Image searching on the Web.ppt

Image searching on the Web Qunyan Mao SIMS, UC Berkeley Image on the Web More images on the web Format of image GIF: CompuServe Graphics Interchange format, a dominant web format JPEG: support “true color”, ideal for photographs TIF: large file size, not well suited for web pages Image format BMP: such as desktop wallpaper image, not supported by any Web browser PNG: Portable Network Graphics. An image format for the future. Image indexing Two methods used in indexing images text-based content-based Text-based vs content based Text-based : commonly used image indexing and searching method