Guys, Beee careful what you look for. A virus found me! I went to makeuseof.com and signed in. Got the confirm message, etc. Then I clicked on the URL in this message for info on tineye. Bam!!! Norton nailed a high-threat virus. Hmmmm! Should I notify makeuseof and/or tineye? AZ LOOKAROUND - Since 1978 Build a 120/35mm Lookaround! The Lookaround E-Book FREE COPY http://www.panoramacamera.us > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: [SPAM] Re: tineye.com > From: Don Roberts <droberts@xxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Fri, February 12, 2010 2:43 pm > To: List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students > <photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > They are not looking for an exact match but they are looking for the > same photo. They claim that even if it has been edited or modified they > could find it. They use the Mona Lisa as an example. A good > explanation is here: > http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/tineye-searching-for-images-with-image/ > Don > > On 2/12/10 12:06 PM, David Dyer-Bennet wrote: > > On Fri, February 12, 2010 11:30, PhotoRoy6@xxxxxxx wrote: > > > >> I think they are making direct matches. When they say content I think they > >> mean if you load a picture of a handbag they don't look for handbags but > >> only for your specific image of a handbag. So they are searching for a > >> pattern that looks exactly like your pattern (your image). I assume they > >> are > >> looking at 0 and 1 but there may be other ways to do this. > >> > > They're clearly not looking for an exact match. I suspect it's something > > on the order of a much-reduced size and then some kind of "degree of > > difference" metric; but it may be something more sophisticated. > > > >
