Drag and Dropping images in Windows 10

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September 26, 2021
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I have been using photoshop on macOS but recently switched over to Windows. It was easy to drag and drop images from safari into photoshop without having to save them. This isn't my current case with windows and chrome, I have to download the image first and then it allows me to import the image from my file explorer to photoshop. Is this common or a bug i'm encountering? If there are any solution out there I'd appreciate it, thank you.

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Correct answer D Fosse

It's not a good idea to drag and drop from a web browser in any case. It may work well between other applications, but not web browsers.

The reason is that you're not getting the original image this way. You're getting a "proxy" image - a screenshot of sorts, a separate screen image that the browser has generated from the original. It is often in a different file format (bitmap in the case of Firefox), it will not have an embedded color profile, and it may be lower resolution.

The only way to get the full image is to right-click and save from the browser.

D Fosse

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It's not a good idea to drag and drop from a web browser in any case. It may work well between other applications, but not web browsers.

The reason is that you're not getting the original image this way. You're getting a "proxy" image - a screenshot of sorts, a separate screen image that the browser has generated from the original. It is often in a different file format (bitmap in the case of Firefox), it will not have an embedded color profile, and it may be lower resolution.

The only way to get the full image is to right-click and save from the browser.

jane-e

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@D Fosse wrote:

It's not a good idea to drag and drop from a web browser in any case.

@jorgem54624848

I was about to write this, but DFosse has already said it well. His is the correct answer with the correct reasons.

~ Jane

EDIT on 27 Sept:

Althought the answer from DFosse is correct, I am not the moderator who changed the marking for the "correct" answer from the first reply to the second.

lambiloon

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Hi one simple another way is right click on image then copy image and paste it in photoshop...regards

Ali Sajjad / Graphic Design Trainer / Freelancer / Adobe Certified Professional

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