Welcome to PictureDig.com! Our site allows users to find the highest quality version of any image they choose. You can compare any image on your computer or the internet to the images in our library. All you need to do is select the file on your computer or supply a URL to the picture. Without downloading any software, our Picture Fingerprint Algorithm scans your picture, saves its Fingerprint in our library, compares the Fingerprint to our library and returns the matches. The results are displayed in descending match percentage (>70% usually signals a match). Because we have recently launched our site, our library of pictures is still small; but, it is growing fast! Please help us by scanning as many pictures as you like.
If you have any questions, please check the list below to see if we have addressed them. If not, feel free to contact us and we will be sure to get back to you.
"How does PictureDig.com work?"
After a user uploads a picture of enters a URL, we scan the image and create a fingerprint. The fingerprint creation is proprietary, but our algorithm is surprisingly simple, quick and effective. After creating the fingerprint, we compare it to all the others in our library and return the results. The more images we scan, the better our results get. So, please submit as many as you can!
"Do I need to download any software?"
Absolutely not! All the calculations, storing and results are completed on our server, so you don't need to do anything but point us to the image.
"Why do people use PictureDig.com?"
There are many reasons why somebody would want to use PictureDig.com. To name a few...
- Use PictureDig.com to track unauthorized uses of your copyrighted image.
- You can find the source of an image: the results of a scan include links to the website that hosts the imgages. Click on the link below the image to visit the original site.
- You can find higher resolution images. If you see an avatar or a thumbnail of an image that you want, you can scan for all the different sizes of the image on the web.
If you have a novel use of PictureDig.com, we would love to hear it! Please send us a quick message and tell us all about it!
"Can PictureDig.com recognize faces or find altered versions of my image?"
No, PictureDig.com currently does not recognize faces or other shapes within the pictures. We specialize in finding exact matches of the image you submit or images with different resolutions, sizes or slightly changed versions. We are constantly improving our algorithm and will consistently add functionality such as object recognition, face recognition, etc, so keep returning and using the site!
"Why did I receive "funny" results when I submitted a picture?"
No image comparison algorithm is perfect, and PictureDig.com is no different. If you submit an image that hasn't been scanned before, it is highly likely to come up with a false positive. However, if you find and scan the same picture somewhere else on the internet (different resolution, size or color saturation), we almost guarantee that the two will match. Please try it and test our algorithm!
"How large is the PictureDig.com library?"
Admittedly, our library is very small (less than 5,000 images). This relatively small library contributes to many of the false positives you may see. We are hoping to get funding or create a large user base to help expand our picture library. With funding, we can create a spider, much like common internet search engines, so we can auto-populate the library.
"Will other users see the image I upload?"
If you select a picture from your hard drive, a thumbnail of your image will show up in future searches, but a full-size version of your picture will NOT show up. We do not keep records of IP addresses or logs of user uploads. Although we do have a website counter, rest assured that you can use PictureDig.com as anonymously as possible.
18 USC 2257 Statement:
Please be warned that the pages you view may contain sexual content. You may enter this website only if you are at least 18 years of age or at least the legal age in the jurisdiction where you reside or from which you access this website. Sexually explicit materials are on this website. Do not log on if that offends you. By uploading an image or scanning a URL, you acknowledge that you are of legal age to view sexually explicit materials.
The owners and operators of PictureDig.com are not the primary or secondary producers of any visual content found on the PictureDig.com website. With respect to the record keeping requirements as per 18 USC 2257 for content available on this site, please kindly direct your request to the producers of the content.
PictureDig.com is a picture sharing site offering features such as uploading, sorting and general viewing of various types of content. Automated scripts allow users to upload pictures or supply URLs. While PictureDig.com does the best it can with verifying compliance, it may not be 100% accurate.