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cannot download webshots

Asked by william phelps

 downloaded webshots to computer and they downloaded as files i was not able to open images

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williamts99 (williamts99) said : 		#1

William,

You are going to have to be a little more specific as to your problem so we can do our best to answer. When you say webshots what exactly are you referring to? What type of image files did you download? Are you referring to the Windows Screensaver Webshots?

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Williamts99

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william phelps (sweetwaterent2000) said : 		#2

 yes i am referring to webshots desktop when i download from webshots online.com all i get is files with a long string of numbers. when i try to view photos in gthumb i get a message no images i dont know if i have to convert the files or not.i am a new user to ubuntu i have all of my other computers running windows xp pro and every gets done automaticly

   thank for any help you can supply

  william phelps

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Best rtjmay (rtjmay) said : 		#3

According to the FAQ on the Webshots site:

"Can I use Webshots images outside of the Webshots Desktop software and website?

No. You can't extract or print the Webshots images. They are all specially encoded to protect the copyright privileges of our professional photographers. Webshots images can only be used within the Webshots Desktop software and on our website.

Webshots has purchased the rights to use these images within the Webshots program. We are not authorized to allow them to be used elsewhere. If you would like to use any of the images you will need to contact the photographer or company. There is a link or name under most of the images on our website. "

It seems that they use a proprietary file format (*.wbz) that only their Webshots Desktop software can read. At the moment, this software is Windows only, but the FAQ also says:

"Do you have a version available for Linux users?

We do not have a version for Linux at this time. Webshots would like to be able to release a Linux version. Unfortunately, we do not have a release date."

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william phelps (sweetwaterent2000) said : 		#4

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