Exclude Sequential Numbers?

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TonyLeps
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Exclude Sequential Numbers?

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During an Image Search with "Very close match" is there a way to exclude sequential numbers, as in the case of rapid-fire or time lapse?
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DigitalVolcano
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Re: Exclude Sequential Numbers?

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Try adding this in Image Tags:-
-Time taken (subseconds) - Exact match including blanks

This way, as long as your image file has the subseconds metadata they will be treated as separate images. Images missing the subseconds data will still be included in the scan ("including blanks").
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Re: Exclude Sequential Numbers?

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Ah! Thank you! That helps!

I previously tried subseconds "exact match" but not "including blanks" and was still getting false positive matches.

Appreciated!
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Re: Exclude Sequential Numbers?

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Still having some trouble with photos taken with Sony A7iii (ILCE-7M3) There appears to be no subsecond or similar value (according to ExifTool)

I tried setting the Image Similarity to custom and 99%, but still getting sequential false positives.

Any other suggestions? Could there be a way to exclude sequential numbers with RegEx?

Thanks again for the help.
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Re: Exclude Sequential Numbers?

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Does using 'Exact match' help? This matches just the image pixels without the metadata
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