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Diffractor is a comprehensive tool designed to manage collections of photos and videos on your PC with efficiency and precision. It indexes files to enable features such as duplicate detection, fast search, and collection presence tracking, ensuring seamless organization and management.

Key Features:

• Duplicate Detection: Quickly identify and handle duplicate files within your collection.
• Presence Indication: Determine the status of files in your collection, including whether they exist, are duplicated, or have sidecars (associated metadata files like XMP).
• Fast Search: Utilize advanced search capabilities to locate files based on metadata attributes such as date, location, and tags.
• Support for Multiple Formats: Handles a wide range of media formats, including RAW photos, video encodings, and audio files, ensuring compatibility with most file types.
• Synchronization: Seamlessly sync your collection with NAS or network drives, supporting bidirectional synchronization for collaborative workflows.
• Editing Capabilities: Add or fix metadata (ratings, tags, locations) and perform basic photo edits like resizing, rotating, cropping, and color adjustments.

Audience & Benefit:

Ideal for photographers, videographers, and individuals managing large collections of media files, Diffractor streamlines organization and workflow. It helps users save time by efficiently identifying duplicates, ensuring all files are accounted for, and maintaining a clutter-free collection. The tool also supports collaboration through synchronized backups, making it an essential companion for professionals and hobbyists alike.

Diffractor is free to use and can be installed via winget on Windows systems.