In this easy tutorial guide we will discuss some techniques to copy images, photos or pictures from different sources. Please do not misuse thins methods, we believe that each & every reader of our articles responsible online users.
Copy protected images from websites
Normally is copying images from websites very easy. You simply right click on the image and you select 'Save Image As'. But what to do if
Copy images via the page source
Every part of a web page is being explained in the page source. This is necessary because otherwise the browser, like Internet Explorer or Firefox etc., doesn't know how the page has to be published. The advantage for you of this is that also the images are described in here. You can use that information to copy the 'protected' image.
Simply go to the website where you found that 'protected' image and click in the menu 'View' and then 'Source'. (If you use Internet Explorer 7 or higher, you can make the menu visible by pressing the 'Alt' key.)
For example:
If we take this website, although I haven't 'protected' my images but that isn't important for the example, you see the top logo image with my website name in it. Oops I told you already "…the top logo image….", 8 out of 10 website call such an image their 'logo' or 'Top' and as you can see it is situated on the top of the page.
So I am quite sure that this image (and not only on my website) has a name something like 'top.jpg', 'logo.jpg', 'toplogo.jpg' or the same with the .gif extension. So what you do next is you search for such a name in the page source files you just opened via 'View' -> 'Source' (you can search manually or by pressing 'Ctrl + F' in the source file).
If you find the image in the source file, it is often located in something like 'images/logo.jpg'. Now you select this and copy it to your clipboard. Then you go back to that website and you paste it after the websites domain name.
In my example it is 'http://www.about-your-computer.com/imgs/logo.jpg'.
Then press Enter and the image which was 'protected' is shown in your browser and now you can right click it and select 'Save Image As'.
Copy via dragging
The method from the example above is easy if you know the name of the image or if you think you know the name. Don't you know that name or don't you like searching the complete source file for images, then there is another way to copy the 'protected' images.
Click on the image you would like to have with the left mouse button (hold this button) and drag the image a bit. Your mouse pointer changes in a small circle with a stripe in it which tells you that the image cannot be dragged. Keep your mouse button down and press the Windows button + D. This will show your desktop.
Now your mouse pointer is changed in a white square with a '+' in it. This means that you can move the image to here. Simply release your mouse button. In Firefox the image is copied to your desktop and in Internet Explorer you will be asked if you would like to copy the file to your desktop.
Click 'Yes' and there is your image.
Copy via Print screen
The ways I described above are very good ways to copy images that are 'right-click' protected. But there are websites which have a better security to protect their images. For example there is a security that transforms the image into a white pixel on your hard drive. If every single way you have tried to copy that protected image then there is still one way left, the 'Print screen'.
You only need a tool to edit images, like Paint which is standard in Windows XP, Vista, etc. You simply go to the website where you found that image you'd like to copy. Then press the 'PrintScreen' or 'PrtSc' key on your keyboard. Now the image is store to the clipboard of Windows. Now you open Paint (or another image editing tool) and you paste the image in this tool. Now the image can be edit and saved to your computer.
Copy protected images from websites
Normally is copying images from websites very easy. You simply right click on the image and you select 'Save Image As'. But what to do if
Copy images via the page source
Every part of a web page is being explained in the page source. This is necessary because otherwise the browser, like Internet Explorer or Firefox etc., doesn't know how the page has to be published. The advantage for you of this is that also the images are described in here. You can use that information to copy the 'protected' image.
Simply go to the website where you found that 'protected' image and click in the menu 'View' and then 'Source'. (If you use Internet Explorer 7 or higher, you can make the menu visible by pressing the 'Alt' key.)
For example:
If we take this website, although I haven't 'protected' my images but that isn't important for the example, you see the top logo image with my website name in it. Oops I told you already "…the top logo image….", 8 out of 10 website call such an image their 'logo' or 'Top' and as you can see it is situated on the top of the page.
So I am quite sure that this image (and not only on my website) has a name something like 'top.jpg', 'logo.jpg', 'toplogo.jpg' or the same with the .gif extension. So what you do next is you search for such a name in the page source files you just opened via 'View' -> 'Source' (you can search manually or by pressing 'Ctrl + F' in the source file).
If you find the image in the source file, it is often located in something like 'images/logo.jpg'. Now you select this and copy it to your clipboard. Then you go back to that website and you paste it after the websites domain name.
In my example it is 'http://www.about-your-computer.com/imgs/logo.jpg'.
Then press Enter and the image which was 'protected' is shown in your browser and now you can right click it and select 'Save Image As'.
Copy via dragging
The method from the example above is easy if you know the name of the image or if you think you know the name. Don't you know that name or don't you like searching the complete source file for images, then there is another way to copy the 'protected' images.
Click on the image you would like to have with the left mouse button (hold this button) and drag the image a bit. Your mouse pointer changes in a small circle with a stripe in it which tells you that the image cannot be dragged. Keep your mouse button down and press the Windows button + D. This will show your desktop.
Now your mouse pointer is changed in a white square with a '+' in it. This means that you can move the image to here. Simply release your mouse button. In Firefox the image is copied to your desktop and in Internet Explorer you will be asked if you would like to copy the file to your desktop.
Click 'Yes' and there is your image.
Copy via Print screen
The ways I described above are very good ways to copy images that are 'right-click' protected. But there are websites which have a better security to protect their images. For example there is a security that transforms the image into a white pixel on your hard drive. If every single way you have tried to copy that protected image then there is still one way left, the 'Print screen'.
You only need a tool to edit images, like Paint which is standard in Windows XP, Vista, etc. You simply go to the website where you found that image you'd like to copy. Then press the 'PrintScreen' or 'PrtSc' key on your keyboard. Now the image is store to the clipboard of Windows. Now you open Paint (or another image editing tool) and you paste the image in this tool. Now the image can be edit and saved to your computer.
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