I've gotten quite a few questions along the lines of "how do I get pictures and/or video off of the blog?" Here's a short tutorial.


If it's a "regular" blog picture (meaning, you click on a picture and it opens in the same window but in a larger size), then you only need to right-click on the picture and select "Save Picture As...". Once you do this, you'll get another dialog box that asks where you want to save the picture and what you want to name it. Simply supply the folder and file name, and you'll have the picture!

If it's a "picasa" blog picture (meaning, you click on a picture and it opens the Picasa web site photo album), then you have a few steps. Once you have opened the album, you can download the entire album by clicking the "Download this album" link, that is on the left-hand side of the album. You'll also note the Picasa download link represented by the Picasa icon to the right of the link - click this to download Picasa, which you'll need if you want to download entire albums. If you want just a single picture, once the album is opened, find the picture you want and click it. You'll see a larger version of the picture, and there is a link on the right-side of the display that says "download this picture". Click the link, and then select the location and filename and click okay. That's it!

If you want to download video... well that's a bit more complicated. First, find the video in the blog. Click it to play. Fast-forward to the end. Once you get the ending frame that says "replay", click the menu button in the lower-right corner. You'll see two options: embed and url. Click "copy to clipboard" under the "url" section. Then, open a browser window to www.keepvid.com. Click inside the text-box, and then press CTRL-V, or right-click and select Paste. That will put in the URL to the video. Then, select "YouTube" and click the "Download" link. This will enable an option below that says ">> Download <<". Right-click this link and select "Save Target As...". You must save this file as a .flv file, but you can name it whatever you want, such as "maya sleeping.flv". Click OK and the video will download. You will need a special player to view these - I recommend VLC Player - available here.