@ -113,12 +113,12 @@ Then, for each selected tag by which we want to search for duplicates, we perfor
### Similar Images
### Similar Images
It is a tool for finding similar images that differ e.g. in watermark, size etc.
It is a tool for finding similar images that differ e.g. in watermark, size etc.
The tool first collects images with specific extensions that can be checked - `[".jpg", ".jpeg", ".png", ".bmp", ".tiff", ".pnm", ".tga", ".ff", ".gif"]`.
The tool first collects images with specific extensions that can be checked - `[".jpg", ".jpeg", ".png", ".bmp", ".tiff", ".tif", ".pnm", ".tga", ".ff", ".gif", ".jif", ".jfi", ".ico", ".webp", ".avif"]`.
Next cached data are loaded from file to prevent hashing twice same file.
Next cached data are loaded from file to prevent hashing twice same file.
Automatically cache which points to non existing data is deleted.
Automatically cache which points to non existing data is deleted.
Then a perceptual hash is created for each image which isn't availavle in cache.
Then a perceptual hash is created for each image which isn't available in cache.
Cryptographic hash (used for example in ciphers) for similar inputs gives completely different outputs
Cryptographic hash (used for example in ciphers) for similar inputs gives completely different outputs
11110 ==> AAAAAB
11110 ==> AAAAAB
@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ If an error happens when opening this file then it means that this file is corru
Only some file extensions are supported, because I rely on external crates. Also some false positives may be shown(e.g. https://github.com/image-rs/jpeg-decoder/issues/130) so always open file to check if it is really broken.
Only some file extensions are supported, because I rely on external crates. Also some false positives may be shown(e.g. https://github.com/image-rs/jpeg-decoder/issues/130) so always open file to check if it is really broken.
## Config/Cache files
## Config/Cache files
For now Czkawka store only 2 files on disk:
For now Czkawka store few config and cache files on disk:
- `czkawka_gui_config.txt` - stores configuration of GUI which may be loaded at startup
- `czkawka_gui_config.txt` - stores configuration of GUI which may be loaded at startup
- `cache_similar_image.txt` - stores cache data and hashes which may be used later without needing to compute image hash again - editing this file may cause app crashes.
- `cache_similar_image.txt` - stores cache data and hashes which may be used later without needing to compute image hash again - editing this file may cause app crashes.
- `cache_broken_files.txt` - stores cache data of broken files
- `cache_broken_files.txt` - stores cache data of broken files