PicArrange -- Visually Sort, Search, and Explore Private Images on a Mac Computer
This addresses the problem of organizing and exploring personal image collections for Mac users, but it is incremental as it builds on existing algorithms and APIs.
The paper tackles the problem of managing private images on Mac computers by developing PicArrange, a native macOS application that integrates image sorting and similarity search, resulting in a fluid tool for full image management workflows.
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.