How to do a reverse image search
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- TinEye
- More about reverse image search
- Google - Search by Image
- Articles about Reverse Image Search
- Add Ons for Browsers
- Other Image Search websites
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What is a reverse image search?
Most of the time when we search for things on the internet we use WORDS - such as key words or words used for meta tags
The big difference with a reverse image search is that all we use is IMAGES to look for similar images
A reverse image search starts with an image and looks for all similar images. The image is introduced to a specialised search engine (of which more below) and it finds all the results on the Internet which are a good match.
All reverse search engines will produce results but the number and quality of those results very much depends on how the reverse image search engine works
Why do a reverse image search?
The main reasons for using a reverse image search are:
* to find out where an image came from. If it's an image which has been used quite a few times it can sometimes be difficult to identify the original source
* to identify the original source so as to accredit it
* to find higher resolution images of an image - search results will tell you where you can find images which are bigger in terms pixels and a higher level of resolution
* to locate internet sites where an image appears - the results provide a URL address
* to track down places where your images appear on the Internet in order to enforce your rights under copyright law. This may highlight places where:
- your copyright is being infringed
- copies of your images are being sold
- your images have been altered and represented to be those of another person
* to identify the owner of an image so you can ask to use it However this prompts the question of whether or not you have adeqate contact details on your site which will allow people to do this
* to identify who has already used a publicly available image so as to avoid its use if used too much already. This is particularly relevant to those using images they do not own on blogs and websites. Examples include stock photography and creative commons images with no restrictions
Original Article - Making A Mark - How to do a reverse image search
- Google's Reverse Image Search | Compound Eye, Scientific American Blog Network
- Earlier this summer Google quietly embedded a powerful new tool in their image works: the reverse search.The concept is simple. Drag an image into the search ...
Why do you want to do a reverse image search?
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TinEye
a product of Idée
TinEye was the first image search engine which enabled people to use technology to find results based on searching using images rather than words
TinEye allows you to:
* Find out where an image came from,
* how it is being used,
* if modified versions of the image exist, or
* find higher resolution versions.
- TinEye Reverse Image Search
- TinEye is a reverse image search engine. Give it an image and it will tell you where the image appears on the web.
- TinEye Blog | Blog Archive | A simple TinEye tutorial
- A simple TinEye tutorial - For anyone who is new to TinEye (welcome!), or who just wants to brush up on the basics, here is a tutorial covering all of the essentials
- TinEye Image Search Engine - Idee Inc. - The Visual Search Company
- Idée Inc. develops advanced image identification and visual search software.
- About - TinEye
- A video about TinEye
- FAQ - TinEye
- TineEye Frequently Asked Questions - If your question is not answered here, come visit us at the TinEye Forum or get in touch.
More about reverse image search
Google - Search by Image
a reverse image search engine
Google's "Search by Image" launched quietly in the summer of 2011. Some say it could spell the end of TinEye. It's certainly the first serious competition for TinEye. It also produces a lot more results.
Using Google 'Search by Image' you can
* just put your picture in the search box on images.google.com.
* click the camera icon in the search box and upload a photo from your computer or paste the URL of an image from the web.
* drag and drop pictures from webpages or your computer into the search box.
* download the Chrome or Firefox extensions which enable you to search even faster and more efficiently with just one click
This search engine works best when there is related and unique content already on the web.
- Google | Search by Image
- Now you can explore the web in an entirely new way by beginning your Google search with an image. Learn more about images on the web and your own photos.
- Google | Search by Image | Help Page
- Explains how to use Google Image Search
- Search by text, voice, or image - Inside Search (Google Blog)
- Search by Image returns the best results for images that have related content already on the web
- Google Instant (sunflower - Google Search)
- a sneak preview of Google Images with Instant - soon to be available for everybodt
Articles about Reverse Image Search
Comments on developments in reverse search engines - and the implications for privacy and law reform
- MAKING A MARK: How to do a reverse image search
- There are two easy options for doing a reverse image search:
* Tineye
* Google Reverse Image Search
I guess most will be familiar with the former - but maybe not the latter? The post summarises...... - Google rolls out reverse image search: RIP Tineye | ZDNet (June 2011)
- Did Google just destroy Tineye to claim the throne of supreme reverse image search engine? I think so.
- Reverse image search engines - your new best friend! (July 2011)
- Reverse image search engines - your new best friend!
- Graham Mitchell Photography - Fight back against copyright infringement!
- Photographers have had a hard time lately, partly due to having their work taken and copied freely on the internet. Now it is easier than ever to fight back against copyright infringement thanks to some new technology.
- Top 10 reverse image search engines | Comptalks (December 2010)
- Reverse image search is different kind of search where one does not provide keywords and instead provides an image and the search engine ..."
- A Look into Reverse Image Search Tools | Search Engine Journal (Nov. 2009)
- I've been already looking at various advanced image search engines as well as listing tools that allow to search for similar images. This post is about a bit different type of image search: Reverse image search
- Shutter Mike Photography | Reverse Image Search Engines
- Reverse image search engines such as TinEye and Google can be valuable tools for photographers.
Add Ons for Browsers
A number of the browsers have add ons which allow you to do a reverse image search direct from the browser.
Interestingly despite the fact that Google owns Chrome, Chrome only offers an extension for TinEye and not for Google Reverse Image Search - but maybe in time that will be remedied.....
- FAQ - TinEye - Do the plugins work with Opera/Safari/IE/Firefox/Chrome?
- The plugins work with the latest stable builds of Firefox, Chrome, Safari, Opera and Internet Explorer (The plugins may not work properly if you are running certain unstable builds or beta versions of IE, Firefox or Chrome).
- TinEye Reverse Image Search :: Add-ons for Firefox
- TinEye is a reverse image search engine. The plugin adds a right-click menu item that allows you to search for an image to find out where it came from, how it is being used, if modified versions of the image exist, or to find higher resolution versions.
- TinEye Reverse Image Search - Chrome Web Store
- This is the official TinEye Chrome extension. Find out where an image came from, how it's used, or find higher resolution versions.
- TinEye Reverse Image Search - Opera extensions
- TinEye Opera extension
Other Image Search websites
Reverse Search and other specialised image searches
- RevIMG - Reverse visual search
- RevIMG is a reverse visual search engine. Traditional image search engine systems allow you to find images starting from a text, RevIMG works the opposite way: start the search from an image and returns you as result a list of links to web pages where the image or similar ones are contained. If you
- BYO Image Search Lab - Idee Inc.
- Upload your own images or point to the one on the web and we'll show you what it resembles
- Visual Search Lab - Idee Inc.
- We gathered nearly 3 million stock photos from Alamy. Using our Piximilar visual search technology you can search the collection to find visually similar images
- Multicolr Search Lab - Idee Inc.
- We extracted the colours from 10 million of the most "interesting" Creative Commons images on Flickr. Using our Piximilar visual search technology you can search the collection by colour.
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