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I need a visual flowchart of how DCP5 dedupes folders being deduplicated.

I need to understand from a visual point-of-view the process of how you start with a large collection of duplicated photos across multiple folders and the flow of how DCP5 dedupes them eventually into ONE MASTER folder of unique, unduplicated photos.

I created this flow chart as a first effort.

Is this correct?

Please advise.

I'm not sure if the image I tried to upload is working. Can you all see it?

It didn't work. Did you use the 'Attachments' setting below the posting box? Note there is an image size limit.

Note DC5 doesn't dedupe folders into one master folder automatically - this is what the user might do. DC5 is just a tool, like a hammer - it won't build a house on it's own.

Yes, but I'm just trying to understand visually what it does.

Actually, your tool does the opposite.

It ingests a large collection of duplicated photos across multiple folders and dedupes them.

Eventually, (in the last step of your program) you can move/copy/delete them into ONE MASTER folder of duplicated photos.

So, if you are dealing with photos, in order to gather all the original photos left after the process of deduping with DCP5, you have to manually go to each folder you scanned for dupes and copy those files to a MASTER folder where all your original (non-duplicated) photos will live.

I think I was getting confused with all the features of your program like "Show remaining files" and thinking that was the path to take during the entire rinse and repeat deduping process. I think it becomes a question of what direction is your program deduping? Is it deduping in the direction of producing a folder of original files via "show remaining files?" Or is it deduping in the direction of outputting all the duplicate files?

I believe I have established your program works on the former premise. It is deduping in the direction of outputting all the duplicate files into one MASTER folder. Let me know if I am correct here.

Yes, it can work that way. Once you've deleted all the duplicates in your (hopefully backed up) collection of folders you can copy the files left over into your new master.