There are lots of ways to make your web screenshot. Some of them use browser plugins, some use standalone programs, and some use web-based tools. If you work on the internet or as a journalist you will need to make a screenshot of the web page you want to write about or review.
Web Screenshot With Browser Plugins:
- Picnik. A Firefox extension, adds a menu option when you right-click on images to make it easy to pull the image into Picnik for editing. Firefox 2.0/3.0 users also get menu options and a toolbar icon to take screenshots and import them into Picnik.
- Screengrab. A Firefox extension, saves webpages as images. It will capture what you can see in the window, the entire page, just a selection, a particular frame… basically it saves webpages as images – either to a file, or to the clipboard. It captures Flash too.
Web Screenshot With Standalone program:
- SnagIt. Integrates with Firefox, can replace the standard Windows print screen function, and enables you to create profiles for various types of use. But it’s not free; you need to buy it for $39.95
- FastStone Capture – a powerful utility for taking screenshots with a floating control panel as well as the ability to capture anything on the screen including windows, objects, full screen, rectangle regions, and even freehand-selected regions.
- WebShot – a program that allows you to take screenshots and thumbnails of web pages or whole websites. Its main advantage is its powerful command-line utility which enables you to automate the process of taking screenshots.
- Paparazzi! – a tiny application for Mac OS X that lets you take screenshots of web pages.
- InstantShot – an advanced but freeware application for Mac OS X that sits in your menu bar and gives you a myriad of screen capturing options, including capturing a region, hotkeys, several output formats, image scaling and many others
Web Screenshot With Web based tool:
- Thumbalizr – already mentioned in a recent article, Thumbalizr lets you create screenshots of websites by pasting their URL. It is easy to use. But some reports say it doesn’t always work.
- WebShotsPro – enter a URL address and get a screenshot of the website in question. Simple. You might encounter quite a long queue before getting your screenshot, though.