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Does anyone know of a good image downloader for mac ?

Jul 7, 2008 6:41AM PDT

Does anyone know of a good bulk image downloader for mac ?

Let me be clear about this... I don't need a porn image downloader. I am looking for a downloader that works with celebrity photo forums such as Superior Pics, Celebutopia, etc. These are sites where hi resolution press photos of celebrities are posted for public viewing, collecting, and sharing. These are public forums that link to image storage sites like Imageshack, imageavenue, etc... the software used by the porn collectors for ripping sites does not work, because the images are stored on a separate server. There are a ton of windows programs that do what I'm looking for, but hardly any for mac.

The software can be a standalone program or a plugin for Safari, Foxfire, et al. I have found some programs but they usually are pay per use, and don't really state whether they would work for what I want. I don't want to nickel and dime myself, buying programs that are not what I want.

By the way... copyright issues are already considered with these sites. I, myself, am a digital media artist, and go out of my way to fully respect the intellectual property rights of others. I am not looking for software that will be used for illegal purposes. I just happen to have become a collector of celebrity pictures and it is a pain in the butt sometimes to have to download a photoshoot one picture at a time, when someone posts 100 hi-res photos of Marilyn Monroe or Salma Hayek or other hollywood stars that you would like to add to your collection. It is kind of like autograph or comic book collecting, only with no resale value.

If the mods think this post violates the TOS, then feel free to delete it, but as I said... these sites already take into account copyright laws, and forbid posting from certain press services because those organizations have objected to digital reproduction of their images. I supplied a link to Superior Pics above, if anyone has any question about the kind of site I am talking about.

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Image Downloader.. OutWit Hub
Aug 5, 2008 11:53PM PDT

You can try OutWit Hub ( www.outwit.com), it's a Firefox extension that helps you to collect all type of data on the Web.
Of course it works on Mac and I tried to grab pictures on your site and it does work ^^
What is good with this program is that you can automate the download through series of pages.. And it works well

Hope it helps!

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you can try speed download 5
Aug 6, 2008 2:11AM PDT
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Thanks everyone, for the reply
Aug 14, 2008 1:25AM PDT

I have Download 4, but never thought to try it for this purpose. The other program I am unfamiliar with, so I will check it out too.

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direct image downloader tip
Jan 28, 2009 7:07AM PST

i am familiar with outwit hub and they just came out with outwit images is very very useful when it comes to downloading multiple pics from the web; you can dl it at firefox addons or else their website