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celina_ashley

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HELP!  Image saving...
« on: October 09, 2004, 04:11:21 PM »
I may or may not be in the right place for this but Im at a loss..

Its simple, Im trying to save icons made for me... the creators saved them as gifs of course, and uploaded them as gifs...  When I try to save them myself, my pc is only giving me the option to save them as bitmaps, which of course makes them lose their animation/effects.  I tried re-saving some old icons i have to see if my pc was letting me save ONLY bmps for whatever reason, but nope, their it was.. it gave me both the gif and bmp option.  Im really confused, I dont know anything about this... why cant I save these images as gifs?!!

shield

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Re: HELP!  Image saving...
« Reply #1 on: October 10, 2004, 09:35:00 PM »
try right-clicking the image to save-as

celina_ashley

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Re: HELP!  Image saving...
« Reply #2 on: October 11, 2004, 12:34:41 AM »
Hahaha, thanks but no, it was a bit more complicated than that silly.  I figured it out anyways.. if youre curious this was the problem and the solution

Problem:
When you save an image in Microsoft Internet Explorer, the image is saved by default as a bitmap (.bmp). You do not have the option to save the image by using an extension other than .bmp. You experience this behavior even when the image uses a different format (such as .gif or .jpeg).  

Solution:
Start Internet Explorer (if it is not already started).
Empty the contents of the Temporary Internet Files folder. To do so:  
On the Tools menu, click Internet Options.
Click the General tab.
Under Temporary Internet files, click Delete Files.
When you are prompted to delete all temporary Internet files, click OK.
In the Downloaded Program Files folder on your hard disk, remove the files that are listed as either Unknown or Damaged. To do so:  
On the Tools menu, click Internet Options.
Click the General tab.
Under Temporary Internet files, click Settings.
Click View Objects.  

The list of program files that are downloaded to the SystemRoot\Downloaded Program Files folder on your hard disk appears in the Downloaded Program Files window.
In the Status column, note the files that are listed as either Unknown or Damaged. Remove these files. To do so, right-click the file, and then click Remove.  
When you are prompted to confirm the removal, click Yes.
Close the Downloaded Program Files window, and then click OK two times

Ta-Da!

dl65

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    Re: HELP!  Image saving...
    « Reply #3 on: October 11, 2004, 02:04:58 AM »
    Celina-Ashley....This may come as a shock ...but I just Right clicked on your gif ......and as shield suggested ......
    used to good old " save as " put it on the desktop as a gif...using IE6 with no problems at all.   What version of IE are you using ?

    let us know

    dl65  ::)
    If you don't know the answer, it isn't a dumb question.

    celina_ashley

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    Re: HELP!  Image saving...
    « Reply #4 on: October 11, 2004, 02:38:49 PM »
    well withthis particular pic I never had a problem with saving it as gif, it was just all others... I use IE6 as well

    dl65

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      Re: HELP!  Image saving...
      « Reply #5 on: October 11, 2004, 07:39:36 PM »
      Celina-Ashley......can you aim me at a link so I can see what the problem is ?

      dl65 ::)
      If you don't know the answer, it isn't a dumb question.