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  • S Simon P Stevens

    I have an image that I want to use, the trouble is I can't remember where I got the image from, and I can't really think of anyway of tracking down the artist. It's a fairly abstract picture so it's got no obvious search terms. I spotted it years ago and downloaded it as a desktop background as it looked cool. Now I want to use it for something that will be public, and I'm concerned there is a small chance that the artist will spot it and take offence that I've used his work without consent. I know the proper answer is probably, 'if in doubt, don't use it', but that's not what I want to hear so I will personally vote you 1 if you tell me that ;) I'm wondering if anyone has any better ideas.

    Simon

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    Bruce Duncan
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    Have your tried TinEye[^]. Upload an image and let it find similar ones. Maybe it will give you some more leads, if it can find anything of course.

    "Walking on water and developing software from a specification are easy if both are frozen."
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      Have your tried TinEye[^]. Upload an image and let it find similar ones. Maybe it will give you some more leads, if it can find anything of course.

      "Walking on water and developing software from a specification are easy if both are frozen."
      - Edward V. Berard

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      Simon P Stevens
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      Ohh...Nice...Definitely worth a try. Thanks.

      Simon

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        IMO, attribution, even to a unknown source, is better than nothing. (maybe someone can point you to the origin)

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        Attribution is completely different from getting permission. Cheers, Drew.

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        • S Simon P Stevens

          I have an image that I want to use, the trouble is I can't remember where I got the image from, and I can't really think of anyway of tracking down the artist. It's a fairly abstract picture so it's got no obvious search terms. I spotted it years ago and downloaded it as a desktop background as it looked cool. Now I want to use it for something that will be public, and I'm concerned there is a small chance that the artist will spot it and take offence that I've used his work without consent. I know the proper answer is probably, 'if in doubt, don't use it', but that's not what I want to hear so I will personally vote you 1 if you tell me that ;) I'm wondering if anyone has any better ideas.

          Simon

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          PIEBALDconsult
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          Simon Stevens wrote:

          a fairly abstract picture

          You can't create your own?

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            Simon Stevens wrote:

            a fairly abstract picture

            You can't create your own?

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            Simon P Stevens
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            PIEBALDconsult wrote:

            You can't create your own?

            You would think, wouldn't you. Unfortunately as soon as I open any kind of graphics package I seem to lose all co-ordination in my mouse hand, my IQ drops by about 80 points and I become a gibbering vegetable. I actually uninstall paint from my development machine because it's mere presence on the system impacts my productivity.

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            • S Simon P Stevens

              PIEBALDconsult wrote:

              You can't create your own?

              You would think, wouldn't you. Unfortunately as soon as I open any kind of graphics package I seem to lose all co-ordination in my mouse hand, my IQ drops by about 80 points and I become a gibbering vegetable. I actually uninstall paint from my development machine because it's mere presence on the system impacts my productivity.

              Simon

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              0x3c0
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              Graphics tablet? If it's used for a work-related purpose... If you're that bad when it comes to drawing with the mouse, what about drawing it on paper, scanning it in and somehow making the computer trace over it? I hear Paint.Net does something like this, with the right effects. Or alternatively, have a crack at it and if it looks bad enough, enter it for the Turner Prize;

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              • S Simon P Stevens

                PIEBALDconsult wrote:

                You can't create your own?

                You would think, wouldn't you. Unfortunately as soon as I open any kind of graphics package I seem to lose all co-ordination in my mouse hand, my IQ drops by about 80 points and I become a gibbering vegetable. I actually uninstall paint from my development machine because it's mere presence on the system impacts my productivity.

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                Simon Stevens wrote:

                Unfortunately as soon as I open any kind of graphics package I seem to lose all co-ordination in my mouse hand, my IQ drops by about 80 points and I become a gibbering vegetable

                Yeap that's exactly like me. As soon as I do anything that involves creating graphics my brain goes on an automatic shutdown. Which is annoying, because I can picture in my mind what I want to do, or what I want something to look like, I just can't.....do it. Damn brain.

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                  Simon Stevens wrote:

                  Unfortunately as soon as I open any kind of graphics package I seem to lose all co-ordination in my mouse hand, my IQ drops by about 80 points and I become a gibbering vegetable

                  Yeap that's exactly like me. As soon as I do anything that involves creating graphics my brain goes on an automatic shutdown. Which is annoying, because I can picture in my mind what I want to do, or what I want something to look like, I just can't.....do it. Damn brain.

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                  1.21 Gigawatts wrote:

                  As soon as I do anything that involves creating graphics my brain goes on an automatic shutdown. Which is annoying, because I can picture in my mind what I want to do, or what I want something to look like, I just can't.....do it.

                  You have to regress. In one of those annoyingly cutesy programmes where they interview short people about all sorts of stuff, one little chap (at least I think it was a chap, could have been a chappess though) when asked how he knew what to draw, said. "I think about it for a bit, then I just draw my thinks." Obvious really. :)

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                    1.21 Gigawatts wrote:

                    As soon as I do anything that involves creating graphics my brain goes on an automatic shutdown. Which is annoying, because I can picture in my mind what I want to do, or what I want something to look like, I just can't.....do it.

                    You have to regress. In one of those annoyingly cutesy programmes where they interview short people about all sorts of stuff, one little chap (at least I think it was a chap, could have been a chappess though) when asked how he knew what to draw, said. "I think about it for a bit, then I just draw my thinks." Obvious really. :)

                    Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”

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                    Henry Minute wrote:

                    one little chap (at least I think it was a chap, could have been a chappess though)

                    If you're undecided it was probably a chappess. :|

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                    • S Simon P Stevens

                      PIEBALDconsult wrote:

                      You can't create your own?

                      You would think, wouldn't you. Unfortunately as soon as I open any kind of graphics package I seem to lose all co-ordination in my mouse hand, my IQ drops by about 80 points and I become a gibbering vegetable. I actually uninstall paint from my development machine because it's mere presence on the system impacts my productivity.

                      Simon

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                      Mycroft Holmes
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                      Simon Stevens wrote:

                      I seem to lose all co-ordination

                      That's all right Simon, don't feel alone with this problem, I like paint.net for screen copy, paste, print, close. That being the sum total of my graphics skills.

                      Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH

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                      • S Simon P Stevens

                        I have an image that I want to use, the trouble is I can't remember where I got the image from, and I can't really think of anyway of tracking down the artist. It's a fairly abstract picture so it's got no obvious search terms. I spotted it years ago and downloaded it as a desktop background as it looked cool. Now I want to use it for something that will be public, and I'm concerned there is a small chance that the artist will spot it and take offence that I've used his work without consent. I know the proper answer is probably, 'if in doubt, don't use it', but that's not what I want to hear so I will personally vote you 1 if you tell me that ;) I'm wondering if anyone has any better ideas.

                        Simon

                        modified on Sunday, June 14, 2009 9:35 AM

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                        Roger Wright
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                        Go ahead and publish it; "owners" will be coming out of the woodwork. Then claim you saw it in a vision while having tea with God Sunday morning and thought it was a gift. They'll leave you alone.

                        "A Journey of a Thousand Rest Stops Begins with a Single Movement"

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                        • S Simon P Stevens

                          I have an image that I want to use, the trouble is I can't remember where I got the image from, and I can't really think of anyway of tracking down the artist. It's a fairly abstract picture so it's got no obvious search terms. I spotted it years ago and downloaded it as a desktop background as it looked cool. Now I want to use it for something that will be public, and I'm concerned there is a small chance that the artist will spot it and take offence that I've used his work without consent. I know the proper answer is probably, 'if in doubt, don't use it', but that's not what I want to hear so I will personally vote you 1 if you tell me that ;) I'm wondering if anyone has any better ideas.

                          Simon

                          modified on Sunday, June 14, 2009 9:35 AM

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                          smcnulty2000
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                          You have no friends who can draw ? Also, on a long shot you could post the image in question somewhere and give us a link to it. I'm curious now as to what it looks like. If it was online, maybe someone here will have some idea to finding the origin. Was the original filename kept, by any chance? edit: I sometimes open a graphics file in notepad and find all kinds of interesting items in plain text, sometimes the artists' name, the editing package, a company name, etc.

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                          • S Simon P Stevens

                            I have an image that I want to use, the trouble is I can't remember where I got the image from, and I can't really think of anyway of tracking down the artist. It's a fairly abstract picture so it's got no obvious search terms. I spotted it years ago and downloaded it as a desktop background as it looked cool. Now I want to use it for something that will be public, and I'm concerned there is a small chance that the artist will spot it and take offence that I've used his work without consent. I know the proper answer is probably, 'if in doubt, don't use it', but that's not what I want to hear so I will personally vote you 1 if you tell me that ;) I'm wondering if anyone has any better ideas.

                            Simon

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                            Dan Neely
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                            Do you have a blog with reasonable traffic or anything else you could post a copy of the image and a 'where is this from?' query?

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                            • S Simon P Stevens

                              I have an image that I want to use, the trouble is I can't remember where I got the image from, and I can't really think of anyway of tracking down the artist. It's a fairly abstract picture so it's got no obvious search terms. I spotted it years ago and downloaded it as a desktop background as it looked cool. Now I want to use it for something that will be public, and I'm concerned there is a small chance that the artist will spot it and take offence that I've used his work without consent. I know the proper answer is probably, 'if in doubt, don't use it', but that's not what I want to hear so I will personally vote you 1 if you tell me that ;) I'm wondering if anyone has any better ideas.

                              Simon

                              modified on Sunday, June 14, 2009 9:35 AM

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                              declassified
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                              have you tried the "similar image search" in Google? [http://similar-images.googlelabs.com/](<a href=)[^]">

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