See which cut of another asset
matches yours.
An image looks like it came from another asset, but that asset holds several cuts, and it’s not clear which one it was made from.
By the end, you know which cut of the other asset matched, and which of your own cuts it matched.
Before you start
- A workspace member account. Guests don’t see the Duplicates tab.
- An image asset with more than one cut, such as an Original and a Vertical 9:16.
Watch the walkthrough
Here's how to see which cut of another asset matches yours, so you know which file an export came from.
The library is filtered by Has duplicates. Here's a vertical story image, and the spring hero. The hero is one card, even though it holds more than one cut.
Open the story.
Its Duplicates tab lists one similar asset: the spring hero.
The dark label names the cut that matched: its Vertical nine-by-sixteen, not its Original. So the story was made from the vertical cut.
Open the spring hero, and go to Files and versions. It has two variants: the Original, and the Vertical nine-by-sixteen.
Select the cut's current version to see it. This is the image the story matches.
The hero's Duplicates tab shows the same pair from this side. The orange label says which of your own cuts matched: your Vertical nine-by-sixteen.
Cuts of the same asset are never listed against each other. Only the current version of each cut is compared, and a cut or asset in the trash drops out of the list.
Visual matching works for images. A video cut is listed only when it's an exact copy of the same file.
In short: the dark label is the cut of the other asset that matched, and the orange label is your own cut. Only current versions are compared.
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Find out which cut an image was made from.
A vertical story image looks like it came from the spring hero. The hero is one asset that holds more than one cut: the Original and a Vertical 9:16. The Duplicates tab says which of those cuts the story matches.
Open Assets in your workspace to follow along. The Duplicates tab is shown to workspace members, not to guests. How duplicates are found is in Find duplicate or similar images, even with different filenames.
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Filter by Has duplicates
In Assets, open More filters, and turn on Has duplicates. An asset with several cuts is still one card in the list.
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Open the asset you have
Open the image whose source you want to know, for example the story.
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Read the matched cut
The Duplicates tab’s tooltip says, for example, “1 duplicate found”. Open the tab. Similar Images lists the other asset with a percentage, for example 93.8% similar.
The dark label names the cut of the other asset that matched: matches its Vertical 9:16, not its Original. So the story was made from the vertical cut.
The percentage is a hint. Compare the images before you decide anything. - 04
Find that cut on the other asset
Open the other asset, and go to Files & versions. It shows 2 variants: Original (Source variant · 1 version) and Vertical 9:16 (Custom variant · 1 version).
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See the cut
Select the cut’s current version, V1, marked Current. The viewer shows the image your asset matches.
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See it from the other side
The other asset’s Duplicates tab shows the same pair. There, the dark label says matches its Original, and the orange label names your own cut that matched: your Vertical 9:16.
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What is compared
An asset’s own cuts are never listed against each other. Only the current version of each cut is compared, and a cut or asset in the trash drops out of the list.
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Videos
Visual matching works for images only. A video cut is listed only when it’s an exact copy of the same file.
In short: the dark label is the cut of the other asset that matched, and the orange label is your own cut. Only current versions are compared. To remove copies you don’t need, see Clean up duplicate images without deleting the one you need.
Check the result
- The Duplicates tab shows the match with a label such as “matches its Vertical 9:16”.
- In Files & versions of the other asset, you found that cut and its Current version.
- From the other side, the orange label names your own cut, such as “your Vertical 9:16”.
If it didn’t work
Two cuts of the same asset aren’t listed as duplicates.
That’s expected. An asset’s own cuts are never listed against each other.
An older version of a cut doesn’t match anything.
Only the current version of each cut is compared.
A match disappeared.
A cut or asset in the trash drops out of the list.
My video cut isn’t listed, even though it looks the same.
Visual matching works for images only. A video cut is listed only when it’s an exact copy of the same file.