I though all computers have screen shot...that's what I do. Even phones have screen shot. But I don't use the idea book anyway. I save them to a file on my desktop.

Do you know how to use the snipping tool on your computer? Not sure what operating system you are using, but with Windows you can enlarge the photo in the thread, snip it and then save to your computer. From there you can upload into your ideabook if that's what you want.

What type of computer? PC or Mac?

On a PC

Method 1: Using the Snipping Tool (Selected Area or Free-Form)

• Shortcut: Press Windows Key + Shift + S. [1]
• How it works: Your screen will dim, and a small menu will appear at the top. Choose a rectangular, free-form, window, or full-screen capture mode, then drag your mouse over the area you want to save. [1, 2]
• Where it goes: The image is copied to your clipboard (press Ctrl + V to paste it anywhere) or you can click the notification in the bottom-right corner to edit and save it via the Microsoft Support Snipping Tool Guide. [1, 2, 3]

Method 2: Auto-Save Full Screen

• Shortcut: Press Windows Key + Print Screen (or Fn + Windows Key + PrtSc).
• How it works: Your screen will briefly flash.
• Where it goes: It automatically saves as an image file in your Pictures > Screenshots folder. [1, 2, 3]

Method 3: Copy Full Screen to Clipboard

• Shortcut: Press Print Screen (PrtSc or PrtScn).

• How it works: It captures the entire screen and places it on your clipboard.

• Where it goes: Open an app like Paint, Word, or an email, and press Ctrl + V to paste and save it. [1, 2, 3]

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• ON a Mac

2. Capture a Portion of the Screen

• Shortcut: Press Shift + Command + 4
• Result: Your pointer turns into a crosshair. Click and drag to select the area you want to capture, then release the mouse or trackpad button. [1]

3. Capture a Specific Window or Menu

• Shortcut: Press Shift + Command + 4, then press the Spacebar
• Result: The pointer changes to a camera icon. Click the window or menu you want to capture. [1]

4. Open the Screenshot App (Toolbar & Video Recording)

• Shortcut: Press Shift + Command + 5
• Result: An onscreen control bar appears, allowing you to choose full-screen, window, or partial captures, as well as screen recording and setting save locations. [1, 2, 3, 4]
• Save to Downloads, or Documents or default is your desktop

Firefox has an easy Screenshot tool/button that allows you to copy just the section you want and not the whole page.

The Firefox "Take a screenshot" tool is probably easiest. Ctrl+Shift+S brings up the function if it's not already a button (camera icon) on your toolbar.

There's another way to do it in Firefox which saves the photo directly as a file but it's more complex/technical.

Why would anyone take a screenshot when save picture is a click away?

And of course ”how to save a picture” is a different question from ”how to save to Houzz ideabooks.” The latter of which I have no idea about, so I’m mainly here to say I got a kick out of OP wriiting ”H*z” as if it might be a banned word! 😂

foodonastump, if you are able to "save picture" from a picture within a thread by clicking (on a computer), maybe you could share how you do that because I don't get that option.

@kcooz07 - I’m exclusively on my phone here where it’s simple, so I just fired up the laptop and see that it’s not. Ugh. Google tells me Houzz blocks the image save feature but with persistance helped find a workaround. Whether this is worth it or saves a higher quality image or not I don’t know. It’s a bunch of steps but now that I know them it takes seconds to get there. Here are the steps for MS Edge:

click on image

with cursor over image, shift f10

inspect

in the upper pane, click on the icon that shows a cursor arrow in box. (first one, for me.)

click on the image again

hover over highlighted code

click on the “current source” webpage

now you can right-click and ”save image as”

Thanks for reply. I understood it that porkchop was asking using a computer specifically. The snipping tool works well for me.

The image source url will probably save a higher quality image but it comes down to whether that matters.