There are sometimes yousearch crazily using two or three image search engines just for an
image
but you still can not find the right one you want. Instead of searching
on
multiple search engines, you can easily get the image you want quickly
just with a click using Ginipic.
Ginipic is
a free and simple desktop application which will search for image from
ten major image sources: Google Image,
Yahoo Image, Live Search, Photobucket, Picasa, DevianArt, etc.
Your computer must already installed .NET Framework 3.5 SP1
first before setting up Ginipic.
Actually, I and Roger,
who leaves the first comment on this post and is very kind to tell me
his experiences about Ginipic, find out that there's no need to install
.NET Framework 3.5 SP1
before, Ginipic
will itself do this automatically.
After installing, an icon of Ginipic
will appear in the system tray. The interface of Ginipic is really
like an Air application. Just type the keyword to want to use for
searching image, select the source by clicking on the left icon right
beside the search box (I'd like to use all resource), and then press
enter or click on Search
button.
Once Ginipic
find images that match your keyword, it shows thumbnails of those
images below.
Click on one thumbnail to preview the result. In the preview window,
you will know the source and size of the image. You can also copy the
image to clipboard; grab the link of image or the HTML code in order
to embed to your blog or site.
Want to use the result images in other applications? Just simply drag
the image to the workspace of the applications you want like Word,
OpenOffice, Photoshop... or any applications which can import image
from clipboard (don't try this task with Notepad
please :-)).
However, there's one thing I feel inconvenient about Ginipic is that you
can't choose the size you want to search. Hope this feature will be
included in next version. By the way, Ginipic is actually
a useful and handy application for you especially if you are a designer.
[update]: If you want to search for large
images, follow these two tips from Roger:
- Search from
the Google
source and configure in the advanced search options (the drop down
arrow next to the search button) to search for Extra Large
results. - Search for results from
Flickr,
SmugMug or DeviantArt, which usually have larger sizes for
any
results (the Large
and Original
sizes).
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