NOT TO BE USED AS A TRAINING AID BY ANY COMPANY OTHER THAN BENTAC AND TRACETOOLS.
Here are some useful image tools on the web. It's not exhaustive and there are better fee paying programmes available, but for free, these arent bad at all. There are some tools here that are used for as masking tech- I have included them for the reason that if you know they exists and how they work, you will spot and recognise them if you come across them in your work.
There are 3 main types of image searches to carry out when looking at an image
1. Looking for like or similar images
Using Google images will search for like or similar things in its data base. Upload the image to Google and see what returns. Most searches still require a visual check to find the same or similar, but it is very effective.
Do not upload sensitive images onto the site. You are effectively sending the image to google. De sensitise it or crop.
2. Look for the same image on the internet.
Tineye will look for the same image ( or at least 80% same ) so your results are the same image elsewhere on the web or the original it was taken from should there be 70-80% remaining of the original image. Do not upload sensitive images onto the site. You are effectively sending the image to tineye. De sensitise it or crop.
TinEye Reverse Image Search
3. Exif Data
This is the embedded meta data stored in the image when taken on a digital device. It will range from basic data ( probably an original or dated digital camera), to that taken on a smart phone. This can include location maps and data . Exif explanation here. There are many sites that extract this. Have a try. there are 2 types of programme, web based and browser/ local based. The local ones are the safest as you perform the extraction within your own computer.
Here is a local one ( where a download is required)
Jeffreys Exif Viewer
and here are some web based ones
EXIF VIEWER
Image data extractor
www.photo-freeware.net - EXIF Data tools
www.photome.de - metadata of image files
www.tawbaware.com - basic exif viewer
www.geosetter.de - exif tool
www.photo-freeware.net - EXIF Data tools
www.bartdart.com - encode text messages into bitmap images
www.photome.de - metadata of image files
Baidu Images http://image.baidu.com
Berify https://berify.com
Betaface https://www.betafaceapi.com
Bing Images http://www.bing.com/images
Camera Trace http://www.cameratrace.com/trace
CamFind https://camfindapp.com
CC Search https://search.creativecommons.org
Current Location https://current-location.com
DownloadGram https://downloadgram.com
Explore Places http://places2.csail.mit.edu/explore.html
facesearch http://www.facesaerch.com
FindFace https://findface.ru
Flickr https://secure.flickr.com
Flickr Hive Mind http://flickrhivemind.net
Flickr Map https://www.flickr.com/map
Fotki http://www.fotki.com
Geograph https://www.geograph.org
Google Images https://images.google.com
Gramfeed
Image Net
Image Raider https://www.imageidentify.com
Imgur https://imgur.com
KarmaDecay http://karmadecay.com
Lakako https://www.lakako.com
Loc.alize.us https://loc.alize.us
Lycos Images http://search.lycos.com/images
MyPicsMap http://www.mypicsmap.com
Photo Map http://photo-map.ru
PhotoTracker http://phototracker.ru
Picquery https://www.picquery.com
Picsearch http://www.picsearch.com
PicTriev http://www.pictriev.com
PimEyePlaces
Reverse GIF https://ezgif.com/reverse
Reverse Image Search http://www.reverse-image-search.org
Reverse Image Search http://www.reverse-image-search.com
Reverse Image Search
Revimg
https://inteltechniques.com/osint/menu.reverse.image.html
RootAbout http://rootabout.com
SauceNAO https://saucenao.com
https://smallseotools.com/reverse-image-search
Smugmug https://www.smugmug.com/search
Social Catfish Reverse Image
https://socialcatfish.com/reverse-image-search
Startpage: Images https://www.startpage.com/eng/pics.html
StolenCameraFinder http://www.stolencamerafinder.co.uk
TinyEye https://tineye.com
Twitter Image Search https://twitter.com/search?q=%3Csearchterm
%3E&src=typd&vertical=default&f=images
View Image https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/viewimage/
jpcmhcelnjdmblfmjabdeclccemkghjk ||
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/viewimage/
Who Stole My Pictures? https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/whostole-
my-pictures
Websta http://websta.me
Wolfram Language: The
Identification Project
Worldcam http://www.worldc.am
Yahoo Image Search https://images.search.yahoo.com
Yandex Images https://www.yandex.com/images
Video and screen Capture
www.pixelmetrics.com - tool for capturing anything on your screen
www.screenpresso.com - free video screen capture
www.wisdom-soft.com - r video screen capture
www.sourceforge.net - hide a file in a picture with hip2.1
​
Webcam sites
​
see.cam
http://insecam.org
http://camhacker.com
http://gobefore.me/cams/
http://openstreetcam.org
http://pictimo.com
http://shodan.io
http://thingful.net
​
AnalogExif https://sourceforge.net/projects/analogexif
BetaFaceAPI https://www.betafaceapi.com/demo.html
CameraSummary https://camerasummary.com
Diffchecker https://www.diffchecker.com/image-diff
exifdata http://exifdata.com
Exifer https://www.thexifer.net
ExifPro http://www.exifpro.com
Exif Search http://www.exif-search.com
exiftool https://sourceforge.net/projects/exiftool
ExifTool by Phil Harvey http://www.sno.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool
Exif Viewer https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/exifviewer/
nafpfdcmppffipmhcpkbplhkoiekndck?hl=en
Exif Viewer https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/exif-viewer
Extract Metadata https://www.extractmetadata.com
Fake Image Detector https://play.google.com/store/apps/
details?id=fake_image_detector.coder.genuine.com.fakeim
agedetector&hl=en
FastPreview https://tn123.org/fastpreview
Find Exif http://www.findexif.com
Forensically https://29a.ch/photo-forensics/#level-sweep
FotoForensics http://www.fotoforensics.com
FourMatch http://www.fourandsix.com/fourmatch
Fuskr https://chrome.google.com/webstore
/detail/fuskr/glieaboaghdnlglpkekghloldikefofo
Gbimg.org http://gbimg.org
GeoSetter http://www.geosetter.de
Ghiro http://www.getghiro.org
Google Search “View Image” Button
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/googlesearch-
view-image/hgngncnljacgakaiifjcgdnknaglfipo
How Old https://how-old.net
Image Edited http://imageedited.com
Image forensic https://www.imageforensic.org
Image Search Options https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/imagesearch-
http://reveal-mklab.iti.gr/reveal/index.html
ImgOps http://imgops.com
ImpulseAdventure http://www.impulseadventure.com/photo/jpeg-snoop.html
InVID http://www.invid-project.eu/tools-and-services/invidverification-
plugin
Irfanview http://www.irfanview.com
izitru http://www.izitru.com
Java Exif Viewer https://sourceforge.net/projects/jexifviewer
Jeffrey’s Image Metadata
http://exif.regex.info/exif.cgi
JPEGsnoop https://github.com/ImpulseAdventure/JPEGsnoop
Let’s Enhance https://letsenhance.io
Logos http://logos.iti.gr
metapicz http://metapicz.com/#landing
Photo Detective https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/photo-detectivepro/
id1045128136?mt=8
PhotoMe http://www.photome.de
Pic2Map https://www.pic2map.com
Plaghunter http://www.plaghunter.com
ReadEXIF https://readexifdata.com
Resemble.js https://huddle.github.io/Resemble.js
Reveal Image Verification
Assistant
http://reveal-mklab.iti.gr/reveal/index.html
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/reveyereverse-
imagesear/
keaaclcjhehbbapnphnmpiklalfhelgf?hl=en
Send to Exif Viewer https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/send-to-exifviewer/
gogiienhpamfmodmlnhdljokkjiapfck?hl=en-US
tawbaware http://www.tawbaware.com
Veracity (iPhone app) https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/veracity-imagesearch/
id870153874?mt=8
Verexif http://www.verexif.com
View Image https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/viewimage/
jpcmhcelnjdmblfmjabdeclccemkghjk
Web Inspector https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/webinspector/
enibedkmbpadhfofcgjcphipflcbpelf?hl=en
Where is the picture? https://whereisthepicture.com
Who Stole My Pictures https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/who-stolemy-
pictures
Adobe Stock https://stock.adobe.com
AlltheFreeStock http://allthefreestock.com
Burst https://burst.shopify.com
CC Search Commons https://ccsearch.creativecommons.org
Clipstill http://www.clipstill.com
Death to Stock http://deathtothestockphoto.com
Epicantus http://epicantus.tumblr.com
Freeimages http://www.freeimages.com
Freestocks.org http://freestocks.org
FoodiesFeed https://www.foodiesfeed.com
Get Refe http://getrefe.tumblr.com
Getty Images https://www.gettyimages.com
Gratisography http://www.gratisography.com
Image Brief http://www.imagebrief.com
IM Free http://www.imcreator.com/free
ISO Republic http://isorepublic.com
iStockphoto http://www.istockphoto.com
Jay mantri http://jaymantri.com
Kaboompics http://kaboompics.com
LibreStock https://librestock.com
Life of Pix http://www.lifeofpix.com
Little Visuals http://littlevisuals.co
Moose https://photos.icons8.com
Morguefile https://morguefile.com
NegativeSpace http://negativespace.co
New Old Stock http://nos.twnsnd.co
Picjumbo https://picjumbo.com
Picography https://picography.co
Pixabay https://pixabay.com
Pexels https://www.pexels.com
Photobucket http://photobucket.com
Public Domain Archive http://publicdomainarchive.com
reshot https://www.reshot.com
Shot Stash https://shotstash.com
Shutterstock http://www.shutterstock.com
skitterphoto https://skitterphoto.com
SplitShire https://www.splitshire.com
Startup Stock Photos http://startupstockphotos.com
StockSnap https://stocksnap.io
Styled Stock https://styledstock.co
Superfamous http://superfamous.com
tookapic https://stock.tookapic.com
unDraw https://undraw.co
Unplash https://unsplash.com
AddText+ https://addtext.com
Affinity Photo https://affinity.serif.com
Annotable https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/annotable-ultimate-imageannotation/
id1099850421?mt=8
Apple Photos
Aviary
Befunky
Birme
Canva
Croppola
Ezgif.com
FastSTone
FlipA Picture
Fotor
Foto Flexer
Gimp
http://www.apple.com/osx/photos
Hugin http://hugin.sourceforge.net
Image Composite Editor https://research.microsoft.com/enus/
um/redmond/projects/ice/
Image Tricks Lite
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/image-trickslite/
id403735824?mt=12
Irfanview http://www.irfanview.com
LightZone http://lightzoneproject.org
Lunapic http://www124.lunapic.com/editor
OnlineImageSplitter http://www.htmlkit.com/services/is
Paint.NET http://www.getpaint.net/index.html
Photoscape http://www.photoscape.org/ps/main/index.php
Photoshop http://www.photoshop.com
picfull http://www.picfull.com
PicMoneky http://www.picmonkey.com
Pixlr https://pixlr.com
Polarr https://www.polarr.co
Seashore http://seashore.sourceforge.net
Social Image Resizer Tool https://www.internetmarketingninjas.com/seo-tools/favicongenerator-
crop-images
SumoPaint http://www.sumopaint.com
textify http://textify.it
TinyPNG https://tinypng.com