Duplicate Photos Are Eating Your Storage

The average photographer's library contains 15-30% near-duplicate photos, which wastes storage and slows workflows.

Why Duplicates Happen

Burst mode, bracketed exposures, and slight recompositions create near-identical images.

How Perceptual Hashing Works

PhotoPicker combines pHash and dHash to detect visually similar photos even when file metadata differs.

The Process

1. Reduce each photo to a compact hash.
2. Compare hashes to build similarity groups.
3. Keep the highest-quality winner in each group.
4. Flag duplicates for review and cleanup.

The result is a cleaner library, more available storage, and less manual sorting.