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Today, not only designers are interested in the question of how to find a picture from a photo. Often this function is needed and regular users Internet. For example, if you need to check the uniqueness of a photo, find out the author of the photo, or find an image in a more good quality. Let's look at the most convenient services, allowing you to search similar photos in online mode.

Quickly search among 10 billion images inGoogle

Definitely, Google Images breaks all records in popularity and is used much more often than other similar sites.

To start your search here, download the desired picture.

It’s convenient that you can use the Drag-and-drop function and add an image by simply dragging it from the folder into the field for search query

It is also possible to paste the URL of a photo or upload it using Explorer.

By the way, in our recent article about that, we described the popular LightShot program, with which you can take a screenshot of a picture and instantly launch a Google search for it. This saves your time even more and allows you to avoid having to download new files to your computer or phone.

This is what Google ultimately shows us

So, Google has determined the size of the photo and offers to view the same image in other resolutions.

In the toolbar, you can set specific requirements for the size and date of publication on the Internet, as well as filter images by availability of a license for use

Let's return to the search results. Google analyzed the tags for all found ones similar files and suggested - “Most likely, on meme picture Peter Parker". Based on this, he selected website pages that might interest us. This is especially true if you need to track which source a particular image first appeared in.

The whole process of work is presented more clearly in this video. Check it out if you have any questions.

On the phone everything is performed according to exactly the same algorithm:

if you need to find a picture from a photo located in internal memory device, just go to the website and click “Upload photo”;
then click on the “Select file” button and select the desired image. Then the analysis will begin and after a few seconds you will be presented with the results.

How to find a picture from a photo in Yandex

The Yandex.Images service is less known than Google Images, but it also has a fairly impressive archive of indexed images - about 5 billion files. The work of the resource is built on a similar principle. Let's look at this in more detail.

You can upload a file using any in a convenient way: using Drag-and-drop function, standard conductor or links to the source.

Let's try to search for a picture by its URL.

Enter the link in the appropriate window

Click “Find”.

Here we see the same information as in Google: an image in other sizes, similar images, as well as sites on which this illustration appears

It’s not entirely convenient that there is no option to preview photos. To see all the pictures, you need to open each of them in turn.

Let's move on to viewing similar images.

It’s worth saying that the analysis was done quite well, and the selected pictures really correspond to the theme of our source code

They can be uploaded as an endless feed or in a slide show format.

Tineye.com - a pioneer in image search

Few people know, but it was Tinay who was the first service to introduce a photo search service on the Internet. The peculiarity of this service is that it searches not by title or tags of an illustration, but by its content. Tineye.com analyzes shades, location of objects and color palette, and then produces the most similar options.

Unfortunately, Russian-language interface is not provided here, so we used the “Translate into Russian” function. Although it is worth saying that in English everything is very clear and accessible

Download the source. The process begins automatically and within a moment we are shown the result.

You can filter pictures by size, date of publication, best match, or vice versa - greatest change to the original

As you can see, this service has fewer functions and capabilities than the previous two, but working with it is just as comfortable and easy.

Are there other ways to search by image?

To summarize, it is difficult to say which of the described Internet resources works better than the others, because each has its own characteristics and strengths.

We want to talk about two more programs with which you can quickly search by photo. They are designed as mobile applications and require downloading to your phone.

The first service is Google Googles. As the description says on Google Play, it allows you to quickly find information about any object you point your phone's camera at.

Google Googles can read and translate text in 8 different languages

Google Googles is best at recognizing paintings, books, landmarks, barcodes and QR codes.

The second service is CamFind. It specializes more in goods - it allows you to take a photo of the item you like and immediately find detailed information about her. For example, if you need to compare prices in stores, find places of sale, or pick up a similar product, the application will be very useful to you and will save time.

CamFind can be downloaded for both Android and iOS

These two services are quite easy to use and have interesting functionality, but, of course, they lose to their brothers - Google, Yandex and Tineye.com.

Search services similar pictures

Besides everything else I do printing design. In this regard, I have to study almost every day searching for similar images on the Internet. I usually used an online service for this tineye.com. But just recently I started using an even more convenient and functional search service for similar images, from the Internet giant - Google .

First, I’ll tell you where and for what purposes it’s applicable. this service, and then I’ll tell you about it in more detail.

Using Google's search for similar images, you can:

Find similar images for any picture from your computer or the Internet;
- find out the author and title of a painting unknown to you;
- find out the name of the celebrity depicted in the photo;
- find out the model of a car, smartphone, laptop, type of wine, breed of dog, etc.;

And all this in a couple of mouse clicks.

Search for similar images in Google provides great opportunities for designers - very often you have to search for all kinds of images based on a sample. This tool makes this task easier and helps you search for images in high resolution and good quality.

Search system Google provides four ways to search for similar images:

Drag and drop	Inserting a link to an image	Installing the extension

First way designed for images stored on your computer. To find a similar image, just drag and drop the image into the search form on images.google.com.

Second way offers an alternative to the first option for downloading an image, indicating its location on your computer.

Third way You can use it by copying the link to the image and pasting it into the image search form. This form opens after clicking on the camera icon on images.google.com:

Fourth method my favorite because it is the most convenient and provides almost unlimited possibilities for searching for similar images. To do this, you will need to install a special browser extension. Google Chrome or Firefox. After installing it, an image search shortcut will appear on each image (when you hover the mouse cursor over it) Google, by clicking on which you will be redirected to a search page for similar images. With the expansion of image search, you will be able to search the Internet not only by keywords but also by images. And without visiting a search engine.

Install extension Search by image for Google:

V Google Chrome you can following link: Install the Search by Image extension;

in Firefox through the search for extensions, by request " Search by image for Google".

After installing the extension in Google Chrome it will need to be activated in the settings:

Search for similar images in global network Internet has become very accessible. Thanks to leading developers most popular browsers And software to take screenshots from the screen, anyone can find the material they are looking for in a matter of seconds. Review standard methods to search for images in Internet browsers, using and new from Yandex browser.

Knowing what to look for can make it easy to learn how to do it. The classic search option in browsers requires the presence of the original image you are looking for, but you can do without a saved file. Details in this information web portal.

Via Google Chrome

In the search engine Google type keyword "Images" and go to the tab of the same name with an endless amount of varied graphic content.

WITH right side Google search click on the camera icon.

In the open configuration window there are two options:

Use "URL" link;
Upload a file (sample of the required material).

Document upload tab => Select the file whose analogues the user is going to find on the World Wide Web.

For example, you need to find a website logo.

The result will not be long in coming. The browser will display identical and similar images, as well as links to sites where similar images are found.

In the same way, you can search for people and characters from films using photographs.

If the result does not meet user expectations, then the image you are looking for is UNIQUE or browsers have not yet had time to index images uploaded to the Internet.

In Yandex browser

Just like in Chrome, the Yandex browser has a similar button for searching for images on the Internet.

You can download or simply hold the sample and drag it into the appropriate field.
Search through the image link.

The result is striking in its accuracy and relevance.

New option in Yandex

For example: Need to find Xiaomi icon Redmi.

IN search bar set keywords and go to the “Pictures” tab.

Among the abundant amount of drawings and photographs associated with the key, find more or less suitable image. Click on it.

In the left top corner pictures have icon "Search by fragment". A good way to take advantage new option.

Select the desired fragment.
The “Search” button initiates the detection of similar pictures.

The result is obvious.

Just like that, without first downloading a sample to download and search for similar pictures on the Internet, you can find what you want.

TinEye

Using the services of Canadian developers TinEye, you can search by pattern or use reverse file search. This can be done as follows:

Upload file;
Drag & Drop option – grab and drag the desired item graphic file to the search bar;
Search by URL.

TinEye constantly monitors, searches the web and adds images to its index. Today the TinEye index contains more than 28.2 billion images.

The TiniAy web resource supports only English. The interface is intuitive. For users who do not own foreign languages You can use online translator services.

TinEye extensions for search engines

The TinEye browser extension is the most quick way finding matches directly from Firefox, Chrome, Internet Explorer, Safari or Opera. WITH installed extension you can select any web image to find it on online archive resources.

Using Lightshot

Very convenient way users of the screenshot tool can find a similar image on the Internet Lightshot. To accomplish your plans, just select the desired area using the Lightshot screenshot and press the button with Latin letter "g".

Will open in the default browser search page Google with all the analogues found.

Either method is very effective.

Yandex is on top with the new option. A lightshot will help you search through Google.

Searching by photo from your phone is not so much difficult task, as it may seem. To reveal all the aspects of this process, we will try to outline what to do if you have the original image on your smartphone and if you want to find something related to the image found on the Internet.
In the second option, there are not so many solutions to the problem, but as long as we have our beloved Google, there is nothing to be afraid of.

As easy as pie

So you are interested in a photograph in some article and want to know more about it. If you haven't yet turned to your favorite browser and use the one built into Facebook, Twitter or something else, now is the time to turn to Chrome, Firefox, Dolphin or any other option that suits you. By opening the link in your browser, you long tap select the image you are interested in and open it in a new tab (in the appeared context menu This option will appear, here we see the option to quickly save the image or immediately start searching for it using Google)

When you see just one image on the page, all you have to do is copy the link to it and consider that half the work is already done.

Opening new tab and go to the starting page Google page. Here we are interested in the “Pictures” section. Once you go to it, all you have to do is paste the previously copied link to the image into the search bar. Click “Search” and enjoy the results. As a rule, among the really useful information unnecessary appears. You can refine your search using special filters, but mobile version website, they are not available, so click the “menu” button and put a tick next to the line “ full version" Here you can set all the parameters you are interested in: size, type, time, etc.

No less interesting option Select an image close to the one you are interested in and follow the “similar” link.

Now let’s consider a situation in which the picture is saved on your smartphone (by the way, you can also save it from the browser if fiddling with copying links seems difficult to you)

We go back to the Google start page and the “Images” tab, but now we select the “Upload File” tab. When you click on it, you will have access to your gallery. Having selected the desired photo, repeat the steps from previous paragraphs and again you will surely find what you need.

Applications to help

Now let's look at other ways to search for information using photos from a smartphone. We don't need a browser for this, but we will need third party applications, which will have to be installed in advance.

Google Googles(Android) is perhaps the most famous application of this kind. It hasn't received updates for a long time, but it's still working. Managing it is extremely simple: launch the camera in the application, point it at the object of interest, and take a photo. In a few seconds you will already have everything available information on the object of interest. Admittedly, this method works best with known objects: trademarks, attractions, art objects, etc. Here you can read barcodes and translate text, even solve Sudoku.

CamFind(Android, iOS) - works approximately the same, but is designed mainly for searching for all kinds of products, and can even help you find online stores where they are sold. But it also easily finds related and simply similar images, saves the search results that interest you to your favorites and allows you to quickly share them. There is a code scanner, recognition of famous places and even voice control. You can search from the gallery and from the camera.

Specialized services

But that is not all. If you don’t have time to install third-party applications, and fiddling with tabs in the browser is tiring, you can turn to the corresponding service, the sole purpose of which is to search for images. Tineye was and remains the best in its class. Here you can also upload an existing image or insert a link to it into the search bar (read above for how to get the link you are interested in). The service finds copies of the image you uploaded and links to the resources where they appeared. Alas, everything works only if it is 100% similar. The service also has one more interesting feature- working with flowers. That is, you can upload an image that Tineye will analyze, select key colors in it and find you pictures in the same color palette or, conversely, will select images based on specified colors.

So, these are the three simplest and universal methods to search for any images and information on the Internet when you only have one picture on hand. And if not all, then at least one of them will definitely lead you to success.

Let's start with the fact that until recently, search engines could not effectively search the Internet for images that interest you. The entire search process took place only according to the words that we entered in the search. It was very difficult! After all, the desired image directly depended on its description, which could appear in the text next to the image on various sites, as well as on the name of the image.

For example:

You are looking for paintings by the famous artist Pablo Picasso. Yes, the search engine will find you his paintings, but next to them he could find an image that a child drew, and his parent jokingly signed it: “Pablo Picasso’s greatest work!”

Of course, maybe you are a professional and can easily distinguish the original from a child’s painting, but not everyone can do it. If you want, you can try taking a test on just this topic:

But we are still growing and developing, and the same can be said about search engines. Today there are only a few services that you can give preference to. The top three are naturally Yandex and Google, and in third place is the lesser-known TinEye. TO word Bing and Rambler are still searching for pictures by words. Let's start the review.

Here Google suggests additional criteria search by size, similar images and sites where your searched image may be located.

Search by image in I'm index

Method number 1

To search by image in Yandex, follow the link yandex.ru/images or go to the main page Yandex page and click on "Pictures". Then click on the camera icon.

Like Google, there are three options for uploading an image for a search:

Enter the address of the image, that is, the URL.
Upload a file from your computer.
Drag the image directly into the search area.

Method number 2

This method is convenient for those who use the default Yandex browser. As with Google, just right-click on the image you want, then “Find this image in Yandex”.

Result

This is what Yandex gave us after searching for a photo:

Yandex, unlike Google, does not try to guess what exactly is shown in the photo; instead, it offers a convenient table with all possible sizes.

Search by photo in TinEye

And finally, the third image search service that tops our list is TinEye. To start your search, simply go to tineye.com and upload or drag the image you want into the search area.

For the test, we chose a photo, deliberately removing any mention of Jaguar from the title. As you can see in the screenshot below, TinEye did an excellent job. Found 61 results and even indicated correct name car.

Which service to choose for image search?

The conclusion can be summed up very simply. During the experiment, we tested more than one image in various services. In our opinion, these three coped more than well and it seems to us that it is best to use Google or Yandex, since latest app on English language. If with language barrier no, then you can safely use the one you like best. It is also worth noting that the above services are of course not perfect, so if you are looking for something specific, you can test all three. But remember that if they didn’t cope with your task, then no one else can cope. Next, we’ll look at how to search by image from your phone.

Search by image from your phone (Android, iPhone).

To find a photo, picture or any other image from your phone, you don’t need to make any effort. Everything is exactly as easy and simple as on regular computer. The search can be carried out using a picture that you have on your smartphone or one that you found on the Internet.

So, let's say you are interested in the photo of the girl shown below and you would like. To do this, of course, you need to send her to search for one of search engines Google or Yandex.

Tap and hold on the photo until a pop-up menu appears.

Click on "Find this image on Google" and you will instantly be taken to a page with the results of what the search engine found. In the Yandex browser you can do exactly the same manipulation. If your picture or photo is on your smartphone, then to search you need to follow the same steps as on your computer (see the beginning of the article).

Search by image using mobile applications.

This application is very similar to Google Googles, but it helps more to find some goods in stores. Let's say you like something, you can immediately take a photo this item, thing, etc. and the app will help you find a place to buy it.

Browser extensions for searching pictures, photos and images.

Sometimes you may encounter a situation that you need to find an exact image and would like to check in all services at once. Of course, it won’t take 2 hours, but you’ll still have to tinker. A service can help you with this, or rather a browser extension - PhotoTracker Lite. Works with browsers: Yandex, Chrome, Opera. There is another bonus: the application searches for images in the Bing search engine.

This way you can use all four services at the same time to search desired image. To get started, install the extension in your browser.

After installation, you will be able to configure the extension, which services to search in, as well as in which window to open the results page (background or active, to do this, click on the “settings” gear).

After setting up the extension, you can safely use it for its intended purpose. By right-clicking, as in Google and Yandex, you can see a new subsection “Search this image.” Click and the extension will redirect you to the results.

But that's not all, PhotoTracker Lite has another nice search feature. This is the "Icon" quick search", where all results will be loaded even faster (on and off in the extension settings).

After clicking on the search, you will see results in all selected (depending on settings) services.

It is worth noting that this extension copes with its task very well and can be very useful for those who are involved in photography, have a direct connection with working with images, etc.

Watch a video on how to use the PhotoTracker Lite extension:

Despite all the shortcomings that can happen when using these services and applications, they are still the best that exist today.