CALLING ALL COMPUTER GEEKS!!!

[SoldierHeavyMuscle]

OK.........

i need some help, from somebody!!!!!
my cp crapped out, about a month ago.
and i went and got new one.

and since i've got the new one, i cant save any pics, off the internet!!!!
they keep coming up as "art" files!!
even if i try and save them as a different file type!!
i mean, i can save em, but they dont come up as pictures!
just an "art" file!

now, is this some browser setting, on my cp?
or is this some new way the internet is classifying pics, so they cant be stolen!!
even if someone sends me a pictue, i cant right-click it, and save it!!!

somebody, PLEASE!!!
i'm goin nuts, here!!!
i'm ready to throw this cp, through the window!!!
THANX!!!!!!

PS i know this really isnt a question about this site!
but it was a technical question, and i figured this was the place for it!!

PPS LOL also, anyone who can help me, is no longer considered a cp geek!!!
LOLOLOLOL

[SoldierHeavyMuscle]

nahh, windows xp.
and just a regular compaq cp.

yeah, when i save it, just says "art" file.
and then when i try and look at it, it says "no preview available"
i first noticed it, trying to get pictures from off of photobucket.
and i figured, well, maybe it was saved as an art file.
being as it was drawn, or whatever! lol

and where do i find that "file extensions" thing??
that might be the issue!

i mean, i even tried using my aol browser!
and get this!! LOL
i even unplugged the cable, and tried my old dial-up aol!!
and its the same thing!

[back2coney]

Hiya,  I work in PhotoShop for a living. Your web browser is compressing the files so they can be saved quicker - you'll have to change the browser settings.
Here are my solutions:

In AOL : Settings/Internet Properties check "never compress graphics."


Here is a long winded method of converting the ones already saved from various web browsers:


When you download images from the net or Aol the files may be saved as i.e. myfile.art or myfile.bmp or sometimes the file maybe saved as myfile.jpg or myfile.gif but for some reason you may not be able to open the file in a graphics program. This is because they are .art formatted files even if the file extension reads .jpg .gif and most graphic applications can not handle this .art file format, America Online for example utilizes graphics compression software that speeds up the delivery of web pages to it's members by compressing images and various multimedia applications. Images that are BMP, GIF or JPG are converted into the proprietary Johnson-Grace image format .ART. When you download the image files they may have the .jpg or .gif image file extension but are at times in reality .art format.
Covert .art Formatted Images

AOL Method
You can Convert a .art image file to the proper format by usingAOL.
Download the file.
Determine if you can open it with your graphics program if not its probably in .art format
On the Aol Menu (top menu) select FILE then OPEN
Search for the .art file you downloaded.
Click the file to open it. AOLs File Viewer window opens and the picture is displayed.
Once the file is open simply save it in the proper fromat.
Aols file Viewer handles Gifs, Jpg, bmp, as well as other formats.

Windows Internet Explorer Method
You can Convert a .art image file to .bmp by usingWindows Internet Explorer.
Yep the same program you surf the internet with! And then covert the .bmp to a smaller .jpg file.

First download the file and determine if you can open it with your graphics program if not its probably in .art format. If the files extension is e.i. mydlfile.art its easy to tell but many times you'll find the files extension point to it being a .jpg or .gif but its not.

To Convert first change the file you could not open extension to .art (i.e.) myfile.jpg which you downloaded wont open ??? so change the name to myfile.art Note: There is a very useful free graphics program that I use that can determine if the file is really .art format and change the extension for you when you try to open the file with it called Irfanview. Irfanview however can not work with these files but will change the extension for you. Many graphic applications can not handle this .art file format.


AND FINALLY TO CONVERT!


Open Windows Internet Explorer
Select FILE then OPEN
Set the File type to search for to .art
Find the .art file you downloaded and open that file.
The .art file will open in Windows Internet Explorer.
Now save the file BUT on the Save window select File type and save as .bmp

From there you can convert the .bmp to a .jpg file with a graphics program like Irfanview or Windows Paint program found normally Start> Accessories> Paint

[SoldierHeavyMuscle]

ok, well that worked!!!
thank you!!!!!

but, youre tellin me...
every damn time, i want to save a pic, i gotta save it, then go find it, and then convert it??
wtf???

i have never had this problem, before!
why all of a sudden???
and its every single picture!
i dont care if its a drawing, a car, a newspaper article, whatever!!
it still comes up as art!

yeah, that was a big help!
and i appreciate it, very much!!!
but, still, wth???
why is it doing that??
i want to know "WHY"!!! LOL
why its doing this!!

ive never seen that before!
and i never had this problem, till i got this cp!!
is this something new?
some new way to save pics, and files, that everyones using to save theyre pics as??
and i have irfan.

is there anyway, or any setting i can change, that will stop this??
i dont want to have to open a ton of things, just to save a single picture!!!

thankxx a ton, slick!!
now i can at least save stuff!

[back2coney]

what web browser is it you're using?

[warlord jp]

There is nothing wrong with your computer, cuz mine is been like this all the time. I know its a pain, but everytime u wanna save a pic, copy it, then paste it in aonther program like paint, then you can save it. I do this all the dam time.

[warlord jp]

Yo scurvy dog!! 8)
I have an e machines computer, and american online 9.0, lol i know, slow as hell
laters. 8)

[turnbull_badger]

i have a question
today my screen went black and said no signal, so i plugged the screen into my laptop and it works fine so its not a problem with the screen, so what is the problem? i think it might be the graphics card because i was on a game when it went black so i'm guessing the graphics card blew or something like that but how do i check?

[back2coney]

i have a question
today my screen went black and said no signal, so i plugged the screen into my laptop and it works fine so its not a problem with the screen, so what is the problem? i think it might be the graphics card because i was on a game when it went black so i'm guessing the graphics card blew or something like that but how do i check?

There is a number of reasons this can happen - but the most prominent is simply the screen gets no information from the computer - just check the connection.
If it's still blank now then yeah you might have blown the card somehow but that extremely unlikely, go inside the computer and see if its singed. 

[andy_man]

since i've got the new one, i cant save any pics, off the internet!!!!
they keep coming up as "art" files!!

... you're doing something wrong