Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Google Images

Did you know that Google Image can do great advance searching options to help you more quickly find a picture or image that you need?
How to get there- 1. Go to Google. 2. Click on the images link. 3. Click on Advanced Searching Options.
You can type in your search words. In your search you could specify color or size.
You can also specify the content type: any content, news content, faces, photo content, clip art, and line drawings.
You can determine the size or aspect ratio. You can also determine the type of files (jpg, gif, png, bmp). You can also determine if an image is black and white or color.

You can also filter pictures by the use/copyright that is allowed with them. If you encourage students to use “labeled for commercial use with modification” you are able to use it and could sell it and change the image if you wanted to.
In all the three picture examples, I searched for "yellow bird" and did so with photo, clip art, and line drawing. If you have a very specific image in mind, this can be an easy way to filter what you are looking at to more quickly get what you want.




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