Get the Goods: Who is Pilfering Your Images Online?

A disturbing post from my blogger buddy and fellow photog Dave Scott frightened me: one of his images was hijacked by another web page! He discovered it while looking through some log files that noted a reference to his images and a referrer page which was not on his website. Dave was able to put a copyright on his image, but it got me to thinking about how I could find my own images possibly being pilfered on other sites without my permission.


I read up on this image search engine currently in beta from TinEye that allows you to type in the URL of a photo and find it on the web. I am currently on their private wait-list. I've read from other bloggers that it usually takes about 10 minutes before your invitation is approved, so once I get in, I'll try it out and let you know what I found. Until then, you can read more information from Webware.com and a review by Howard Grill.

BREAKING NEWS: Adobe Launches Photoshop Express

I got an email today from Richard Peterson (yet another of my favorite instructors) about Adobe's launch of "Photoshop Express," its new online photo editor with free storage and sharing. The application has been released as a beta, which means Adobe needs you to help them finish creating it.

Try it out, then sound off about it. What worked? What didn't? What desperately needs improvement? Select the "Feeback" tab and give Adobe a piece of your mind.

Edit photos, create albums and share them online. The 2GB worth of photos you get to upload should be more than enough to get you started. Once your in, view and share your albums publicly or be nosy and browse community galleries and albums others have uploaded. Create your personal URL to share with friends and family (mine is http://shebawheeler.photoshop.com)

I like being able to crop, rotate and tweak images. Plus it's very convenient to be able to ship them directly into my blog or Facebook page, although I haven't used that function yet. It was a breeze to upload my images from Picasa and Photobucket into Photoshop Expres. Users also get to take advantage of some easy retouching tools to give your friends that coveted glamour look minus the pimples and wrinkles. ;) Get it now here.

Don't leave me hanging. Let me know what you think!