Copying pictures from web pages?

[Frank Martin]

I can do this most of the time by right-clicking|copy|paste
which gives the copy in *jpg.

But some web pages do not allow copying of their pictures,
so this becomes more difficult.

I can work around this sometimes by:

1/ Displaying the webpage with the picture I want.

2/ Saving the whole webpage or webframe File|SavePageAs
which takes it to Windows Explorer.

3/ Going to Windows Explorer and right-clicking on the saved
Page/Frame and selecting "Edit".

4/ This gives an editable page in Word2003.

5/ Right-clicking on the desired picture and selecting
"copy".

6/ Pasting this copy on a new Word2003 page.

This gives the isolated picture, but I can't get to the
final step which is to convert it to *.bmp or *.jpg.

Please help, Frank

 

[Kate G.]

Copyright issues aside -- I'm just talking technical ability to take a
picture from a website -- not the right to do so...

You could use a graphics application that lets you get it... Like Paint Shop
Pro or Snag It. I don't think it's the same thing as actually saving the
original image -- but you are creating a new graphic as you capture it. You
can then save it in any file type you wish.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

A trick that another MVP taught me: In order to be displayed on your screen,
the picture has to be downloaded to your computer, so it will be in your
browser cache. The trick is to find it. I have created a desktop shortcut
for the Temporary Internet Files folder, which I have sorted on the Last
Accessed column, with the most recently viewed files at the top. There may
be several images that look promising, but eventually you can find the one
you want. (Note that Thumbnail view is not available in this folder, so you
have to actually open the file to look at it.)

You'll get a scary message when you try to open the folder and another when
you try to open the file, but you can ignore them. The image will open in
your browser and can be saved from the right-click menu (I prefer this to
copying so that I have it separately stored on my HD).

I'll reiterate that this is undoubtedly a violation of copyright and should
be used judiciously. In my case, I use it to grab book cover graphics from
Amazon to use on posters promoting our library book reviews of the given
books, which I consider a fairly benign use (a single poster, displayed for
a single week, for each review, which promotes the book). When the View
Larger Picture option is available, of course I can use that, but when Look
Inside is offered, it is necessary to resort to this subterfuge.