The basics of saving an image from the web are simple: just right click (or click and hold if you are using a Mac) on the image you want, and select 'Save'.

Knowing how to save pictures from the web means that the internet becomes like a huge image library, full of resources.

For instance, you can save your favourite pics and use them as wallpaper on your computer screen.

Saving an image

It's easy to save a picture from the internet:

1. Right click (if you have a PC) or click and hold (if you have a Mac) on the image you want.
2. Select 'Save picture as' from the list that appears.
3. A window should appear, showing the folders on your hard drive. Choose where you would like to save the image to, and click 'Save'.

Your image has now been saved.

Saving a background image

Saving a background image is basically the same as saving a regular image:

1. Right click (if you have a PC) or click and hold (if you have a Mac) on the background image you want.
2. Select 'Save background as' from the list that appears.
3. A window should appear, showing the folders on your hard drive. Choose where you would like to save the image to, and click 'Save'.

Sometimes the picture won't save

If the picture you want is part of a Flash file, then it won't save.

Also, sometimes the image has been 'protected' with a little bit of JavaScript. So, for instance, a newspaper site might decide that they don't want people copying their photos from their website.

They put a piece of JavaScript on each image, and it stops you from being able to save it - normally giving you a copyright warning.

Copyright

Don't forget about copyright!

A lot of pictures you see on the web will be under copyright - and you should get permission before you use that picture for something like a website of your own.