ImageQuilts

ImageQuilts allows you to make "quilts" from images on your computer or anywhere on the web.

What is ImageQuilts?

ImageQuilts is a uniquely designed Chrome extension by Edward Tufte and Adam Schwartz that offers an inventive way to group images together, creating what's known as 'quilts'. With this extension, users can not only make quilts from web content but also drop images from their computer, rearrange them, align, scale, and zoom them as required. It further allows the option to download your created quilt. It's an artistic, tech-savvy output to the simple task of image grouping.

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Extension stats

By: Adam Schwartz

View on Chrome Web Store

Users: 2,000+

Rating: 3.33 (49)

Version: 4.0.3 (Last updated: 2015-05-22)

Creation date: 2015-05-22

Risk impact: High risk impact

Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

<all_urls>
contextMenus
downloads
tabs

Size: 181.25K

Email: zt*****@gmail.com

Ranking

# 20053 ▼ 40

Other rankings

#441 in Art & Design #184 in drag keyword 31

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Extension summary

Analyze keywords

IQ — ImageQuilts 4.0 – Create quilts from any page by clicking "IQ", the extension icon (which appears after installation). – Export quilts with the "Download Quilt" button. – Drag-and-drop images from your computer to an existing quilt. – Drag-and-drop images to re-order. – Align images flush left or along a central axis. – Right-click (or control-click) to add images from any page. – Precise scaling and zooming.

Visit the ImageQuilts site for more information: http://imagequilts.com

User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.

Pros

Users appreciate the potential utility of the tool to create collages and image quilts
The extension works well when it is functioning properly, allowing images to be woven together easily
Some users find it fun and interesting to use

Cons

Many users report that the extension does not work, often only displaying an advertisement page
There are numerous complaints about a lack of intuitive instructions or explanation on how to use the extension
Some users think the tool is redundant, with similar functionality already offered by Google Image search

Most mentioned

Many instructions and steps to make the extension work properly
Extension often does not function as intended
Lack of intuitive instructions or user guide for the extension

User reviews

I have used this extension and loved it in the past. Previously, it would detect all of the images in google image search results and add them all to the quilt when I pressed the IQ button. Recently, it has stopped working with google search results for me. I can still add a whole page of results from Yahoo and other websites, so I suspect this may be a change that Google has made on their end rather than the extension. I can still right click individual images in Google image search results and select "add to quilt" but I can no longer add the whole page of images at once.

Tamsin Margary, 2023-06-01

Using Christopher Bellavita's instructions below, I was able to determine how this extension works, and per another review they are indeed unclear, and not at all intuitive. I'm adding this review to note that it still works as of December 2021. The extension functions like this: 1. Click on the "IQ" extension, opening a new tab with what most reviews refer to as the "IQ ad page." Leave this tab open. **This is where you will create your quilt.** 2. Go to Google image search and search for your subject (I used X-Files). 3. Right-click on any image and choose the context option "Add to Image Quilt." 4. The Image Quilt tab will take focus, having added your new image. 5. Once you have all the images you want, return to the Image Quilt tab and select whatever options you want. Some are unclear. For example, if you click "Inverted" it will stay as "Inverted" until you click it again, though it is unclear that this is a toggle. 6. Upon clicking "Download Quilt," the extension **takes a screenshot of the visible images** and downloads it. If you are using this extension on a small screen (I am using an 11" Chromebook), it will be cut off. In short, this extension does work as advertised, but in a very clumsy way.

Corgi, 2021-12-18

Does Not Work. Don't waste your time on this. I tried all the suggestions listed. Ultimately, if it does work, it's so poorly designed that it throws everybody off. From what I can tell, it does exactly what the google images search does, except it removes the margins. I'm really surprised that Tufte would put his name on nonsense like this.