Does a Photo 'Snipped' from a Website lose any quality?


  1. Posts : 169
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       #1

    Does a Photo 'Snipped' from a Website lose any quality?


    The 'Snip' is one of my Favourite tools in the Box in Windows 10

    As when I'm building a Website for someone, if they have a Photo Online that they would like me to use on their Site, then rather than download it from an email, that 'may' contain a Virus from someone I don't know, I can just 'Snip it' and Paste it, into their New Website.

    But does the Photo lose any Quality, when its done this way?
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       #2

    Depends


    It depends.
    Pictures are often resized (smaller) on web pages.
    If you take a screenshot (or snip) you may be capturing the smaller image.

    FF and its spin-offs (Pale Moon, WaterFox, etc.) have a "View Image" and "View Image Info" options in their context menus.
    They also have a "Page Info" option which allows you to view all of the individual elements on a page.

    Does a Photo 'Snipped' from a Website lose any quality?-pm-image-options-01.png

    Does a Photo 'Snipped' from a Website lose any quality?-pm-image-options-02.png

    Note:
    If the image is in a Flash gallery you probably have no choice other than to take screenshots.
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  3. Posts : 169
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       #3

    Hi and Thanks

    I haven't really noticed any loss of quality so far except when Capturing a small image and then expanding it, in which case I ask the Customer to put up a larger image, which I can capture with a 'Snip'
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       #4

    Cyberdesigner said:
    Hi and Thanks

    I haven't really noticed any loss of quality so far except when Capturing a small image and then expanding it, in which case I ask the Customer to put up a larger image, which I can capture with a 'Snip'
    Since Windows screenshots ("Windows Key + PrtScn") and snips are png files, they should be WYSIWYG. :)
    Last edited by lehnerus2000; 30 Oct 2015 at 19:13. Reason: Clarification
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