ImageHashCache 1.0

ImageHashCache
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A image hashing library written in Python. ImageHashCache supports:

* average hashing (`aHash`_)
* perception hashing (`pHash`_)
* difference hashing (`dHash`_)
* caching resized images

Requirements
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Based on PIL/Pillow Image, numpy and scipy.fftpack (for pHash)
Easy installation through `pypi`_.

Basic usage
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::

>>> from PIL import Image
>>> import imagehash
>>> hash = imagehash.average_hash(Image.open('test.png'))
>>> print(hash)
d879f8f89b1bbf
>>> otherhash = imagehash.average_hash(Image.open('other.bmp'))
>>> print(otherhash)
ffff3720200ffff
>>> print(hash == otherhash)
False
>>> print(hash - otherhash)
36

The demo script **find_similar_images** illustrates how to find similar images in a directory.

Source hosted at github: https://github.com/jzbjyb/imagehash

.. _aHash: http://www.hackerfactor.com/blog/index.php?/archives/432-Looks-Like-It.html
.. _pHash: http://www.hackerfactor.com/blog/index.php?/archives/432-Looks-Like-It.html
.. _dHash: http://www.hackerfactor.com/blog/index.php?/archives/529-Kind-of-Like-That.html
.. _pypi: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/ImageHash