# Working with images online

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/working-with-images-online/375859>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 9, 2006, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/working-with-images-online/375859 "2006-10-09T23:26:39Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![II\_Gyan\_II](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/bbe5ce/32.png) [@II\_Gyan\_II](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/II_Gyan_II)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2006, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/working-with-images-online/375859/1 "2006-10-09T23:26:39Z")

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Is there any way to paste images in some online application?

There are some journal articles from which I wish to extract images and save on disk. For this week, I am forced to use library terminals instead of the usual lab terminals. These computers have Firefox, IE, Java and Acrobat installed with limited ability to install anything else. Now, I can select images and copy to clipboard from PDFs but since there’s no image editor installed, I can’t paste and save them (little to none manipulation required). I can install apps which are self-contained i.e. can be unpacked and run from one folder, but I would prefer some browser-based service where I can paste image data and save that to a local file or remote URL. If none, know of any compact image editors that don’t require installation as such?

Thanks.

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**Author:** ![treis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@treis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/treis)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2006, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/working-with-images-online/375859/2 "2006-10-10T01:20:12Z")

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Do the library terminals have paint?

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**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2006, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/working-with-images-online/375859/3 "2006-10-10T01:41:29Z")

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Can you create short-cuts? Why not just save them as .clp’s?  
Make a short-cut (The path for the clipboard is “C:\WINDOWS\system32\clipbrd.exe”), then just open clipboard and “FILE\>SAVE AS”.  
Then open it later with clipboard or an image editor that “sees” .clp’s (I’m using IrfanView and it opens .clp’s)

CMC fnord!