
The new feature also helps Google catch up with Bing, which has its own image licensing filter directly accessible from your search results. But until now, you had to access the Advanced Image Search page to filter your results. Google has offered usage rights filtering for images since 2009. The "reuse with modification" option grants you the ability to alter the image.Ī Google help page describes the various licensing and usage options. The "labeled for commercial reuse" lets you use the image commercially. The "labeled for reuse" option allows you to use the image for non-commercial purposes as specified in the license. In the text box, paste the URL and click Search. To copy the URL, right-click on the image and click Copy image address. The images are typically ones licensed by Creative Commons or GNU Free Documentation, or are items in the public domain. On your computer, go to a web browser and access the website with the image you want to use. Select the option you wish to use, and the page refreshes to include only those images. That menu offers five choices: Not filtered by license, Labeled for reuse, Labeled for commercial reuse, Labeled for reuse with modification, and Labeled for commercial reuse with modification.
The app doesn't have its own search engine, so it uses others (Google is the default) to do the reverse image search instead. Tiny extension to construct a URL for an advanced Google Images search. If you're looking for something beyond the Google app and Google Chrome for your reverse image search needs, there are a couple of other apps you try.Īs long as you have the image file or its URL, you can use Reversee to do a reverse image search.
