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Where Do I Get Images From?
You can find images on the web, you can scan them in from paper copy or you
can take them from a digital camera. Remember that unless you
have created the image yourself, it may well be copyrighted; however, there are
literally millions of places on the web to get free stuff.
Another thing to bear in mind if you are using a picture found on the
Internet is that it is not polite to link to an image on someone else's webspace
without their agreement. Technically it is considered to be "bandwidth theft".
So, when you find an image that you can use, then in the first place you
should save it to your own hard drive. One way to do this is to
right click
on the image and select "Save Picture As"
from the menu that appears (if you've never done this
before, try it on one of the images on this page) and save it to a folder on
your own hard drive (and remember where you put it!). Bear in mind though, that
the web designer may have disabled right-click as a simple security measure to
make it harder to get the picture - if he has, then you shouldn't really be
trying to get that image! Another source of pictures which can be
very useful, particularly if you are trying to get help with a problem on your
computer or to explain something as I will be doing in these tutorials are
screenshots.
Options
1. Placing an image under your username in the User Information Panel on the
left of a post. (Tutorial)
2. Placing an image in your signature at the foot of your post
(Tutorial). 3. Placing
an image or images within a message (Tutorial). 4.
Resizing an image (Tutorial). 5.
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