diff --git a/api/scripts/prepare-training.py b/api/scripts/prepare-training.py
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+from argparse import ArgumentParser
+from typing import Any, List, Tuple
+from PIL.Image import Image, open as pil_open
+from torchvision.transforms import RandomCrop, Resize, Normalize, ToTensor
+from os import environ, path
+from logging import getLogger
+from logging.config import dictConfig
+from yaml import safe_load
+from glob import iglob
+import torchvision.models as models
+from torch.autograd import Variable
+import torch.nn as nn
+from PIL import ImageOps
+
+
+logging_path = environ.get("ONNX_WEB_LOGGING_PATH", "./logging.yaml")
+
+try:
+    if path.exists(logging_path):
+        with open(logging_path, "r") as f:
+            config_logging = safe_load(f)
+            dictConfig(config_logging)
+except Exception as err:
+    print("error loading logging config: %s" % (err))
+
+logger = getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+def parse_args():
+    parser = ArgumentParser()
+
+    # paths
+    parser.add_argument("--src", type=str)
+    parser.add_argument("--dest", type=str)
+
+    # image params
+    parser.add_argument("--crops", type=int)
+    parser.add_argument("--height", type=int, default=512)
+    parser.add_argument("--width", type=int, default=512)
+    parser.add_argument("--threshold", type=float, default=0.75)
+
+    return parser.parse_args()
+
+
+def load_images(root: str) -> List[Tuple[str, Image]]:
+    logger.info("loading images from %s", root)
+
+    images = []
+    for name in iglob(path.join(root, '**', '*.jpg'), recursive=True):
+        logger.info("loading image file: %s", name)
+        prefix, _ext = path.splitext(name)
+        prefix = path.basename(prefix)
+
+        image = pil_open(name)
+        image = ImageOps.exif_transpose(image)
+        images.append((prefix, image))
+
+    return images
+
+
+def save_images(root: str, images: List[Tuple[str, Image]]):
+    for name, image in images:
+        logger.info("saving image %s", name)
+        image.save(path.join(root, f"crop_{name}.jpg"))
+
+    logger.info("saved %s images to %s", len(images), root)
+
+
+def resize_images(images: List[Tuple[str, Image]], size: Tuple[int, int]) -> List[Tuple[str, Image]]:
+    results = []
+    for name, image in images:
+        results.append((name, ImageOps.contain(image, size)))
+
+    return results
+
+
+def remove_duplicates(sources: List[Tuple[str, Image]], threshold: float, vector_cache: List[Any]) -> List[Tuple[str, Image]]:
+    model = models.resnet18(pretrained=True)
+    model.eval()
+
+    # prepare transforms to make images resnet-compatible
+    scaler = Resize((224, 224))
+    normalize = Normalize(mean=[0.485, 0.456, 0.406], std=[0.229, 0.224, 0.225])
+    to_tensor = ToTensor()
+
+    vectors = []
+    for name, source in sources:
+        source_tensor = Variable(normalize(to_tensor(scaler(source))).unsqueeze(0))
+        vectors.append(model(source_tensor))
+
+    similarity = nn.CosineSimilarity(dim=1, eps=1e-6)
+
+    results = []
+    for (name, source), source_vector in zip(sources, vectors):
+        cached = False
+        for cache_vector in vector_cache:
+            score = similarity(source_vector, cache_vector)
+            logger.debug("similarity score for %s: %s", name, score)
+
+            if score > threshold:
+                cached = True
+
+        if cached == False:
+            vector_cache.append(source_vector)
+            results.append((name, source))
+
+
+    # count = len(sources)
+    # for i in range(count):
+    #     if i not in duplicates:
+    #         for j in range(i + 1, count):
+    #           if j not in duplicates and i != j:
+    #             score = similarity(vectors[i], vectors[j])
+    #             logger.info("similarity score between %s and %s: %s", i, j, score)
+
+    #             if score > threshold:
+    #                 duplicates.add(j)
+
+    logger.info("keeping %s of %s images", len(results), len(sources))
+
+    return results
+
+
+def crop_images(sources: List[Tuple[str, Image]], size: Tuple[int, int], crops: int) -> List[Tuple[str, Image]]:
+    transform = RandomCrop(size)
+    results = []
+
+    for name, source in sources:
+        for i in range(crops):
+            results.append((f"{name}_{i}", transform(source)))
+
+    return results
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    args = parse_args()
+
+    # load unique sources
+    sources = load_images(args.src)
+    sources = resize_images(sources, (args.width * 2, args.height * 2))
+    sources = remove_duplicates(sources, args.threshold, [])
+
+    # randomly crop
+    cache = []
+    count = 0
+    for source in sources:
+        crops = crop_images([source], (args.width, args.height), args.crops)
+        crops = remove_duplicates(crops, args.threshold, cache)
+        save_images(args.dest, crops)
+        count += len(crops)
+
+    logger.info("saved %s crops from %s sources", count, len(sources))