You know how frustrating it is when you want to save a copy of an interesting image you saw online but the site prevents you from doing so. It could be that it has a security widget installed somewhere or there's something wrong with your browser. Worry no more because you can still capture that image or photo using Adobe Photoshop and some wits. They call it the screenshot technique.

Here's how you do it:

1. Open the site where you saw the image you want to capture. Make sure that it is on the center of the page or at least viewable to you, for easy cropping.

2. On your keyboard, find and press "Print Screen." By doing so, you capture the screenshot of the page where the image is.

3. Open Adobe Photoshop. Go to the File Menu and choose "New." By this time, a small window pops up prompting you to choose the size of the white canvass that will serve as base. Make sure it is by pixels, not by inches or centimeters. Set the width at 1024 pixels and the height, 768. Click "Ok."

4. Once the white background is displayed, paste (use Ctrl + V) the screenshot on it.

5. Select the image you want to capture using the rectangular broken line icon called the Rectangular Marquee Tool (uppper left side, vertical menu) and crop the screenshot so that only the image is left.

6. Save the image using the file extension .jpeg or .jpg.

That's it. Now you have a copy of the image you got interested in. Just make sure to cite the source of the image when you post it on your blog or website so you don't get into any copyrights-related trouble.

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4 comments

thanks for the tip. if i could only know how-to use HTML codes, someone told me you can capture in a snap.

June 23, 2009 at 1:37 PM

@deejayz: really? didn't know that.that's another great idea. :)

June 23, 2009 at 2:00 PM

good idea, I'm enjoying my Photoshop pa nmn right now, I can make some practice with it, thanks for the info

June 25, 2009 at 6:30 PM

@josie: photoshop is fun.you're welcome. :)

July 8, 2009 at 11:27 AM

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