Photo-Finder

Inspiration

My mom always holds on to old computers even when we don't use them because she is afraid of losing any photos that might be on them. The organization is so bad that it would be very hard to find all the photos and videos we want to keep by hand.

What it does

Given the path to a directory, it will search that directory and all subdirectories for photo and video files, then it copies those files into a single, easy to find directory.

How I built it

I build it using python 3. I mostly used the os and shutil modules to facilitate the traversal of the directories, creation of new directories, and copying of files.

Accomplishments that I'm proud of

I'm proud that I took a real life problem that someone has and made a viable solution to the problem that will make life easier for someone.

What's next for Photo-Finder

I think the next step is to implement a GUI that goes through each picture and asks the user whether they want to keep each photo/video or delete it, while giving the user a preview of the file. This would help to get rid of unwanted files in an easy, organized fashion.

Built With

• python