Vagebond from the Netherlands writes: Because of all of the recent commotion about reverse image search tools like TinEye – but mainly just for the fun of it – I created a new type of quiz that is TinEye proof no doubt. It’s not harder or easier than our regular episodes of MovieQuiz, just ‘different’. And what Vagebond means is that he prepared a special Movie Quiz...
Photography as theater
We love hearing from our TinEye fans because that’swhat keeps us going every day and that’s how we discover awesome photography. For example: the work of Roberto Kusterle. Here is Sophie’s story:
Is the TinEye index weird?
I can’t stop being surprised at what is in the TinEye index but hey if it helps out AskReddit then that’s just awesome!
TinEye Chrome Extension
Hey TinEye fans and Chrome users. Many of you have asked why when installing our TinEye Chrome Extension, a popup warns you that our extension can access “Your data on all websites” and “Your browsing history”. What? Does this mean that TinEye is keeping track of all the webpages you visit?
TinEye sleuthing & President Nicolas Sarkozy
André Gunthert’s visual exploration of President Nicolas Sarkozy images in the French press, particularly Le Nouvel Observateur. A fascinating series of observations. In French only. So this one is for all our French TinEye fans.
What features would you like to see in TinEye?
Howdy folks! We are furiously working on the next stage of development for TinEye which will include all sorts of wonderful things:
Automated image monitoring and image alerts
User-submitted contributions to the TinEye image database
A bigger and better index as always
But besides these gems, what would you like to see?
Please answer in the comments–speak and be heard!
Safari extension is here!
The TinEye extension is now available for Safari, allowing you to conveniently search for any web image straight from your browser.
Once installed, simply right-click on any web image and select either “Search Image on TinEye” or “Search Page on TinEye”. Results are displayed for you at tineye.com.
Remember sorting preferences
They say a robot never forgets–or is that an elephant? Well in any case, TinEye has been doing his memory exercises because he now remembers your sorting preferences! Whether you’re logged in our out, and even if you’ve totally shut down your browser, TinEye will remember your last sorting preference. For example, if you searched for the biggest version of an image the last time...
A groovy TinEye tutorial
Groove Dexter over at groovyPost wrote up a great tutorial on how to use TinEye. It covers finding larger versions of an image, using the ‘Compare Images’ feature to compare similar images, and finding out more information about the subject of an image. Check it out, you might learn something new!
Photo authenticity in reporting
As TinEye scoops PEI news in the CBC reporting today I can’t help but think about the two blog posts that have been brewing in my head for a little while now: Authenticity of photographs in reporting (or editorial news) and Photo credits: and by photo credits I mean providing appropriate photo credits at all time. So there will be soon a longer blog post about both, in the meantime enjoy...