Within the Google search engine we can find a series of additional services. One of these services is Google Images , the search engine section that allows us to search for all kinds of photos and images through the Internet. This service is widely used by users, however, Google has been changing over time its image search engine, and eliminating functions (such as the “view image” button) until users have found a significant loss of usability.
The options that Google offers us to customize the operation of Google Images are very limited, not to mention null. However, it is possible to improve the experience of using this search engine from our browser thanks to the extensions. We remember that browser extensions can introduce JavaScript code on websites so that elements can be changed, added or removed.
Then we leave you the best extensions to take full advantage of Google Images from Google Chrome.
View Image
One of the functions removed from Google Images in 2018 was the ” View image ” button. This button allowed us to open in the tab any image that we found in the search engine without having to open the web for it. Although there are obviously other ways to open the image (with the right button> Open image in new tab), the truth is that this button was very useful for users.
Thanks to this extension we will be able to re-enable the button in our browser. In addition, it will allow us to add a new button called “Search by image”, also very useful and removed from the search engine.
View Image & Download Image for Google Search
In addition to the two buttons that the previous extension adds, thanks to View Image & Download Image for Google Search we will be able to add a third, and useful, additional button: Download image. Thanks to this extension, if we want to download an image from Google Images we can download it with a single click instead of having to right-click on it and choose the “save image as” option.
In addition to this button to download images, it will also add the ” View image ” and ” Search by image ” buttons, just like the previous extension.
Make Google Images Great Again
This extension does not provide anything different from what the two extensions provide. As the name suggests, the main purpose of this extension is to return Google Images to their original look before the big summer design change of 2019. The extension re-enables a button to view any image plus another button to search for similar images with one click from this search engine.
Google Images Restored: retrieve the classic image panel
In the summer of 2019, Google drastically changed the look of the search engine, adding a side panel by selecting an image instead of showing the typical drop-down panel. This side panel is very uncomfortable for many users, since it greatly reduces the number of rows that we can see. However, thanks to this extension we will be able to recover the classic drop-down image viewer.
CraftyRights: Search for copyright-free images
By default, Google Images shows us all kinds of images. However, not all of them are free, but many are protected by copyright. The search engine has a filter that allows us to show all the images, or only those that are marked for reuse (free ones). But we have to change it manually every time we do a search.
If we often search for images to reuse, thanks to this extension we will be able to directly search for copyright-free extensions, ready to reuse.
Canvas: a radical change to Google Images
There are also other extensions, such as Canvas, that allow us to make a radical change to the Google photo search engine. This extension is almost an alternative search engine based on Google Images. For example, it allows us to search for photos in a gallery with buttons forward and back, in addition to being able to access a complete photo editor that will allow us to crop, rotate, rotate, draw, add shapes, icons and text, apply filters and much more. to the photos without the need to download and open them with another program. Of course, it will also allow us to download the original photos at the highest quality.
One-click reverse image search
This extension does not personalize Google Images as such, but allows us to better exploit one of its hidden functions: reverse search. The reverse photo search allows us to search for images similar to one, useful to find if someone has stolen or plagiarized an image.
This can be done by dragging any photo to the Google image search engine, but thanks to this extension we can do it simply with a right click on the image. In addition, we can use other search engines beyond Google Images.
Doodle Search – for Google Images™
As we have seen in other extensions, it is possible to search Google Images through any photo to find the same or similar photos. Of course, this function can be used much better and, thanks to Doodle Search, we will be able to search by drawing what we want to find.
Google Images will use the similar images search function to find all kinds of photos similar to what we have drawn in this extension. A most original use to get even more out of the Google photo search engine.