Using Effectively Color Filter in Google Image Search

Google has introduced Color Filter in Image Search for restricting search results. It helps acquiring appropriate desired images with less efforts.

Google has introduced another good feature in its Image Search. Now, it allows filtering images based on the colors. Primarily, a limited color set is available to restrict the image search results, may be Google float some more colors later on. The filters can be enforced based on the 12 colors which are “Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Teal, Blue, Purple, Pink, White, Gray, Black and Brown” as shown in the figure below.

Color Filter in Google Image Search

In addition to individual color filters, multiple color filters can also be applied for effective search. Although the interface is not supporting to filter the search results for multiple colors but it can achieved by tweaking the URL for this purpose as given below.

http://images.google.com/images?q=bird&imgcolor=red
http://images.google.com/images?q=bird&imgcolor=red,pink
http://images.google.com/images?q=bird&imgcolor=red,pink,green

Hence, the colors can manually be set for the image result filtration by tweaking the URL for single or multiple colors as shown in the figure below.

 Tweaking URL in Google Image Search

You may find the color and search results differences for the keyword “rose” between a single color filter and multiple color filters. Hence, the color filter can be effectively used for restricting the image search and to come up with the desired result.

Additionally, more useful and appropriate results can be gained by using the other available filters such as the Size Filter and Content Filter just before the Color Filter. For example, I have selected the Content Filter as “Line Drawings” and Color Filter as “Red, Pink, Green” (by tweaking the URL) as shown in the figure below.

Using Multiple Filters in Google Image Search

In short, Color Filter in Google Image Search is a great tool which can be used in multiple ways for bringing up the most desirable results of various graphic or artistic perspectives.

Unseen Freeware/Shareware

There exists a number of software which are licensed and freeware. Most of the people opt for freeware to fulfill their requirements. However, these freeware are sometimes not so commonly known. So, in this article few of the freeware which can be very useful.
The software industry has grown up so much that whatever software you may need, it will be available in one of another form. However, many of the software are freely accessible while many are not. In order to take fulfill the requirements; someone may opt for the freely available software which is just accessible right away without so much license terms. These freely software are not sometimes so commonly known but they are greatly useful.

Active@ Disk Image 3.2.6
Size: 14.3 MB
License: Shareware $39.95
Platform: Win 2K/03/XP/Vista
Alternative: Norton Ghost 2003
Active@ Disk Image is an essential utility for backup solution. It allows PC backup in different forms such as backup of an entire computer or the hard disk(s), including OS, software applications and user files. The backup image can be stored on any storage media such as USB drive, network storage, burned directly to CD/DVD/BR discs.

doPDF 6.2.296
Size: 1.64 MB
License: Freeware
Platform: Win 2K/03/XP/Vista
Alternative: Foxit Reader
doPDF is a free PDF conversion utility which can be used in either noncommercial or commercial scenarios.  Using doPDF you can create PDF documents with a single click. Various document formats can be converted using doPDF such as Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, text files and HTML WebPages.

Sandboxie 3.36
Size: 475 KB
License: Freeware
Platform: Win 2K/03/XP/Vista
Sandboxie is excellent software that allows you isolates and quarantines website. Originally it was aimed at safe browsing with Internet Explorer but it is found to be fully complaint with other web browsers too such as Firefox and other programs. Sandboxie encompasses the programs and intercepts and isolates any changes the programs may make to the computer regardless of the application/program it wraps around. However, it does not raise any trade-off of functionality for security and websites can fully utilize the web browser’s capabilities.

Defraggler 1.09.138
Size: 786 KB
License: Freeware
Platform: Win 2K/03/XP/Vista
Alternative: Diskkeeper
Defraggler is a vital tool from the house of CCleaner and Recuva. It can effectively defragment the disk and differs from other defrag tools available in the market It enables you to quickly and simply defragment the files without having to process the whole drive. It takes seconds to perform the operations and brings you the ease and freedom. It is far better then Windows Defragmentation tool.

FastPictureViewer 1.00 Build 83
Size: 1.95 MB
License: Freeware
Platform: Win XP/Vista
Alternative: Picture Viewer Max
FastPictureViewer is a very efficient utility to serve as picture viewer. It is significantly light weighted and obviously speedy. It aims at providing the rapid view of the pictures as its notion for speed is main focal point. FastPictureViewer enables to browse entire folders of digital photos in the shortest possible amount of time.
deVault
Size: 545 KB
License: Freeware
Platform: Win 2K/03/XP/Vista
deVault is a great utility to securely store and organize all of the document files and enables the portability of the documents. Additionally, files can be synchronized between different sources. Multiple files are stored and secured digital vaults which can be searched, emailed and installers can also be created along with other functionalities

DotnetSwitch 1.0
Size: 30 KB
License: Freeware
Requires: Win All
DotnetSwitch is lively software and it is greatly useful when you are working in different domains or intranet. It allows switching between different network configurations by a simple click. It can configure different network settings like IP Addresses, Network mask, Gateway, and Proxies for every network adapter. It simply made the life easy and takes off all of your worries to remember IP addresses and other settings within different networks.

The above listed software are few of the loads of freeware/shareware available online. You may post any software which you may know.
[Reference: Unseen Freeware/Shareware]