Originally posted by GilesGuthrie
I'm going to move this to the Computers and Electronics forum, but I'll also answer your question...
IE has been noted to get confused when it's working with saving images. However, when you "Save Picture As", all that happens is that IE goes into the cache, retrieves the file you're looking for, and copies it to your target location, renaming as it goes. You can actually save the file as "mypicture.gif", making sure you specify the extension.
If you have "hide extensions for known file types" switched off in Windows Explorer (in W2K, this is in Tools > Folder Options > View) Windows will allow you to override the extension that is being suggested by the Save As dialogue.
The upshot of this is that Windows and IE will actually save the graphic unmolested, but with the wrong file extension, unless you override it as described above. You can open the file in Animation Shop, and it will have all your data in it.
Oh, and with regard to this:
When you're asking for help, you might want to calm down. Fact is that there usually are GTP members that know how to answer your question, but not everyone who knows everything is online all the time. You only had to wait a day and a half for your answer.
