One of the most frequent questions we receive is: ‘How do I find the copyright owner of an image?’ While the answer is complex, TinEye can help point you in the right direction.
How to find high resolution images with TinEye
Finding high resolution images online can sometimes be challenging, especially when the same image appears in dozens of different sizes and quality levels. Whether you’re verifying the ownership of an image, sourcing visuals for your presentation or conducting research, locating the highest resolution of an image is often the fastest way to identify the original source. In this guide, you will...
Simple way to use the TinEye API
As you know, reverse searches on TinEye are free for non-commercial use, and that means it is free for people like you and me who need to perform the occasional reverse image searches. But what if your use is a commercial use, say you work for a corporation, or are in need of high volume reverse searches and would still like to perform reverse image searches in a snap and without any integration...
MulticolorEngine: color search with tags
TinEye color search fans rejoice! One of the most requested feature for our TinEye color search lab is the ability to not only search by color but also refine searches by using tags. And that’s what you are going to be able to do as of now: our new color search lab incorporates tags. You can now search 20 million creative commons images using both colors and tags.
The story behind the TinEye robot
Many of our TinEye fans have asked us about the history of the TinEye robot, if the robot has a name, how was it created? and if TinEye itself was inspired by Brandon Sanderson’s Mistborn trilogy (it was not). So we thought to start off the new year we would reminisce with Stephen DesRoches about creating the TinEye robot. We invited Stephen to tell you the story from his designer...
TinEye: What’s in a name?
Many of you have asked us where the name “TinEye” originated. We’ll give you a quick hint: ROBOTS. We at Idée love robots, machines, and all things mechanical. In fact, our office is filled with mechanical friends! So a little history: back in 2000 when we were brainstorming cool names for our image recognition technology, it was no surprise that robots came to mind. Not just...