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by mnladyus 17 Apr 2013 ( edited Apr 18'13 20:14 )
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4/17/13- I don't understand.... Why do some sites block you from saving the photo of the designs that they are giving us free? I use dst format and the designs are always weird colors. I like saving the photo to see what it should look like. Question, why give a free design but not the photo?

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by mops 17 Apr 2013
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If it is aphoto of a stitch-out I don't understand, if it is clipart it may be for cpyright reasons. Try PrintScreen - I use Gadwin Printscreen and that works well.
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by jrob 17 Apr 2013
Thanks, I'll try that too.
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by jrob 17 Apr 2013
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I don't get it either. Must have something to do with copying the design?
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by sewmom 17 Apr 2013
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My new computer came with a Snipping Tool. If you have it you can go to All Programs on your computer to find it. You can select a portion of the page and copy it, paste it, etc.
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by moyed 18 Apr 2013
Wonderful little tool this.
hugs Helen
by dec716 18 Apr 2013
wow this snipping tool is great! thanks
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by mnladyus 17 Apr 2013
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I have Windows 7 with the Snipping Tool to get the photos, but I just don't understand if they are willing to give you a design, why not the photo also. OPW is that way for one, photo is protected.
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by sewist1 17 Apr 2013
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I have saved those pages as "webpage complete". The picture is then in the files folder and you can save it from there. I then delete the rest of the saved page.
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by mnladyus 17 Apr 2013
The question was... "Why do some sites block you from saving the photo of the designs that they are giving us free"?
by sewist1 18 Apr 2013
The answer was telling you it is possible to save the photo. There are a couple of ways around it. The reason they try to stop you saving it is obvious - it is to stop people using the photo to digitize the design themselves. The artwork may belong to the digitizer themselves.
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by rescuer 17 Apr 2013
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They do it because the website is set up as a whole to block the right click and copy. If the website sells zero designs then I would wonder why they would go to the trouble of disabling that function. However, when you create a design website -- you leave blanks for the customer to put designs into. If one is protected then the whole website will be. It is cheaper to put in your own designs (into the blanks) than to pay a web designer a LOT of money to redo it (and set up permissions for each) often.
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by rescuer 17 Apr 2013
Designs are "easy" to copy re-digitize and claim as your own -- or worse, copy the design "digitize it" using a auto-digitizing program and claim it belongs to the original designer.
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by cfidl 18 Apr 2013
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I definetely needed this information. Thanks
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by hightechgrammy 18 Apr 2013
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If you use a Mac you can do a screen print by using the Control and Command Key and the 4 keys. That gives you hash marks to select the image you want to save. I use that every day.
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by debswebster 18 Apr 2013
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I agree it is nice to be able to see the design in the original colours and texture. Even in PES the designs just don't look as nice as the picture and I get frustrated when I cannot d/l it. Thanks for asking and thanks to all who have answered.