Screenshot / Grab / Capture Help

confuseddotcom

Wasn't sure if I should put this Thread in here or Graphics Sub-Forum, but figured this sub-Forum may have more of an all-round audience rather than a specific set in Graphics which, on here may use the Application I'm querying for purposes other than graphics, so I want my question to get to those people as well.

Ok I discovered the Snipping Tool on my Laptop which I find extremely handy to Screenshot, grab and capture a still clip etc., but my question of query is, with the Snipping Tool, is there any way possible or with any other free Screenshot Programme for that matter, to capture the bottom of an A4 page, or basically the bottom of a page that you would normally need to arrow-down to scroll up into view to be dislayed in the current display sceen, other-wise you are leaving out the bottom part of your article or picture when you are only capturing the currently displayed contents in your screen.

Is there some way to hold or pause what you have currently highlighted/selected to capture, aaaaaand at the same time get one of your hands free lol to go over to arrow-down etc. in order to bring that last bottom part of the page into view some-way too to be included in what you already have selected/higlighted to be captured.

Your help is much appreciated!

Gone Drinking

I'd be amazed if there's any sort of program that will let you capture something thats not being displayed on your screen.

What are you trying to capture? Webpages? Text files? Surely you could copy and paste if its text, or save the webpage.

hongler

Confuseddotcom,

I'd do this by printing the active window to PDF. If its an image you require, open the pdf in GIMP and save as jpg, png etc etc.

HTH

EDIT: If you want to capture from a browser, Firefox and IE have add ons that will do exactly what you want, here's the link to Firefox's:

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1146[/URL]

JDxtra

SnagIT can do that, but its not free.

Theres an addon for firefox called ScreenGrab! that will take a print screen of the whole page (or just the part of it that you can see, if you prefer) and save it as a jpg.

danjo-xx

Deleted User wrote: »

Theres an addon for firefox called ScreenGrab! that will take a print screen of the whole page (or just the part of it that you can see, if you prefer) and save it as a jpg.

here's the link:-

http://screenshot-program.com/fireshot/

danjo-xx

danjo-xx wrote: »

here's the link:-

http://screenshot-program.com/fireshot/

Actually;

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1146





EDIT: Just seen hongler linked to the same program.

danjo-xx

Anyone using Fireshot know if there is a way that it can capture pop ups, for instance, lotto receipts or paddy power betting receipts...... as soon as I start Fireshot the pop up minimises or disappears.

Biggins

danjo-xx wrote: »

here's the link:-
http://screenshot-program.com/fireshot/

As a free tool, that does it for me.
I use other ones too but they have to be paid for.

danjo-xx wrote: »

Anyone using Fireshot know if there is a way that it can capture pop ups, for instance, lotto receipts or paddy power betting receipts...... as soon as I start Fireshot the pop up minimises or disappears.

You know that if you press "Prt Scr" button, its grabs whats on screen, open "Paint" and paste the contents in there.
Then save in the format you want.

The best of the best is FSCapture: http://www.faststone.org/FSCaptureDetail.htm
Does everything you need. Downside is that it's not free.
6th icon from the left is the one your looking for to capture everything onscreen and further down, off screen.
(The one with the page and arrow pointing downwards)

danjo-xx

Thanks for the tips,

I know about print/screen allright, but I like to be able to just capture the section I want.....me being fussy:D

I did a quick test with print screen with a drop down menu open and it captured it ok which is great....and hopefully it will work with pop ups too.