Amharic for diamond
Almaze is small, focused software built by a working event photographer — for the exact problems that show up on real shoot days, not hypothetical ones.
What's shipped so far
Each tool is its own facet — cut, polished, and put to work on real files. More get added as real problems demand them.
FACET 01 — LIVE
Finds duplicate RAWs, JPGs, and videos across multi-camera event footage — by content, not filename — with a 24-hour quarantine before anything is ever deleted for good.
FACET 02 — UNCUT
The next facet gets cut when the next real production problem demands it. Nothing speculative — same as the first one.
Why it exists
"Filenames lie. Content doesn't."
DuplicateFinder Pro started as a script written after one too many eight-camera events ended with hours of manual sorting — and a first attempt at fixing it that failed badly enough to teach us why the real fix had to work by content, not by name.
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