather images based on their appearance...
Thanks!

I assume that these images are not inside an iPhoto library? Because all those ‘Save As...’ commands would confuse things a lot in iPhoto.
I’ve not tried this myself but it might help:
http://www.ironicsoftware.com/deep/
Regards
TD

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Why is elements better at photomerge than CC- CC does not appear to automatically fill image based on content but elements does when merging a panorama. Also the stitching is visable in CC but almost perfect in elements- why?

I took 6 panorama shots of a scene and used CC to Photomerge them as one. Couldn't see where to automatic blend the edges and there was 'stitch' lines when the images were merged. So i did the same in Elements 11 and it was perfect. Am i doing something wrong in CC or perhaps not doing something at all?
Any help, please?
Dave

Hi - Thanks for taking the time to reply and i appreciate the remarks- if a little harsh- we all have to start somewhere and i am fully aware of the limitations of Elements which is why i decided to add CC to my software. I can only say that if an inferior quality software from Adobe does the job well then CC must also be suited to doing the same which is why i can only think, from your comments, that i have not done something simple- however- following tutorials to get to the end result should have sufficed- it didn't so perhaps i will consider posting the difference between the two applications- and, perhaps suffer a few more 'harsh' comments. The learning curve is quite steep and i am a visual learner, but i'm also not totally incompetent:)
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Subject : why is elements better at photomerge than CC- CC does not appear to automatically fill image based on content but elements does when merging a panorama. Also the stitching is visable in CC but almost perfect in elements- why?
why is elements better at photomerge than CC- CC does not appear to automatically fill image based on content but elements does when merging a panorama. Also the stitching is visable in CC but almost perfect in elements- why?
created by station_two in Photoshop General Discussion - View the full discussion
First a clarification: you are not addressing Adobe here in these user forums. You are requesting help from volunteers users just like you who give their time free of charge. No one has any obligation to answer your questions.
I'll give it my best shot anyway.
Few folks in this forum are really familiar with Elements, for which there's a dedicated, totally separate forum.
Different engineering teams, also.
From this perspective, it will be difficult to give you a direct answer to your "why?" question.
Personally, I blend very large panorama shots in Photoshop proper since I can't even remember when without any issues whatsoever, up to and including in Photoshop CS6 13.0.6.
Without being at your computer and without looking at your images, I couldn't even begin to speculate what you are doing wrong in Photoshop, which I suspect you are. The least you could show is post examples from your panoramas that have gone wrong.
I can tell you that panorama stitching requires significant overlap between the individual shots, besides common-sdense techniques like a very solid tripod and precision heads.
The only version of Elements I have ever used for any significant time was Elements 6 for Windows, which I bought in 2008 to use on a PC (I've been an avid Mac user for 30 years). I found Elements so limited and so bad that I successfully demanded a refund from Adobe. IU mention this only to emphasize that I can truly only address your question from a Photoshop (proper) and Mac user point of view. I couldn't care less about Elements, but if you have comparison examples of panoramas processed in both applications, by all means post those two.
Generally speaking Photoshop is a professional level application that makes no apologies for its very long and steep learning curve, while Photoshop has many hand-holding features for amateurs and beginners.
Perhaps the bottom line is that you should stick with Elements if you personally manage to get better results there.
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Images in CC6 appear soft on screen

Images in CC6 appear soft on screen until I click and hold in the title bar and move a fraction when they become pin sharp - What's happening?

Superger,
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Form DVDSP Manual:
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What about finding similar image

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a bit like this soft: http://www.imgseek.net/
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feature request to vote for is here:
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Regards

you can check what it gives in PSE10 here
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Image as drop-down text link -- image doesn't appear

(Using Robohelp X5)
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Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2012 16:01:47 -0600
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: LR 4 - image does not appear in Preview and will not print`
    Re: LR 4 - image does not appear in Preview and will not print`
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Do you still have the old library? Rebuilding it with iPhoto Library Manager would preserve most of your work.
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gnikollaj

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getImage
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This method always returns immediately, whether or not the image exists. When this applet attempts to draw the image on the screen, the data will be loaded. The graphics primitives that draw the image will incrementally paint on the screen.
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I am confused as to how to use the name after the url.
Should it read something like:
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EDIT: I still get the same error, cannot find symbol at getImage.
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