Learning to save banners to your computer is rather like learning to ride a bike. It may seem a bit daunting in the beginning, but then, once you have done it a couple of times, you will find yourself wanting to download images from all over the Net!

Let's start with some banner basics...

.gif - This is an acronym for Graphics Interchange Format. The .gif format is the most popular. Created by Compuserve, it is a simple mixture of pixels that create the image. Browser compatibility is universal. This is the format of choice for most banner exchanges.

.jpeg or .jpg - This is an acronym for Joint Photographic Experts Group, the group that invented the format. The format is unique because it uses compression after it's been created and throughout it's life. It basically means that while the image may be 15k when it is viewed, it may be stored using only 5k. This saves on hard drive space, but can use more memory as it must be uncompressed when called upon on a webpage.

Common banner sizes: The universal size is 468 pixels wide by 60 pixels high. There are also "buttons", which are much smaller, at 88 pixels wide by 31 pixels high. One banner exchange, BannersGoMLM uses sort of half-size banners, 250 by 72. Pretty tricky, since they can show two banners in the same space as one normal sized banner. Many other size banners pop up around the web also, just to grab your attention and sell their site/product.

Keep in mind that banner exchanges make their own rules and may require different sizes, may allow both .gif and .jpg banners, or my limit their acceptance to just one format, etc. Also, some exchanges require you to upload banners to their site, while others require you to host them from your own site. It is important to carefully read over the TOS, or Terms of Service, any place that you are planning on using banners.

Uploading Banners To Your Computer

Uploading banners, or saving any images for that matter, to your computer is quite simple. I will walk you through uploading banners, but you will be able to easily use this same technique to upload and save almost any image that you find on the Internet.

1. Right click on the banner of your choice to bring up the popup menu.



2. From the popup menu, choose Save picture as... (also may be Save target as... or Save link as...). Clicking this link should open a Save Picture window.



3. The Save Picture window most likely defaulted to save your banner in the My Pictures area located in your My Documents folder. If not, please navigate to this section using the icon of the file folder with the arrow pointing up. Clicking this icon will take you up one level at a time. Once you have found My Documents, you will find your My Pictures folder listed in the contents box. Double click on the My Pictures folder to open it.



4. To help you keep things organized, I recommend creating a new folder for each program that you are uploading banners for.
   
   At this time, we will create a folder by clicking on the Create New Folder icon (a folder with a starburst behind it, third from the left). Clicking this link will create a new folder labeled New Folder. The name box will be highlighted when you first create your folder, so you can simply type in Banners.



5. Double click on your new folder to select it. The banner's name should already be inserted in the File name box. Keep this as it is, or rename it, then click Save.



6. Congratulations! You have now saved your first banner!

NOTE! If you are using AOL, you may find that when you try to save a .jpg image, it saves automatically as an art file. If this happens to you, choose to save your image as file type .bmp. This saves the image as a Bitmap. Once saved, open your MS Paint program (usually found in the Accessories area of your programs. Open the .bmp image, then click File>Save as. Change the type to JPEG File Interchange Format .jpg and click Save. You may find an easier way to accomplish this, but I know this method works.

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