I just discovered TinEye. You can upload an image you created (or any other of course), or paste in a URL, and it brings back links to images that look suspiciously like yours.
If ever there was an app for B3ta, this is it.
Apologies for lack of mirth.
(, Wed 14 Jan 2009, 12:31, Reply)
I'm sure some people haven't seen it yet, and it is worth using if you think someone's stolen some work and posted it as their own.
(, Wed 14 Jan 2009, 12:37, Reply)
I shoved the pic of me in my profile looking like a prick, and it brought up the version I use on my website which is cut out with transparency. It looks nothing like the original pic.
(, Wed 14 Jan 2009, 12:49, Reply)
and returns images that match above a certain threshold.
(, Wed 14 Jan 2009, 13:39, Reply)
"TinEye looks for the specific image you uploaded, not the content of the image. TinEye cannot identify people or objects in an image."
I think it just searches for the image name. If so, that's a bit lame.
(, Wed 14 Jan 2009, 14:16, Reply)
maybe it just means that it can't search for really small patterns, that would take ages for the system to compute, so instead it uses relatively large patterns which are too large for face detection.
(, Wed 14 Jan 2009, 14:29, Reply)
and added bits and all sorts. Someone who's not as lazy as me needs to test this out more
(, Wed 14 Jan 2009, 15:04, Reply)
Now all I need to do is produce something worth nicking and I'm well away...
(, Wed 14 Jan 2009, 12:59, Reply)