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image-searching software? - 7/12/2011 2:21:12 AM

Lordandmaster

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Does anyone know whether there is any reasonably good image-searching software to be found? For example ... suppose you know that someone's profile pic is fake because you've actually SEEN it somewhere. Is there a way to search the internet for images that match a specific file? (Sort of like an image-based, rather than text-based, index like Google.) I know there are programs that will find duplicate files on your own hard drive, but that wouldn't help for something like this.

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RE: image-searching software? - 7/12/2011 2:30:56 AM

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There's tineye but it's not very good, professional fotographers and graphic artists have programs to find pics on the web, especially if somebody else is using them for commercial purposes, I did a quick google, here are some

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Content-based_image_retrieval

http://www.ilovefreesoftware.com/09/webware/best-image-search-engines.html

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RE: image-searching software? - 7/12/2011 2:31:55 AM

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lots image search engines around

try what's called a search engine

i think google or bing is one those

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RE: image-searching software? - 7/12/2011 2:53:37 AM

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As already mentioned, TinEye has been around for a bit and does a decent, if far from comprehensive, job with reverse image searches. More recently, Google has put in their entry to the field, Search by image, which is now a standard part of Google images. You can initiate a search with an image there by clicking on the little camera icon in the search bar.

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RE: image-searching software? - 7/12/2011 4:02:48 AM

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TY all. Interesting--I uploaded the exact same file twice, and got two totally different sets of results from Google Images. Still a few bugs in the system, but at least one of the two results was useful.

And LOL DavidLee I know what a search engine is.

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As already mentioned, TinEye has been around for a bit and does a decent, if far from comprehensive, job with reverse image searches. More recently, Google has put in their entry to the field, Search by image, which is now a standard part of Google images. You can initiate a search with an image there by clicking on the little camera icon in the search bar.

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