tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post399062246511266327..comments2024-03-28T16:36:12.581-04:00Comments on Gurney Journey: Visually SimilarJames Gurneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01870848001990898499noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-27801815267183689462012-06-23T11:50:20.911-04:002012-06-23T11:50:20.911-04:00Why the similar pair of pants silhouette? I'm ...Why the similar pair of pants silhouette? I'm seeing in the white shapes of your man it podium sketch, something that resembles a pair of pants, where his arm and shoulder are. Fascinating!Theresa Taylor Bayerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00886143448221324175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-74669189529673556142012-06-20T13:24:01.650-04:002012-06-20T13:24:01.650-04:00In the outdoor Dinitopia painting, you placed a re...In the outdoor Dinitopia painting, you placed a rectangular shape under the statue's legs... at about the "Golden Third" intersection. Google gave you pictures with other rectangular shapes.... interior rooms, because rectangles aren't often found naturally in nature. That's my hypothesis, anyway! :)Francesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-10569367103404996202012-06-20T13:10:19.519-04:002012-06-20T13:10:19.519-04:00The picture of men's ties also mimics the line...The picture of men's ties also mimics the lines in the bottom left corner... the part that looks like the shape of the folding chairs, as well. Fascinating stuff!Francesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-67088489795819960172012-06-20T11:49:51.378-04:002012-06-20T11:49:51.378-04:00The picture of the chairs looks like the black sha...The picture of the chairs looks like the black shape on the bottom left that represents the podium.... if looking at just the black shape alone. Also, there is a shape in the middle, at the bottom, that looks like a tank top. I'm not much of an artist, but dated one long ago, who was always talking about looking at art with squinted eyes to "see." :DFrancesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-26009133369438469442012-06-20T11:41:51.846-04:002012-06-20T11:41:51.846-04:00If you squint your eyes and look at the dark shape...If you squint your eyes and look at the dark shape above the man's head in your drawing... it looks like an almost symmetrical pair of dark pants. I wonder if that is why you got the results you did for that drawing.Francesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-28895145308511189672012-01-24T06:46:07.709-05:002012-01-24T06:46:07.709-05:00The reason Google created this feature was so that...The reason Google created this feature was so that photographers, artists, and uploaders of content (graphs, etc) could track who was reposting or reusing their content. For instance, James, you'd be able to track who was using your color wheel images.<br /><br />This is the first time you'd be able to run such a search, to my knowledge.jeckert55https://www.blogger.com/profile/07404821590214077415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-50364877806007423342012-01-23T11:11:49.147-05:002012-01-23T11:11:49.147-05:00James,
OMG. I tried it with a well-known paintin...James, <br />OMG. I tried it with a well-known painting by Jimmy Whistler, Nocturne in Black and Gold, and sure enough, back came Google's best guesses, along with links to the artist's bio, and web pages where the image appears. I also uploaded some of my own images, and Google naturally came back with links to my web site, but also with some interesting images with the same palette. It might be fun to take my own image, along with a Google-returned similar image, and run them through a Photoshop analysis, to see what they have in common. I had no idea; thank you! Way too much fun.Janet Oliverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15211855672690293121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-53670558244141505162012-01-20T11:53:37.031-05:002012-01-20T11:53:37.031-05:00I couldn't restrain my curiosity. I had to try...I couldn't restrain my curiosity. I had to try it. I uploaded a photo of a painting I did of a new born seal on a northern Oregon beach. Google showed pictures of beaches and birds but also a lot of pictures of decks and stonework. Interesting! Thanks!R. Delighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02635194775114327666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-7786728364360570282012-01-20T03:15:26.846-05:002012-01-20T03:15:26.846-05:00Janet,
Yes, if you open the main page for "im...Janet,<br />Yes, if you open the main page for "images.google.com" you can drag and drop an image onto the center of the page (in Mac at least) and it will come back with its best guess for the name of the painting, the artist who did it, plus other places on the web where that image occurs, and other sizes of the image. Playing with this can definitely use up hours of time.<br /><br />D: thanks for that tip. Interesting way to narrow it.<br /><br />Marc, thanks. There's something hypnotic about that video, and funny how it comes back to certain images.<br /><br />Chris, I think there's more to it than just a pixel percentage analysis. So, with a simple black and white bunch of pixels, a zebra stripe pattern will bring back different results from a checkerboard pattern.James Gurneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870848001990898499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-89412428758205133772012-01-19T22:33:30.470-05:002012-01-19T22:33:30.470-05:00Oh, dear. I could easily get hooked on this. Jus...Oh, dear. I could easily get hooked on this. Just uploaded another completed illustration, and got back some lovely images with a similar palette. This function could be used to plan the color transitions within an illustrated book.Janet Oliverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15211855672690293121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-25149402327726937042012-01-19T22:29:57.934-05:002012-01-19T22:29:57.934-05:00Thanks for the tip. I didn't know this search...Thanks for the tip. I didn't know this search capacity existed. I uploaded a recently commissioned dog portrait (a female yellow lab), and got back mostly images of women in wedding dresses. Only one dog image was in the mix, and it was a little fluff-ball thingee. Fun. I wonder: Can it be used to identify a painting, of whose title one doesn't remember the name, or the artist?Janet Oliverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15211855672690293121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-56981053825095329372012-01-19T16:24:10.978-05:002012-01-19T16:24:10.978-05:00If the color analysis could be bypassed, I wouldn&...If the color analysis could be bypassed, I wouldn't be surprised if any given search listed practically everything as similar.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-9891974500896233562012-01-19T16:24:04.777-05:002012-01-19T16:24:04.777-05:00love itlove itAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-26564310559536314582012-01-19T15:58:06.157-05:002012-01-19T15:58:06.157-05:00It looks to me like the analysis is simply number ...It looks to me like the analysis is simply number (or portion) of pixels of similar colors, so it's not taking into account shape at all. In other words, if you posted a picture that had 50% black pixels and 50% white (regardless of how they were arranged), it'd match other pictures that had close to that same breakdown, regardless of how they were arranged.Chris Beatricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02801244582928889372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-40883881276024842762012-01-19T07:11:59.894-05:002012-01-19T07:11:59.894-05:00You should check out this video demonstrating an e...You should check out this video demonstrating an experiment that asks "What happens if you ask Google Images what's most similar, starting with a blank image, repeating the process 2951 times?"<br /><br />http://vimeo.com/34949864Marc Hudginshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13832629213236899304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-46508568835465745372012-01-19T04:53:14.019-05:002012-01-19T04:53:14.019-05:00You can restrict your visually similar image searc...You can restrict your visually similar image search to a specific word. I tried your first elk image with "painting" and <a href="http://images.google.com/search?hl=en&tbs=simg:CAESYRpfCxCo1NgEGgIIAgwLELCMpwgaOAo2CAESEMcDO4UEkQQ8AjKTBKIBoQEaIHbZiXRKp2QH5aS3iXnX2lCctYn5PJJpeZmGGpw1mVCcDAsQjq7-CBoKCggIARIEHgpnMww&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=VOcXT8XGHOXK0AGJ0JycCw&ved=0CAkQpwUoAQ&biw=1354&bih=920&q=painting&orq=painting+&ortbs=simg:CAESYRpfCxCo1NgEGgIIAgwLELCMpwgaOAo2CAESEMcDO4UEkQQ8AjKTBKIBoQEaIHbZiXRKp2QH5aS3iXnX2lCctYn5PJJpeZmGGpw1mVCcDAsQjq7-CBoKCggIARIEHgpnMww" rel="nofollow">this is what I got.</a>Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15141040566131538098noreply@blogger.com