Embedded images in Hotmail Live become little grey squares

When I embed images within the text in an email it looks fine. Then my recipient tells me the image didn't get thru, just a little grey square. I check the Sent Folder, it too is a little grey square.
I can receive embedded images from others.

Hi buccarasta, I haven't found a solution for this. What I get is:
* Copy/paste - Hotmail: Firefox inserts the image as a "data" URI. If you view the source of the message in Outlook 2010, you can see the URI is there but Outlook 2010 doesn't convert it to an image. In Hotmail, the URI is converted to the gray square link. IE ignores any attempt to paste an image from the file system. Same result with drag and drop. (Also tested in Firefox 11 Portable Edition, and it had the same issue.)
* Copy/paste - Gmail: Firefox inserts the image as a "data" URI. If you view the source of the message in Outlook 2010, you can see the URI is there but Outlook 2010 doesn't convert it to an image. In Gmail, in the Sent item, the image is simply gone.
Both of these webmail sites are failing to convert the data URI back to an image. Perhaps for security reasons??
'''For the time being, attaching images''' appears to be the best approach.
(Maybe someone can fix this with an add-on? But I suspect it will involve hosting the images on the web somewhere and just making that easier.)

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Until recently, when I sent a photo from my phone (using the share icon) via email, it would come through as an attachment, This was great, because then I could do what I wanted with the attachment. Now, since a day or so ago, all the photos I send show up as embedded images (the image is in the body of the email).
iPhone 5
I have not updated to 6.1.4
I have not added any new apps.
I have rebooted the device.
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After some testing:
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-Noticed by reading off a PC or web based inteface.
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So
Anybody using GMAIL as a primairy email server won't see this and cannot be a setting as this is happening to anybody not using GMAIL and includes iCLoud users. GMAIL must handle the file differently but any servers used will present symptoms of NOT having a paper clip icon next to title to show you have an attached file .jpg. It will show a paper clip for any other file extensions though.
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Could you just export the path for the clipping path from Photoshop to Illustrator?
You know export paths to Illustrator under the file menu in Photoshop? Or just drag the path from Photoshop to the Illustrator document?
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So far so good. All PC users see the mails with 2 embedded images at correct positions using windows e-mail .
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Hello BDAqua
Thanks for the dump hint - I could use it.
Well I have not been able to track down the exact cause of the problem, but at the end I have succeeded to see the pictures even on the Mac. Initially , because I tested the HTML code against Safari/Foxpro/IE9 with success and the PC's received it as a mail perfect with the pictures , I ruled out the code.
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Well any way I now know where I am and know where to look if suddenly a picture is not shown anymore...
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Mozilla, I need these to print; they are quite important to my job.
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there is actually a feature in Illustrator to do this even though it is not called Extract Images?
Not only that once you extract the image you can update it as well you do not have to lace it again and reposition it.
When I saw this and realize it was there I could not believe it as it has been asked so many times and there have been numerous work arounds.
The reason I think it has passed everyone by is that it is not located in the links panel.
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Monika Gause wrote:
rijackson741 wrote:
Copy and paste doesn't retrieve the original image.
Why not?
You will have trouble getting the original resolution in case the image has been scaled in Illustrator.
Yes you're right about that, and it is the best way if you have the original Illustrator file with the embedded image.
In my defense, I'm mostly having to do this sort of thing with PDFs that are sent to me. Most cases I have to change something in the PDF or pull artwork out for another project we are working on. After opening the PDF in Illustrator, we then just copy the image and even paste it straight into an email (Mac) and request the original file. If the original is not to be had, we then paste the image into a new Photoshop file and relink it. If need be, we'll replace it with another image later.
@rijackson --- you most surely can "Relink"... well that's what the button you choose in Illustrator is called... even if the image is embedded. This will place the image in the exact same place and size as the embedded image, thus "linking" it if you checked the Link box when placing.
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@rijackson --- considering all of the features and functions that Illustrator still does not have or are incomplete... yes, Illustrator as a whole is pathetic as the only pro vector alternative on the market. Not just this one omission, which is easily worked around. That's what I was trying to say to wazi9909.
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I am revising a document I didn't create which has embedded images. Although all of the fonts are turned on, when I create a PDF, the fonts in the EPS come out as Courier. When I print to my laser printer, the fonts in the EPS come out correctly. This job will eventually be produced as a PDF, so I need to figure this out. Any ideas?
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We can't spend the time to retrieve the originals and distill them.
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Message was edited by: tacsniper

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