How can I find it?: 17 Image Search

17 Image Search

We discuss and explore the variety of image resources and search tools available.

Class held on 11/09/2009. (student notes; possible questions).

Class structure

Google Images — "Ann Arbor" example, only large black & white of Ann Arbor
- Can search by size, type of image, color, and description, of course
- Under advanced image search, you can search for images related to news content, that have faces in them, that have a specific file type, or that are from a specific domain (.edu or a specific site)
Ask Images — large B&W photos of Ann Arbor
- Can search by size, filetype, color
Yahoo Images — large B&W of Ann Arbor
- Can search by size, color, domain
- "Travel overlay" — consider Las Vegas, NV (look in left column)
PicSearch (and advanced search page)
- "ann arbor" "michigan theater"
- Can search for animations separately; also search by color, shape, and size

Images at Yahoo News — you can't specify to search for images but they appear at the top of the results page
- This works as a direct link — just replace "football" with your own search term
Images at Google News — again, you can't specify to search for images directly; you'll have to click on Images on the left side
- This works as a direct link — just replace the "detroit+lions" with your own search term

Flickr
- Can search by full text or tags
- Explore flickr — you could spend many, many hours starting on this page
- Exploring flickr via map (article: Explore the world with flickr)
Compfight: a flickr search tool
- eiffel tower (via tags) and eiffel tower (via text)
- Notice difference in searching "Tags only" vs. "All text"
Behold: a Flickr search tool
- Eiffel tower
- Can search based on license

Pixolu — search for [eiffel tower]
- Searches Google, Flickr, and Yahoo
At Google Images, you can search for "similar images"
- Starbucks coffee and then click on "Find similar images" on the image you like
I wish they were better:
1. GazoPa — find similar images
  - Find image similar to http://seedmagazine.com/images/uploads/turtle_article.jpg
  - Or to http://www.mccullagh.org/db9/1ds-4/eiffel-tower-from-below.jpg
  - Ummmmm…..
2. TinEye — find similar images
  - Sign up here first
  - Search for this photo: http://etc.usf.edu/clipart/3700/3758/eiffel-tower_1_lg.gif
  - I get lots of "Received empty response."

Exalead
- Search for Gerald Ford
  - Watch what happens as you scroll down the page
- Only medium-sized face shots of Gerald Ford
- Doesn't play well with Camino on a Mac
Google Images
- Search for "Gerald R. Ford"|"Gerald Ford"
- Using the the options on the side of the page, search for facial shots of Gerald Ford
I wish these were better:
1. Picitup — image search (plus face search and "similar" search)
  - Gerald Ford
  - Search for "Gerald Ford"
  - Only facial shots of Gerald Ford
  - Search from Yahoo, Flickr, or Picasa
  - Search filters based on size, layout, faces, landscapes
2. FaceSaerch
  - Search for Gerald Ford

These are recommended by Presentation Zen.

Compare your results (related to efforts for your term project) using Google Images compared with one of Ask Images, Yahoo Images, PicSearch, Exalead Image, Compfight, and Flickr.
Compare the effectiveness (related to efforts for your term project) of the two news image search tools (Google News, Yahoo News).

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