Acquiring Images From The Internet; Changing Indexed Image Colors - Ulead PHOTOIMPACT 11 User Manual

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Acquiring images from the Internet

For Web designers and Webmasters, having direct access to images on a Web site
makes it easier to modify and update them. PhotoImpact offers you two ways to
get images directly from the Internet.
First, use Select File: Open from Web - Image to open specific images from a
Web page located either in your computer or on the Internet. For details, refer to
the procedure below.
The second method is to use Select File: Open from Web - Web Page as
Image. This converts the entire Web page into the workspace as an image with all
elements merged. This is convenient if you want to use an existing Web page as a
template for others.
To open selected images from a Web page:
1. Select File: Open from Web - Image.
2. In the dialog box that appears, enter the desired Web page Address. You can
also type a file path on your local computer.
3. Locate your desired image on the page. Everytime you move your mouse over
an image, it will be highlighted by a black border.
Notes:
• Always check for possible copyright issues when getting images from the Web.
Ask the owner's permission whenever acquiring copyrighted material.
• Files saved to GIF format are of 256-Color (or indexed color) data type, while
those saved as JPEG files are True Color images.
• If you selected an image from a Web page in your local computer and you want
to find its original, non-optimized file, click Locate to automatically search the
current folder, or click Browse to search the folder manually.
• Only image files can be opened by this method.

Changing indexed image colors

An indexed image is an image that contains up to 256 colors where all colors that
are used in the image are stored in a color information table. You can change the
way an indexed image appears by adding, removing, or replacing specific colors
used by the image.
Note: Before performing any of these actions, make sure that your image is already
in indexed format. See
To change an indexed image's colors:
1. Select Adjust: Color Table.
"Converting between data types"
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for details.

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