Cosmos Downloader: Clusters, Profiles and Searches
Take what you collected on Cosmos with you: a cluster of references, all a profile has saved, or every element a search brings up. Pictures and videos come down together, so a mood board on cosmos.so becomes a folder you can open anywhere.
How to Download from Cosmos
Cosmos lets you save an element into a cluster of your own on the site; it has no button that puts a cluster on your computer. For that, three steps:
One-time setup: download NeoDownloader and install it. It is available for Windows, Mac and Linux. The steps below are what you repeat each time.
- 1Cosmoscosmos.so/search/elements/flowers
Copy the Cluster, Profile or Search
On cosmos.so, open a cluster, someone's profile or a search for what you are after, and copy the address the browser shows for it.
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ProjectsNew projectWhat do you want to download?
cosmos.so/search/elements/flowers
NextGive It to NeoDownloader
Click New project, where the address is already waiting. Gallery Downloader knows Cosmos and names the project after the cluster, the profile or the words searched; click Next.
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Name and folder
flowers
Create projectBring the Elements Home
Tell it where the folder should be and press Create project. Every picture and video of the cluster lands there, the ones posted as a set kept in their order.
Cosmos Image Downloader, Videos Included
Each picture is saved at the size Cosmos keeps it, a size for the screen rather than for print. A video element is saved as an MP4 beside the pictures. Names are Cosmos's own numbers: the element's, then the file's code, as in 159674825_fdfcf6f6-2b18-42a4-8f20-6ce8aafca208.jpg.
An element holding several pictures keeps them numbered in the order Cosmos shows them.
Download Cosmos Search Results as a Mood Board
A search on Cosmos is an address of its own, cosmos.so/search/elements/ and the words. Paste it and the project, named after those words, collects every element the search finds - a ready set of references for a brief, a room or a palette.
Cosmos Links NeoDownloader Accepts
- A cluster - cosmos.so/ with the profile's name and the cluster's after it
- A profile - cosmos.so/ and the name, or with /collections for all its clusters
- A search - cosmos.so/search/elements/ and the words
- One element - cosmos.so/e/ and its number, also typed without https://
Why a Desktop App Instead of an Online Cosmos Downloader
An online saver takes one link at a time, and a browser extension only what is on the screen. NeoDownloader works through everything an address leads to, by itself, and keeps the page each file came from.
Cosmos Downloader FAQ
How do I download a Cosmos cluster?
Open the cluster on cosmos.so, copy its address and paste it into NeoDownloader's “New project”. Its pictures and videos are saved into one folder.
Can I download Cosmos search results?
Yes. The search's own address, cosmos.so/search/elements/ and your words, makes a project of everything the search finds.
Does it download videos from Cosmos too?
Yes. A video element comes down as an MP4 file, next to the pictures of the same cluster or search.
Do I need a Cosmos account to download?
No. Clusters, profiles and searches download just as cosmos.so displays them to anyone browsing without logging in.
Do I have to pay to download from Cosmos?
No. Download NeoDownloader and it works with Cosmos straight away. The free version has no time limit; Premium lifts its limits on the number of files per project.
Turn a Cosmos Cluster into a Folder
Paste the address of a cluster or a search and keep the references on your own disk, with or without a connection. The free version has no time limit.
Available for Windows, Mac and Linux