Saving/Downloading animated images

Discussion in 'Mac Basics and Help' started by ~Kat~, Oct 9, 2006.

Most Liked Posts
  1. ~Kat~, Oct 9, 2006

    ~Kat~ macrumors member

    ~Kat~

    Joined:
    Apr 20, 2006
    Location:
    Montreal
    #1
    I saw this beautiful winter scene on a web page

    http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Flats/4610/snow.html

    and I love the animated image and wanted to save it. I couldn't, I went to Page Info but didn't even see the image as a gif file although other images were there.

    How do I save or download this image? It's so purty, I want to have it.
     
    share
    + Quote Reply
  2. Ugg, Oct 9, 2006

    Ugg macrumors 68000

    Ugg

    Joined:
    Apr 7, 2003
    Location:
    Penryn
    #2
    You can save the entire page. Go to File>Save As and then choose where you want to save it to.
     
    share
    + Quote Reply
  3. ~Kat~, Oct 9, 2006

    ~Kat~ thread starter macrumors member

    ~Kat~

    Joined:
    Apr 20, 2006
    Location:
    Montreal
    #3
    D'Oh! Should have thought of that before.

    It didn't work though, I didn't see the animated winter scene in the folder. :confused:
     
    share
    + Quote Reply
  4. Ugg, Oct 9, 2006

    Ugg macrumors 68000

    Ugg

    Joined:
    Apr 7, 2003
    Location:
    Penryn
    #4
    When I saved it to my desktop, it saved it as "Silent Night Holy Night.webarchive".
     
    share
    + Quote Reply
  5. MrSmith, Oct 9, 2006

    MrSmith macrumors 68040

    MrSmith

    Joined:
    Nov 27, 2003
    #5
    It isn't technically an animated image (like a GIF). It's a Java applet, which means it's an effect applied to an image on a web page. One of the more common (albeit tacky) is a ripple effect.
     
    share
    + Quote Reply
  6. ~Kat~, Oct 10, 2006

    ~Kat~ thread starter macrumors member

    ~Kat~

    Joined:
    Apr 20, 2006
    Location:
    Montreal
    #6
    Not for me, clearly I'm doing something wrong. When you save the page, which of the four do you save it as?

    Mr. Smith wooshhhhhhhhh that went way over my head. :D


    ETA: I tried with Safari and managed to save as a web archive although since it isn't a .gif then it doesn't do me much good. I wanted to use it in my sig on another site. Ah well........
     
    share
    + Quote Reply
  7. Ugg, Oct 10, 2006

    Ugg macrumors 68000

    Ugg

    Joined:
    Apr 7, 2003
    Location:
    Penryn
    #7
    Yeah, it only opens it up as a web page. Wish I could help you more but dissecting code is way above my abilities:)
     
    share
    + Quote Reply
  8. MrSmith, Oct 10, 2006

    MrSmith macrumors 68040

    MrSmith

    Joined:
    Nov 27, 2003
    #8
    Sorry, I just meant that what you're seeing is an effect created by a program that you can't download. Unlike a GIF, which is self-contained.
     
    share
    + Quote Reply
  9. ~Kat~, Oct 10, 2006

    ~Kat~ thread starter macrumors member

    ~Kat~

    Joined:
    Apr 20, 2006
    Location:
    Montreal
    #9
    LOL thanks for your help. I'll have to find a winter scene that is a .gif.
     
    share
    + Quote Reply
(You must log in or sign up to post here.)

Share This Page