PicArrange - Visually Sort, Search, and Explore Private Images on a Mac Computer
TL;DR
Abstract
The native macOS application PicArrange integrates state-of-the-art image sorting and similarity search to enable users to get a better overview of their images. Many file and image management features have been added to make it a tool that addresses a full image management workflow. A modification of the Self Sorting Map algorithm enables a list-like image arrangement without loosing the visual sorting. Efficient calculation and storage of visual features as well as the use of many macOS APIs result in an application that is fluid to use.
Contributions
This paper introduces PicArrange, a native application highly integrated into the macOS to seamlessly work with images on the computer’s file system. Unlike the Finder, PicArrange can display images from multiple folders at once and sort them by content and color, allowing you to quickly browse and search large collections.
BibTeX
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@InProceedings{10.1007/978-3-030-98355-0_38,
author="Jung, Klaus
and Barthel, Kai Uwe
and Hezel, Nico
and Schall, Konstantin",
editor="Þ{\'o}r J{\'o}nsson, Bj{\"o}rn
and Gurrin, Cathal
and Tran, Minh-Triet
and Dang-Nguyen, Duc-Tien
and Hu, Anita Min-Chun
and Huynh Thi Thanh, Binh
and Huet, Benoit",
title="PicArrange - Visually Sort, Search, and Explore Private Images on a Mac Computer",
booktitle="MultiMedia Modeling",
year="2022",
publisher="Springer International Publishing",
address="Cham",
pages="452--457",
isbn="978-3-030-98355-0"
}