CJ Posted November 30, 2010 Share Posted November 30, 2010 My son has bought a car off Ebay and wants to use some of the pics that were in the ad to show his mates on FB. How do you copy these so that he can use them? Right click copy does not work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevie_b Posted November 30, 2010 Share Posted November 30, 2010 Navigate to the page of the car auction. Then do: "File > Save Page As..." Enter a short filename in the box that appears. The default filename is probably not a valid filename (it'll contain disalloweed characters like slashes etc). Then using Windows Explorer (or similar) browse to the place on the hard disk where you saved the web page. That location will have a folder of the name you gave (if you specified a filename of "foo" the folder will be called "foo_files"). In that folder will be all the files that make the ebay web page work, including all the images. One of them will be the image you want, probably in jpeg format. Not sure if this will capture all the photos at once if there are multiple photos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJ Posted November 30, 2010 Author Share Posted November 30, 2010 Navigate to the page of the car auction. Then do: "File > Save Page As..." Enter a short filename in the box that appears. The default filename is probably not a valid filename (it'll contain disalloweed characters like slashes etc). Then using Windows Explorer (or similar) browse to the place on the hard disk where you saved the web page. That location will have a folder of the name you gave (if you specified a filename of "foo" the folder will be called "foo_files"). In that folder will be all the files that make the ebay web page work, including all the images. One of them will be the image you want, probably in jpeg format. Not sure if this will capture all the photos at once if there are multiple photos. Sorry to be a numpty but how do I do that with Windows 7? I saved the file to my desktop and it now appears as Josh.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevie_b Posted November 30, 2010 Share Posted November 30, 2010 I don't have Windows 7, but you can use any method you want to browse to the desktop. I guess, as it's the desktop, you'll just see the folder you want on the desktop itself ("Josh_files"). Pressing the Windows button on your keyboard and E at the same time brings up Windows Explorer on WinXP, might work for Win7 too if the above doesn't work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurgen-Jm-Imports Posted November 30, 2010 Share Posted November 30, 2010 stevieb. try and copy this pic http://www.carsensor.net/usedcar/detail/CU0020138037/index.html?TRCD=200002 it wont let you save target as Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronttuk Posted November 30, 2010 Share Posted November 30, 2010 i would do it the old farts way, open page enlarge pic press controll+p together print the page then scan and copy the pic, but im old and no technophobe lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SupraMan Mk4 Posted November 30, 2010 Share Posted November 30, 2010 print screen>open paint>paste>crop to fit...done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJ Posted November 30, 2010 Author Share Posted November 30, 2010 print screen>open paint>paste>crop to fit...done! Super duper - thanks you guys! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurgen-Jm-Imports Posted November 30, 2010 Share Posted November 30, 2010 is there a better way ? than to use paste Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SupraShaun Posted November 30, 2010 Share Posted November 30, 2010 is there a better way ? than to use paste The reason you cant save the picture in your example is that the arrows are overlaying the image, so what your trying to do is save the link rather than the picture. If your using firefox you can download the web developer toolbar (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/60/), which then enables you to just view all images on any pages and save them how you normally would. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevie_b Posted November 30, 2010 Share Posted November 30, 2010 stevieb. try and copy this pic http://www.carsensor.net/usedcar/detail/CU0020138037/index.html?TRCD=200002 it wont let you save target as A different technique is needed for that one: here's the actual link to just the photo: http://carsensor.ne.jp/CSphoto/bkkn/473/686/U00004473686/U00004473686_001L.JPG Lovely car BTW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nic Posted November 30, 2010 Share Posted November 30, 2010 On my Mac I would press 'command-shift-4', this would bring up cross hairs so I can select the area of the screen I want to copy, the image file would then be saved to my desktop ie. like doing a screen grab, but being able to select just a part of the screen. Not sure if you are able to do a similar thing on your clunky old PC's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurgen-Jm-Imports Posted November 30, 2010 Share Posted November 30, 2010 A different technique is needed for that one: here's the actual link to just the photo: http://carsensor.ne.jp/CSphoto/bkkn/473/686/U00004473686/U00004473686_001L.JPG Lovely car BTW. whats the technique ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fitz Posted November 30, 2010 Share Posted November 30, 2010 On my Mac I would press 'command-shift-4', this would bring up cross hairs so I can select the area of the screen I want to copy, the image file would then be saved to my desktop ie. like doing a screen grab, but being able to select just a part of the screen. Not sure if you are able to do a similar thing on your clunky old PC's. Cheers Nic, I never knew you could do that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nic Posted November 30, 2010 Share Posted November 30, 2010 Cheers Nic, I never knew you could do that Yeah comes in handy sometimes, 'Command-Shift-3' copies the whole page. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevie_b Posted November 30, 2010 Share Posted November 30, 2010 whats the technique ? I used an add-on for Firefox called Firebug to analyse the page you linked to. It's a web page analysis/debugging add-on, used primarily by web developers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJ Posted November 30, 2010 Author Share Posted November 30, 2010 The reason you cant save the picture in your example is that the arrows are overlaying the image, so what your trying to do is save the link rather than the picture. If your using firefox you can download the web developer toolbar (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/60/), which then enables you to just view all images on any pages and save them how you normally would. Now that works much more betterer Thank you for the link. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurgen-Jm-Imports Posted November 30, 2010 Share Posted November 30, 2010 I used an add-on for Firefox called Firebug to analyse the page you linked to. It's a web page analysis/debugging add-on, used primarily by web developers. so since i use that car sensor a lot and am sick of using paste in paint.. can i just add firebug and firefox to my downloads and use it for this reason only ? or can i use something with IE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SupraShaun Posted November 30, 2010 Share Posted November 30, 2010 Now that works much more betterer Thank you for the link. No worries Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevie_b Posted November 30, 2010 Share Posted November 30, 2010 so since i use that car sensor a lot and am sick of using paste in paint.. can i just add firebug and firefox to my downloads and use it for this reason only ? or can i use something with IE There is a version of Firebug for IE, but in my experience it's more bother than it's worth (IIRC you need to add a line or two of code in order for it to work, in which case it would be useless for what you want). Not sure if there's an equivalent add-on for the latest IE. The web developer toolbar that Shaun linked to might well be able to do a similar job. Same thing applies though: you'll need Firefox unless you can find an IE-equivalent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SupraShaun Posted November 30, 2010 Share Posted November 30, 2010 The web developer toolbar that Shaun linked to might well be able to do a similar job. Yeah it does, you just click Images=>View Image Information and it will list all images on the page. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edinlexusV8 Posted November 30, 2010 Share Posted November 30, 2010 Dude if you are using IE this is the simplest way to get the image URLs ... no need for any addons! Step1: Just press F12 (to go to Developer tools) Step2: On the top menu of dev tools select images ... vollaa ... you get all the urls for the images showing on the screen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurgen-Jm-Imports Posted November 30, 2010 Share Posted November 30, 2010 The reason you cant save the picture in your example is that the arrows are overlaying the image, so what your trying to do is save the link rather than the picture. If your using firefox you can download the web developer toolbar (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/60/), which then enables you to just view all images on any pages and save them how you normally would. i have downloaded firefox and the add on.. i go on car sensor and i cant save the image still ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurgen-Jm-Imports Posted November 30, 2010 Share Posted November 30, 2010 sussed it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edinlexusV8 Posted November 30, 2010 Share Posted November 30, 2010 Jurgen, I think you should have tried my post #22. It is possible to do with IE itself. Anyway good that you sussed it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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