There
are a number of ways you can download pictures from a website. In a previous
article, I focused primarily on downloading pictures from Facebook as noted in
my Geezam blog article entitled “How
to download Photo Albums and Videos from your Personal and your Friend’s
Profile on Facebook”.
I
also gave away, in great detail, how one can download pictures from Twitter as
explained in my blog
article entitled “How
to Download Twitter user Pictures as Twitter makes Facebook Timeline changes”.
Once
downloaded, you can uploaded them to Picasa and use them in your Blogger article
or even as slideshows, which I detailed in my blog article
entitled “How
to embed Picasa Photos, Albums and slideshows for Advertising on your Website
or Blog”.
But
how do you reliably download pictures in bulk from a Website e.g. Tumblr ? I
realized that none of the above software I recommended would work, as they’re
specifically targeted at one type of website. So the search began anew for ways
to download pictures from a website.
How to download pictures
manually – Inspect element is a powerful tool
That’s
right folks! That little used option can allow you to download pictures from a
website, albeit individually. It’s especially useful if the pictures are
embedded and are hard to download using the common Right-click “Save as” option method is disabled by
the website.
For
this example I’ll use my Tumblr Blog, which
is still unnamed and which is still in the process of launching. However, as
part of pre-launch, I’m building up traffic by following other blogs and seeing
how they’re structured. So here goes my first DIY (Do It Yourself)
Simply
right click on an image and select Inspect
element.
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Once
selected a Windows pane will appear that breaks down the Webpage into code and
elements that make it function.
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Go
to the top of this Window pane and click on Resources.
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Select
the Frames Folder and click opens
the next folder below it. Scroll down until you see a reference tag for “Images”. Note that you can adjust the
position of the Window pane by pulling it up if you need more space.
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These
are the images that are used to make up the website. Scroll through until you see
the one you want. This may take awhile.
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Right
click on the name of the image. You’ll see choices between “Open Link in New Tab” or “Copy Link Address”. To make this easier
on you, select Open Link in New Tab.
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Once
opened in the new tab, inspect the URL (Universal Resource Locator) in the
Address Bar. It should end with either “.jpg”, “.png”, “.tif” or some other
file format your computer can handle. If not, simply backspace from the end and
delete until you see just that URL plus the file extensions I just mentioned.
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Then
right click, select “Save as” and
download the picture.
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That’s
basically how you download images that are difficult to access with an even
more excellent explanation being provided in this YouTube video.
But
what about mass downloading of images from Websites? It may surprise you, but those
options basically follow this same procedure, multiplied as many times for as
many pictures but without opening web pages.
How to Mass download pictures
from Website – Add-Ons, Cloud and a Web App Downloader
I’ll
show you the three (3) easiest to download images in bulk with an added extra
software program as a Kitchen sink Bonus in case the other three aren’t to your
liking.
The
first one is DownThemAll.
Please not that this is a Mozilla Firefox Browser Add on which you can find by
Googleing “DownthemAll add on” or clicking on Tools, then selecting Add
ons and then select Get Add ons Tab
to search for “DownthemAll”.
This
video below explains how DownThemAll
works.
Once
downloaded and installed by clicking on the link, using it is as simple as
right clicking on a blank space beside the image in my Tumblr blog and
selecting “DownThemAll” to download everything
on this page.
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If
you're unable to download the computer you’re on due to administrative
restrictions e.g. as in the MICO University College’s
e-Learning Lab, you can download them directly to your Cloud Drive, be it Google Drive or Dropbox using the Syiwe Website.
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Once
you set up a 30 day free account with Syiwe,
you can select where you're downloading from using their website interface and
just like that, all images downloaded are sent to your Cloud Drive for access
later. After that, you’ll have to pay for the use of this service. The video
demonstrates this clearly.
Then
there is my perennial favorite is SaveAllImages.
This Website works by canvassing all images you give the website, compressing
them into a *.zip file and then downloading them to onto your desktop.
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Its
only limitation is that it only allows you to download a maximum of twenty (20)
images on any given website. The option is presented to you to pay, so you
might wanna try that option in the future if you frequently download lots of
images!
The
final option, which I call the Kitchen sink, is a software called Bulk
Image Downloader. It's not freeware but you can get it from Kickasstorrents cracked using the procedure as laid out
in my blog
article entitled “How
to download High Quality Music via torrenting - The Mortal Instruments City of
Bones used to get Free Music”.
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It
works excellently, once you disconnect the Internet and crack it properly. You’ll
get a lot of duplicate images though and everything else including the kitchen
sink thrown in for good measure, but that's BID being real nice and thorough
So
have you used any of these methods? Have a particular favorite or a suggestion
for better options. Leave your comments below and thanks for reading my blog
post.
Here's
the link
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