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Image Watch: checking for stolen or copied photos
A paid add-on that searches the web for one photo at a time, so you don't have to do it by hand.
How to run a search
- Open any photo's menuFrom inside a gallery, use the menu on a photo and choose "Search the web for this image."
- Click "Search the web"Image Depot sends that photo's preview image to Google's image-recognition service and asks what it can find.
- Review the resultsEvery result starts as "Needs review" -- you decide what, if anything, to do about each one.
The three result tiers, honestly
Results come back weakest to strongest -- these labels are deliberately careful, because this tool surfaces automated technical evidence, not a legal determination:
- Visually Similar (Review Required) -- Google sees a resemblance (similar subject, pose, or style). This is the most common result, and often isn't your actual photo at all -- just something that looks like it.
- Suspected Unauthorized Use -- a partial match to the actual image data, a real step up in confidence.
- Potential Match -- the strongest signal: the same image content found elsewhere.
Some searches turn up nothing at all; others turn up only "Visually Similar" noise. That's a real search result, not a broken feature. For each result showing a "Confirm" / "Dismiss" pair of buttons, use them to mark whether you've verified it's actually your photo -- this just tracks your own review status and doesn't take any action on your behalf.
Limits
Up to 50 searches per rolling 30-day period per studio, regardless of plan.
Subscribing and cancelling
Subscribe from Plan & Billing › Add-ons. Cancelling stops future renewal, but you keep access through the period you already paid for -- there's no refund for the current period, and access simply doesn't renew once that period ends.
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