🖼️ Build a Python Tool to Extract and Rename All Images from Any Folder

Have you ever had to sift through dozens (or hundreds!) of folders just to collect a bunch of images scattered everywhere? Maybe you’re organizing a design project, cleaning up your downloads, or collecting assets for a presentation. Doing this manually is a total drag — and that’s exactly why I built this tool!

💡 What Is It?

Image Extractor Tool is a small Python utility that lets you select any folder and automatically extracts all .jpg, .jpeg, and .png files — even from subfolders. All the found images are neatly copied into a new folder called extracted_images.

And the best part? If there are duplicate filenames (like multiple cat.jpg files), the tool renames them smartly to cat_1.jpg, cat_2.jpg, and so on. No overwrites, no headaches!

🛠️ Why I Built This

While checking on my archived college images, I saw tons of images in different folders with duplicate names. I needed a way to:

• Collect them all in one place,
• Keep the original files untouched,
• Avoid overwriting files with the same name.

Instead of doing it manually, I thought — let’s make a Python script do the work! 🎯

🚀 How It Works

The tool uses Python’s built-in modules (os, shutil, and tkinter) to:

• Open a GUI file explorer to select your folder
• Walk through the folder and all subfolders
• Filter out .jpg, .jpeg, .png files
• Copy them to extracted_images/, renaming if needed

No third-party libraries required. It's clean and fast!

📦 Example Use Case

Let’s say you select this folder:

📂 /project/
  ├── folder1/cat.jpg
  ├── folder2/cat.jpg
  ├── folder3/dog.png

After running the script, it will create:

📂 /project/extracted_images/
  ├── cat.jpg
  ├── cat_1.jpg
  └── dog.png

✨ Boom! All your images are in one place.

📁 Try It Yourself

You can check out the full code, README, and instructions here:
🔗 GitHub Repo → https://github.com/codersattu/ImageExtractorFromFolder

🧠 Ideas to Extend

Feeling creative? Here are a few features you could add:

• A progress bar to show how many files were found
• Support for more image types like .webp, .gif, .bmp
• Convert it into a desktop app using PyInstaller
• Add filters by file size or resolution

👨‍💻 Final Thoughts

This project was a fun mix of automation, GUI programming, and file system logic. It’s a great mini-project if you're learning Python or want something useful in your toolbelt.

If you find it helpful or improve it, I’d love to see your version! 🙌
Let’s make file organizing a little less painful and a lot more Pythonic.

Need help setting it up or want a .exe version? Drop a comment or reach out. Happy coding! 🐍💡