The Dezoomify website
The website needs no installation: it runs in your browser at dezoomify.ophir.dev (this page you are reading is part of it).
Save an image
- Open the page that shows the zoomable image in a tab of your browser.
- Copy its address from the address bar.
- Paste it into the Dezoomify website and press Dezoomify !.
- Wait. Dezoomify identifies the image format, saves every piece of the picture, and assembles them. Large images take a while; the progress counter tells you how far along you are.
- When the picture appears, use the Save button (or right-click the image and choose Save image as…). The file is saved as a PNG.
If a page offers several images, the website saves the first one it finds. It uses the highest resolution that fits in a browser tab. There is no list to pick from in the website. To choose a different image or the full resolution, use the desktop app or the command-line tool.
You can also paste the address of an image's description file directly,
for example an info.json, ImageProperties.xml, or .dzi address, when
you know it. See finding the image address.
Saving several images
Pasting another address while a job runs queues it instead of stopping the
current job. Queued jobs save one at a time in the order they were added; a
failed address never stops the rest. The address bar always shows the job
that is running now. To save many addresses at once from a list, use the
command-line tool with --bulk, or queue them in the
desktop app.
Recent pictures
The start page keeps your last 20 saves on this device only. Each entry shows the full address, the picture size, the format, and the date. A Clear history button removes all entries. Reloading the page stops the current run; enter the address again to restart it.
Language
The apps speak English, French, German, and Italian. The language picker offers these four; when you have not picked one, the app follows your browser's preferred languages and falls back to English for anything untranslated. Error codes, file format names, and the help pages themselves stay in English; only the app's own buttons, messages, and guidance are translated.
What the website cannot do
These limits are facts about how browsers work, not problems with your computer:
- No sign-in. The website never sends your passwords or your browsing session to any site, so it can only reach images that anyone can open. For members-only collections, use the browser extension.
- Size limits. A browser tab can only hold a certain amount of picture.
With very large images, the picture may appear blank, or the browser may
refuse to save it. The website stops the job with an error and points to
the desktop app for the full-size image. To save a
smaller copy, use the command-line tool with
--max-width. - Some sites refuse visitors. A few image servers only answer to their own pages and send an error to everyone else. The desktop app can introduce itself as coming from the site's own viewer.
- Viewing without saving. Some sites show their pieces without letting the browser read the image data directly. The website then shows the assembled picture below with a one-click Send to desktop app button: the button names the image origin and the summary notes that no sign-in details travel, one job only, kept in memory. The desktop app asks for confirmation before anything runs. For a save that happens automatically, in the format you choose, use the desktop app.
- Colors may shift. The browser save does not keep the original color profile (ICC) or photo metadata (EXIF). The desktop app preserves the first tile's color profile for exact colors.
When an image is too large for the tab, the error offers the same one-click
Send to desktop app with the origin named. Local files (file: addresses)
cannot leave the browser: the error shows a local-only note instead of a
link. Open the desktop app and choose the file there;
nothing is sent.