An Overview :-
TinEYE a reverse search engine for images to find similar images .This is helpful in finding out from where a particular image come from , its modified versions , even you can also find more images of same kind having higher resolutions then that of you have.It is currently in BETA version as their Crawler are searching the web for the images.
How It Works :-
It is the first image search engine in the web using image identification technology rather than keywords, metadata or watermarks. It is free to use for non-commercial searching.when you submit an image for the search the TinEYE create an unique identification number regarding to that image ( a unique Fingerprint like thing for that image), then compares this fingerprint to every other image in our index to retrieve matches. TinEye can even find a partial fingerprint match.By this it not only find similar images but also the exact matching images , including those that have been edited , cropped , resized etc..
Some Advantages Of Using TinEye?
- Find out where an image came from, or get more information about it .
- Research or track the appearance of an image online .
- Find higher resolution versions of an image .
- Locate web pages that make use of an image you have created .
- Discover modified or edited versions of an image .
