Image search is a unique technology where the search for information uses not text, but some image. If, for example, you are looking for a picture on the web or trying to find a better version of an image, or you want to find out the original source of the image, then the best solution would be to use Google Image Search. Using this function, it will not be difficult to find similar pictures on the network.
Popular search engines such as Google, Bing, and Yandex have a Search by Image function. But, nevertheless, there are many third-party resources on the network that provide similar services. You just need to load any image into them and the search utility will give you a whole list of similar images.
How to use Google Image Search
As already mentioned, Google uses a fairly advanced “Image Search” technique, with which you can easily find similar or identical images on the web. All you need to do is upload your image to the search engine, after which it will analyze the various attributes of the file: color, shape, texture, etc. Google will then compare the parsed image with millions of other images in its database and return the result.
So all the same how to use Google Image Search? To search for a similar picture, follow these steps:
- To get started, just go to www.images.google.com…
- Next, click on the Camera icon next to the search bar.
- You can either upload an image file from your computer, or simply drag and drop any image from the network or from your PC towards the search bar.
- It will take Google a few seconds to process the image, and then you will be presented with a search result, which will indicate all the matches with your image. Google will also provide you with a list of images that are visually similar to your picture.
Earlier it was said that you can use other search engines or resources for Image Search. Let’s take a look at the most popular ones.
Search by image TinEye
TinEye Is the second most popular image finder on the web, with over 15 million images in its database. Google Image Search and TinEye are known precisely for their exceptional accuracy in their search results. TinEye is also available as a plugin for Firefox, Chrome, Safari, IE and Opera browsers.
It should be noted that the TinEye Image Search algorithm has never been disclosed. It looks like the image analysis is done through some kind of image identification technology, not through metadata or keywords.
TinEye also provides the ability to search for images that have a similar color gamut to the downloaded image.
Yandex image search
Yandex, the most popular search engine in the Russian-speaking space, also provides a Search by Image function that allows users to search for duplicate images on the Internet. As in the case of Google, here you will also need to specify either a link to a picture, or upload it yourself to a search engine. After downloading, the process of searching for the requested image on the network will begin. There is nothing concrete to describe here, since Yandex in this case completely copies Google.
Image search CTRLQ.org
In fact, this point could have been added to Google, since CTRLQ.org is a Google Image Search service created specifically for mobile platforms. Just open this application on your device, click “Upload Image” and upload any picture of your choice. Click on “Show Matches” and you will see a list of similar images that are on the web.
Search by image Image Raider
Image Raider Is another “image finder” that uses the search power of resources such as Bing, Google, Yandex to display results. A rather remarkable feature of Image Raider is that you can load up to twenty images into it at a time. Just like in other Image Search services, you simply specify the address of the image or upload the image itself.
As you can see, all of these resources and search engines work pretty much the same way. Also, they all have a fairly simple and intuitive interface that even a beginner can handle. We hope that after this article, the question of how toHow to use Google Image Search and other services you have closed.