Copy Images that are Protected by a Transparent Layer

Contributor Icon Contributed by risherz Date Icon December 10, 2005  
Tag Icon Tagged: Internet

Many sites put a transparency layer over good images so that you can’t copy their images… but with Firefox it’s a piece of cake. This way you don’t need to get any external software to do that.


Make sure that you do this in Firefox

1. Right click on the page which you want to copy the image from
2. Click on View Page Info
3. Click on the Media Tab
4. Under “Address” browse through the list and see which one matches the image.
5. If you want to save the picture just click on the Save as… button and save it
6. If you want to copy the image then right click on the URL of the image and click on copy
7. Paste the URL into the address bar
8. Right click on the image and click on Copy Image

This way you can copy images even if they are protected with a transparency image over it without having to download additional software.

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  • Johnny boy
    Thank you so much :P this really helped me alot! x
  • Bruno
    I'm afraid it doesn't always work; if there are thumbnails on the page you might save only a tiny pic. :-(
  • nirja100
    how to copy the picture without the transparent layer on them?
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