But how about an image with edited photographers name on the source? Should it be imported again? Or an image that has been 'enhanced' by an app on the smart phone? Or files in different formats?. Most of us will agree that two binary identical files on target media are dupes. It would cause far more complaints than it would sighs of satisfaction. ACDSee is very versatile ,but I don't see how this method could EVER have any reliability. Plus, any photo that you have changed the name on, or changed any of the EXIF data, or cropped, or anything else would be missed, and any heuristic search logic added would make it even slower. To prevent importing duplicate photos programatically would require that the ACDSee database for each photo that is a candidate for import, be searched for any existing photos with the exact same identifying characteristics. You can also select or deselect individual photos. The easiest way to prevent that from occurring is to erase those photos before your next photo shoot.īut in the import dialog (see below), the photos are organized by date, one can de-select those dates that one does not want to import. It's a bit bonkers this critical feature doesn't appear to be included who wants to import the same photos multiple times?Īre you keeping already downloaded photos on your camera media card? Why?

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