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Pete Zaface
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Posted - Mar 15 2026 : 4:12PM
I suspect I'm not alone in occasionally (or more often) stumbling across scenes with performers who aren't identified but whose names we'd (sometimes desperately) like to know so we can find more of there work.

I've recently found a site that I can't mention that allows rapid scrolling through vertical porn clips. Some of the performers are identified, and some I recognize without names. But the names of many remain veiled in anonymity. In 15 minutes I can easily say, "Oh, my goodness, who is that?" 30 times, maybe more.

Some clips have text, and, in a few cases, I've been able to search on the text found the name at other sites where the same clip is available and the performer named. Sometime that search will yield an image from the site, and I can do an image search that turns up something.

But many, many of my new enamorata remain anonymous. I've found the process at namethatpornstar to be cumbersome, and responses not as frequent as I'd like. And while I have sometimes used this site as a place for ID requests, I don't want to abuse the posting privilege.

What's your go-to method for finding IDs of performers whose names you do not know but would like to?

lancevancedance2020
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9/23
Posted - Mar 16 2026 : 12:41AM
If I can't find the female I try to identify the guy. I'll look through iafd though sometimes that title isn't listed which makes it harder. Listen very closely to the scene if they name drop. Reverse image search but that doesn't really work anymore. Try to figure out who the director is which can sometimes help or the company/site.
Pete Zaface
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Posted - Apr 15 2026 : 2:12PM
ScorpioX_24
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Posted - May 8 2026 : 2:49AM
Thank you for sharing this. It is a very useful site, and saves a lot of time.
Pete Zaface
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Posted - May 12 2026 : 1:56PM
It appears to be gone. :(
 
ScorpioX_24
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Posted - May 13 2026 : 8:11AM
Yes, it's gone :(
RocketMan
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Posted - May 13 2026 : 8:22PM
I am quite good at finding names, but I think I've watched too much porn because I found an actress who was in a blowjob pic because I recognised the male pornstar's balls. Sometimes details in the scene will help me get the studio. eg Jules Jordan always films in a big white house (I assume it's his). Newer Brazzers scenes have an awful pink saturation to them. Johnni Darkko scenes have a red saturation to them.

When I am stuck...

Firstly, reverse image search. I try and crop the image in different ways and try multiple searches because altering the image slightly can get a hit.
Surprisingly, Google, if you can be really descriptive. 'Porn Latina hoop earrings and blue top, purple sheets riding'
As I said, sometimes the info sits with the male pornstar. I can id men by the their dicks to help identify their costars - John Strong, Manuel Ferrara, Lexxington Steele, Prince Yashua, Julian Rios, Mandingo, Darkko, Jules Jordan, Mick Blue
IAFD has excellent filters once you know the male performers.

Pete Zaface
Senior Member

3066 Posts
8/03
Posted - Oct 22 2026 : 4:43PM
I've been working through a couple of sites, using several different methods.

Some ideas:
1) If you are watching a video, highlight the name of the scene. Search for that name. Other postings of the same scene with IDs somewhere on its page may show up. If not, use the scene name plus "iafd" in the search and see if that gets you anything.

1a) Do an image search on the scene name. If a good image comes up, run it through Tineye and see if that takes you somewhere.

2) Take a screenshot or snapshot of the performer you are interested in. Run it through https://facedigger.com/.

3) Submit the screenshot to https://namethatporn.com/ and see if any of your fellow pornophiles can help. (And while you're there, see if you can help someone else. There's an accepted format for answers -- you'll get the hang of it soon enough.

My budget has quadupled over the last few months as I've been acquiring scenes of women whose names I thought I'd never know.

Bella
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3/23
Posted - Oct 27 2026 : 6:36AM
I used to run into situations like you mentioned above while scrolling through video clips at one of those sites we dare not mention here, of course there was never a mention of the source of the video, and don't try to message the OP you'll get no response, being the veteran porn collection pro I've become, often there are little clues from the set the film was shot at, background scenery that was mentioned above. Which cold lead you to conclude what studio shot the scene, if you could figure that out your 99% there.

Also a big help if you're attempting to ID a movie scene, it helps to be familiar with a lot of porn talent, if I could identify at least one model in the film,then head on over to IAFD, there you could find nearly every video the model appears I'm. I found many videos this way.

And as mentioned above there's all these face recognition software out there now, I became familiar with one called pimeyes about two years ago. It was really excellent but the free version was limited, it would populate a bunch of thumbnail images of the face you were looking for, but you had to pay to get information about the source of the image, which to be honest is understandable, often I could eventually ID a model just by the thumbnail, but now pimeyes is the last I checked completely behind a paywall, so no more free searches at pimeyes!

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