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Google Images Downloader


google imagesGoogle Images is part of the Google search engine. It can be used to only search for images in the Google search engine with options to filter the search results. It is for example possible to define a minimum image resolution, image type or color. Images that are displayed in the search engine cannot be downloaded directly in their real size. The search engine user needs to visit the website the image was posted on to do that.

The Google Images Downloader solves that problem by providing the means to download multiple images from Google Images directly. The portable software program is available for the Windows operating system. The user can either copy and paste a Google Image search url into the application or grab the url from the active page in the program directly.

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It is then possible to grab the image links from Google Images. The program will grab results from the first five pages by default; A figure that can be changed in the interface directly. Other filters include the allowed image formats and to block html files. All images will then be downloaded to the directory that the user specified in the interface. It takes only a few seconds – depending on the Internet connection of course – to download dozens of images from Google Images.

Multi Image Downloader can be downloaded from Freeware Files. The program is compatible with Windows XP and Windows Vista (and likely Windows 7 as well).




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25 Responses to “Google Images Downloader”

  1. shadi.lahham says:

    I would suggest an alternative that doesn’t require installing software.

    I have written a user script for chromePlus ( which I guess also works for chrome, Firefox, safari and others, but I haven’t tested )

    It allows infinite scrolling of search results and opens the images directly when clicking (in a new tab).

    Once the images are open in background-tabs, just drag them from chrome to the desktop to save. simple and fast.

    You can find the script here. it’s free. Credits in the readme file.

    [forum.chromeplus.org]

    I mention this not for ego-trip purposes. I just think it will be useful for some users.

    Please let me know if you try it with Firefox, chrome, etc since i think it should work but I use chromePlus exclusively so i haven’t tried.

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  2. dbrabyn says:

    Quite right bobbo33.

    Just because an images is found on the web does not mean it is free-to-use.

    In fact willful copyright infringement in the US carries a statutory fine of $150k.

    Stealing is not only the wrong thing to do, it can cost you a fortune. #imagesearch

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  3. Kuuya says:

    Is there something like this but.. more like DownThemAll? I guess what I’m asking is there a DownThemAll that isn’t reliant on Firefox? It’s one downside to chrome that bothers me. I really hate downloading images from a thread or forum one at a time when there’s over 100 in it. #imagesearch

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  4. Dhanasekaran says:

    Google is not displaying what user exactly looking for, even its from first five page. So this kind of applications are not necessary

  5. Bob says:

    And it’s portable! Only 342kb program download. Seems to work very quickly and efficiently.

  6. bobbo33 says:

    I hate to be "that guy", but when you use Google’s awesome Image Search, please don’t steal the images.

    Unless the website owner explicitly states that the images are free-to-use, assume they are copyrighted property of the website. And if you do re-use an image (like a thumbnail link in a blog posting), be sure to cite the original source.

    A great place to find free-to-use images is [commons.wikimedia.org] .

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  7. Smukkekim says:

    @bobbo33: No reason to hate being "that guy"… You’re absolutely right!
    Here… I’ll give you a
    +1
    Now we can be "that guy" together! :-) #imagesearch

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  8. T-Gawk says:

    @bobbo33: I concur 100%, but methinks this is aimed at more efficient collection of porny images. #imagesearch

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  9. @T-Gawk: You’re probably right about the main intent of this…

    Unfortunately, though, many of these types of software (like the ones meant to grab hundreds of Flickr images at once) are used for other projects, and those copyrighted images end up back on the web without permission…

    Fortunately, I’m no longer depending on my photography income, but when I was, it was terribly frustrating to see my photos on other people’s websites, as if they’d taken them. #imagesearch

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  10. @bobbo33: I know you’re right, but it really doesn’t make any difference. People are still going to download them in bulk whether it’s "legal" or not, and if this tool wasn’t offered, there are probably many more that can do the same thing.
    Same thing with torrents. No one ever uses them for anything illegal, because that would be wrong and immoral.

    I don’t feel there’s anything wrong with downloading all these images in bulk and just keeping them for personal use, even if they are copyrighted. The main problems stem from when people reuse the images for their own websites and stuff. #imagesearch

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  11. dayak says:

    Hi,
    I always get this message:
    You have a badly formed google images search URL.
    How to fix it ?
    Thanks

  12. dayak says:

    Hi,

    I always get the same message:
    You have a badly formed Google images search URL.
    How to fix that,please ?
    Thanks,

  13. cricket25 says:

    This works very well:
    Google image ripper at
    [dearcomputer.nl] #imagesearch

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  14. Agular says:

    Avira flags this as virus SPR/Tool Binder G.1. Maybe it’s a false alarm, but I deleted it anyway. #imagesearch

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  15. P_Smith says:

    Does this thing get around the annoying way flickr handles incoming links?

    On most pages where google finds an image, if you click the image at the top that’s all you get in the tab, no HTML when it’s unwanted.

    Not flickr, the annoying pricks they are. You open an image on that site, and it forces the viewer through it’s ten-step process before getting to the image that was found.

    It would be nice to download images directly. #imagesearch

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  16. craig says:

    i keep getting the error
    You have a badly formed Google images search URL.

    i cant seem to find the different homepage that it wants me to start out to have the url formed like URL must contain &start= or it can’t work.

    any help would be appreciated.
    thanks

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