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May 10, 2023
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Find duplicated pictures in a pdf file

  • May 10, 2023
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I have a 3900 pages pdf file which I need to check for duplicated pictures and technical drawings. I have tried using the Autosplit plug-in, but it can only find 100% similar pages. What would be the best method for me to find duplicated pictures in pdf files? 

 

Thanks, 

Victor 

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JR Boulay
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Community Expert
May 10, 2023

Acrobat allows you to export all the images in a document (vs. exporting pages as images), they are named according to their original page and position.
Then you can use an image comparison software.

 

Acrobate du PDF, InDesigner et Photoshopographe
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April 16, 2024

Can you recommend a free image comparison software or website? 

try67
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Community Expert
May 10, 2023

I think the best method would be to export the images as stand-alone files and then use a dedicated tool for looking for duplicates within that set. Doing it in Acrobat is going to be extremely difficult, if at all possible.

Abambo
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Community Expert
May 10, 2023

There is to my knowledge no integrated tool to do that, and IMHO, it will be difficult to do that, as images may look the same, but may have slight differences which makes comparing them impossible.

 

In addition, if the technical drawings are vector graphics, they may even not appear as graphics, but a different bunch of vectors.

ABAMBO | Hard- and Software Engineer | Photographer