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Hi all,
Just imagine that in front of you is a Mac with a basic install of OS X Leopard with iLife and iWorks but no other 3rd party software.
OK, would somebody please run me through the sequence that lets you copy an image from the web, let's say any image from Google images, and then paste it into whatever prog that you have that will allow you to crop it and resize it.
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I just drag the image to the desktop.
I have hot corners set up, so when I drag the image to the right top corner, it exposes the desktop, and then I drop it there! (Control click on image, drag to top right of desktop, and release it on the desktop)
It automatically saves it as a jpeg for you to do what you will with it.

For hot corners set up go to system preferences, desktop & screensaver, screensaver, hot corners, and set it up from there.

It sounds a lot more complex than it is, but it makes for a really easy to navigate and keep track of what and where everything is step by step.
 
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This is how I have it set up, which really works for me :)


To edit the pic, as far as crop, resize, and more, you can open it with preview, iPhoto, etc :D
 
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Thank you very much.
I'll try that and see what happens.
 
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Pleasure....
Hot corners rocks, and the drag and drop method for me, keeps things nice and fluent for me in keeping with OS X drag and drop way of working with things.
 
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Mmmm, that didn't work.
I can do the Prefs, Screensaver, Hot corners thing OK but when I drag an image to that corner, nothing happens.
I wonder if that is because this is a G4 Mac Mini and not the Intel version.

Cheers,
Steve
 
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That I'm not sure about.
When you drag to that corner to expose the desktop does it expose it?
If so, are you dragging the image from the corner once there back to the desktop before releasing the image?
 
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Here's what I did after setting up Hot Corners.
I opened the Google website and clicked on "Images" then typed "Jaguar"
I then clicked on an image and dragged it up to the top right corner which is set to DESKTOP in Hot Corners.
Nothing happened.
The ghost image of the picture followed my mouse pointer up to the corner but there was no change of what I could see on my screen which was the Google Images website.
I tried to set up a different corner in Hot Corners but that didn't work either.
 
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I just saw the link and watched it.
When I do a similar sort of thing the top right of the screen doesn't change to show the desktop.

Let me try a re-boot and see if that helps.
Be right back.
 
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Houston ... We have lift off!!

That dragging to the corner seems to be working now.
That makes life a lot easier now.
Thank you very much.
 
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Pleasure.... glad it's working now, because if it wasn't it would have had me stumped.
Also, my head's so close to the pillow now (I'm in Oz) that I was struggling just to post what I did, and I'd have had to pass the buck to next in line on MF, or get back to it tomorrow :)
 
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Once you have the picture on your desktop like 6String showed you how to do, you can do basic actions like crop and resize using just Preview. If you double click on the picture preview will probably open by default.
 
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You can also drag the file from the desktop directly onto the iPhoto icon in your dock and it will open up from there.
 
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Oneironaut beat me to it, but all the folderol with hot corners was just a long-way-round approach. Just drag an image directly from a web browser onto the iPhoto icon in the dock. Done.

Bear in mind, of course, that images on the web are generally VERY LOW RESOLUTION and while they may look nice on your screen, using them for anything other than "other web pages" is likely to produce poor results.

Also, please respect people's copyrights. If it's not yours, ask before using it.
 
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all the folderol with hot corners was just a long-way-round approach. Just drag an image directly from a web browser onto the iPhoto icon in the dock. Done.
Click to expand...
Not quite, as that's under the assumption that the OP wants the photo in the iPhoto, or to use iPhoto to edit it!
 
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6string said:
Not quite, as that's under the assumption that the OP wants the photo in the iPhoto, or to use iPhoto to edit it!
Click to expand...

Not disagreeing with you at all BTW. You can put Preview in the Dock and drag the pic there! :D Grin Sorry, Steve Balmer made me say it! :D

BTW, I set up a hot corner for your way also as it will come in handy for some things down the road.
 
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LOL Yes, this is true.... I 'personally' like to leave my dock fairly uncluttered, and it always depends on what I want to edit, and how, as to what app I will use.
I also like things to land on my desktop before I choose where I am going to store them on my HD once I am done with it.
This practice not only keeps my dock and desktop uncluttered, but keeps me on top of things as far as having a very organised Mac.

I have no doubt that there are many methods of doing things, but in all honesty, the OP asked a question and I told him how I go about it!
To see a post come up stating that my method is folderol (nonsense) is just a tad bit arrogant and condescending really, and I don't think it was really called for.
 
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6string said:
LOL Yes, this is true.... I 'personally' like to leave my dock fairly uncluttered, and it always depends on what I want to edit, and how, as to what app I will use.
I also like things to land on my desktop before I choose where I am going to store them on my HD once I am done with it.
This practice not only keeps my dock and desktop uncluttered, but keeps me on top of things as far as having a very organised Mac.

I have no doubt that there are many methods of doing things, but in all honesty, the OP asked a question and I told him how I go about it!
To see a post come up stating that my method is folderol (nonsense) is just a tad bit arrogant and condescending really, and I don't think it was really called for.
Click to expand...

I work this way as well. Except I create a folder and then dump the working files into it after I'm done.
 
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6string said:
To see a post come up stating that my method is folderol (nonsense) is just a tad bit arrogant and condescending really, and I don't think it was really called for.
Click to expand...

I said all the work needed to set up that system was folderol when the OP asked for SIMPLE method. Everybody does what works for them and its perfectly fine to have different methods discussed, but I think it's important particularly for newcomers to the platform to see that what they want to do can be performed very SIMPLY. They'll find a more complicated way on their own if the simple way doesn't (or no longer) meets their needs, but in my view KISS is the way to go unless the person specifically says they've already tried that.

DTravis' alternative was another good, SIMPLE method.
 

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