Change Pasted Image format from Tiff to JPG How?

Agreed, the original question has not been answered, let's get this back on topic.

Problem:
Right click copy from firefox (or other app) then paste into the body of Mail email, produces a large .tiff image in the email, not the original image from the web.

Demonstration of problem:
1. Open firefox and go to this image on CNN's page.

http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/2.0/global/nav/header/headercnn_comlogo.gif

2. Notice the CNN logo on your screen, notice it is a .gif file.
3. Right click and select "copy image"
4. Open new email in Mail
5. In body of message right click and paste
5. Right click on the image and choose "view as icon" if it is not already an icon.
6. Notice the file type is now .tiff

Problem demonstrated.

If this was a larger image, the file size would be huge.

Is there a work around to paste the original .gif image, unconverted, or any image unchanged for that matter, captured via this method of copy/paste.

Note:
Saving the file to the desktop and attaching it, is 2-3 extra steps, and then requires going back to clean up the temporary file... and is not very 'mac like' in user interface or efficiency.

Thanks
Vince

1. Cmd-Shift-4.

As Ernie noted, that has nothing to do with copying an image. That is a screen snapshot.
Right click - copy a .jpg and it wwill be pasted as a .jpg

Log out and log back in or in Terminal

killall SystemUIServer

I am curious -- what is it that you need screenshots of to send to people without Macs, considering that many things will copy/paste without a screenshot?

Ernie

Yeah, did that, complete Restarts, even tried Zapping PRAM if that's still effective in Leopard. Nothing.

I am a fan of the free SnapnDrag. It gives you a lot more flexibility for screenshots, including choice of formats. No terminal mucking around.

Kurt

Wow, my same question from January still unanswered. Why is this so difficult?!