PicArrange 3.0 - Find your images on a Mac with words (now in App Store)

[Kai_Berlin]

My name is Kai Barthel, I am a professor from the Visual Computing Research Group at the HTW Berlin.

We have released a free app that lets you find images on your Mac by describing them with words.
PicArrange also offers a visual similarity search to find similar images and duplicates. Unlike Finder, PicArrange can sort images not only by name or date, but also by content and color.

Download the app from the App Store:

‎PicArrange

‎PicArrange helps to find images on your computer much easier than ever before. Unlike the Finder app, PicArrange can sort images not only by name or date, but also by content and color. This visual sorting mode allows to browse and search large amounts of images much faster. You can also...

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Here is a short video showing the features of PicArrange:

Here is an introduction to using PicArrange: https://visual-computing.com/project/picarrange/help?p=1
Feedback is welcome

 

[bogdanw]

Search by description is limited to Apple Silicon Macs? Or to Ventura & Sonoma? On Intel Monterey I see only “Drop sample image here”

 

[Kai_Berlin]

Search by description is limited to Apple Silicon Macs? Or to Ventura & Sonoma? On Intel Monterey I see only “Drop sample image here”
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As the calculation of the feature vectors for the search is extremely complex, a text to image search and an improved image to image search is unfortunately only possible with Apple Silicon from MacOS 12 onwards.

 

[Kai_Berlin]

Search by description is limited to Apple Silicon Macs? Or to Ventura & Sonoma? On Intel Monterey I see only “Drop sample image here”

a text to image search and an improved image to image search is unfortunately only possible with Apple Silicon from MacOS 12 onwards (this is indicated on App Store)
(Sorry for double posting, I don't know how to remove my post)

 

[bogdanw]

a text to image search and an improved image to image search is unfortunately only possible with Apple Silicon from MacOS 12 onwards (this is indicated on App Store)
(Sorry for double posting, I don't know how to remove my post)

I’m sorry, I see it now in the extended description.
You can't remove your posts, but you can edit them.

 

[Kai_Berlin]

As of version 3.1, PicArrange also includes a fast duplicate search function. The threshold value at which images are classified as duplicates can be set.

 

[splifingate]

Kai . . . I just-now became aware of your apps (Kiano is sublime; PicArrange is still processing my Library).

Excellent, excellent works!

Finally, an app that flexes my M2 Studio!

 

[tranceking26]

Great app, I have so many pictures in random places, this app really helps to find things. Thanks!

 

[HDFan]

Any way to get it to run faster? Never has time to complete analyzing my 5 TB of photos before I have to reboot for some reason. A progress graph showing the % of analysis that is done would be helpful.

It is only using 21% of one of my CPUs. If my other 23 cores were used it could run much, much faster.

 

[bogdanw]

Any way to get it to run faster?

How to prioritize any program https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/game-mode-for-photoshop.2405586/post-32581452
In the AppleScript, replace iMovie with PicArrange.