How to View an Image That Has a Transparent Image in Front of It on a Webpage

Webmasters sometimes use a coding trick to hide an image behind another transparent image. The webmaster codes a table on a website to use an image as the background and places a transparent image as the actual content inside of the table's cell. When a visitor right-clicks to view or save the image, instead of seeing the original image, they will only see the transparent image. However, if you view the code of the website, you can find the image's URL to see it.

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  Navigate to the page with the image you would like to view.

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  Click "View" from the menu if you are using Firefox or Opera. Internet Explorer users should click "Page."

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  Click the command that allows you to view the page source. Firefox users should click "Page Source." Opera users should click "Source. Internet Explorer users should click "View Source." A new window will pop up, displaying the coding source for the website.

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  Find the image's URL in the coding source. You can identify the URL by looking for coding similar to "<td background= "imageURL">" where "imageURL" will be an image file such as .jpg or .gif.

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  Highlight the image URL with your mouse, right-click and select "Copy" from the menu.

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  Return to your Web browser and right-click in the browser's address bar.

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  Select "Paste" to paste a copy of the image's URL, then press the "Enter" key on your keyboard. This will take you to the actual file of the image and allow you to view and save it to your computer.