How to take a screenshot of a long page. How to take a long screenshot with scrolling screen on any Android smartphone. How to take a long screenshot

Let's screenshot the entire page

I just talked about it in the previous article and realized that we also needed a screenshot that would take a snapshot of the entire site page (including what is visible only when scrolling). I didn’t even think that the topic of screenshots would be enough for 2 articles

Suitable add-on for Chrome based browsers (Yandex.Browser, Google Chrome...) again found here https://chrome.google.com/webstore/category/extensions?hl=ru. This time it’s Nimbus Screenshot and Screencast - in general, it turned out to be a very sophisticated thing, it even shoots video.

Taking a screenshot of the entire website page using the Nimbus Screenshot and Screencast extension

Download

You can download and install. After installation, an icon for this add-on will appear at the top right:

Nimbus screenshot icon

How to use

To take a full screenshot of a web page, you need to click on the icon of this add-on and select from the menu that appears "Screenshot of the entire page":

Taking a screenshot of the entire page

After this, the contents of the browser window will scroll from bottom to top and you will be transferred to the editor, where you can make inscriptions on the picture, draw lines, etc. Super-powerful editor:

Screenshot editor in Nimbus Screenshot and Screencast

After finishing editing, click “Done” and then the picture can be saved to a certain Nimbus Note, in, on your PC or printed.

Using this add-on, you can take a screenshot not only of the browser contents, but of the entire window. And also record a video (select “Record video”). I was surprised, but the video is actually recorded, and quite well.

You can also edit any pictures or draw something - to do this, you must first install this, and then select “Blank Slate” in the extension menu:

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Sometimes there is a need to upload the appearance of a website page into a graphic file. An exact snapshot of a web page also has other names: webshot, thumbshot, screenshot. It is worth noting that rarely does a website fit on the screen without scrolling down. If we use the Printscreen key or add-ons like Joxi or LightShot, we get the opportunity to “remove” the visible part of the screen without scrolling.

In this case, the bottom of the page is “cut off”.

Is it possible to take a screenshot of the entire page of an online website so that it fits entirely into the screenshot? Let's figure it out.

There are online services on the Internet that help solve this issue. No additional software or browser extensions are required. The services make a thumbnail of the web page that you can save.

The operating principle of each service is as follows: the user copies the URL of the desired Internet page, pastes it into a special field, configures the parameters and starts processing. As a result, the service issues a link to the received image, which is stored for some time on the server. The user can download it to his PC. Let's consider several online services.

Snapito

Using the “gear” button you select settings (size, image storage period, etc.), and the Snap button starts processing. You can also save the screenshot as PDF. The result of the service is a link to the resulting image.

Web Capture

Works in Russian. The image can be converted to any of the proposed formats. Enter the URL, select a format, click Generate.

You can then download the snapshot as a ZIP or expanded file.

IMGonline

Allows you to receive a webshot in JPG or PNG formats. Enter the web page address, configure the settings, and click OK.

Then open the resulting webshot or download it.

S-shot

It works on the same principle.

Another option for the web service to work is to create a screen by copying the link circled in a red rectangle in our example, replacing the site address from the example with your URL.

Screenshot machine

Another free option.

After receiving the photo, click Download and save the thumbnail to your PC.

ScreenPage

Mozilla Firefox

In the Mozilla Internet browser, you can create and save webshots as a standard tool. Press Ctrl + Shift + I at the same time. A toolbar will appear. On the right side, click on the gear. Select the available buttons and activate “Take a screenshot of the entire page.” A camera icon will appear in the browser. You need to open the desired web page, click on the photo icon and enter the download folder, where the screen has already been automatically recorded.

Browser extensions

These are Joxi, Qsnap, Lightshot and others. The corresponding software is installed on the computer. Then, holding down the CTRL button and scrolling the mouse wheel, we reduce the page until it completely fits on the screen. Click the button corresponding to each plugin. For example, for Joxi it is a bird in the upper right corner of the browser.

Select the required area of the screen for the screenshot, take a photo and download the result.

How to make a quick screenshot

Is it possible to take screenshots without installing different programs and without going to third-party websites? What if you don't have internet?

Having reduced the web page to the optimal size, you need to press the РrtScrn key (top right on the keyboard) or Shift + РrtScrn. The page will be copied to the clipboard. Then you need to open any graphic editor, create a new file and select the “Insert” function.

What about phones?

Modern gadgets are the same computers, only slightly smaller. They can also take screenshots. To create a snapshot, use key combinations corresponding to each model and type of operating system.

iOS - hold down the "Power" and "Home" button. The webshot will be saved in the "Photos" folder.
Android 1, 2 - a special application is installed that allows you to take webshots.
Android 3.2 - hold down the “Recent Programs” button for a while.
Android 4 - press “Volume Down” and “Power” at the same time.
Samsung for Android and HTC for Android - Hold “Home” and “Power” at the same time.

A screenshot of a full web page can be made in different ways. Moreover, many plugins allow you to process the resulting image - insert text, select blocks, draw arrows and other geometric shapes. Good luck

Users of iPhone and Android devices sometimes need to scroll, for example, the entire page of a news website or a complete conversation in a messenger. In this case, special tools from third-party developers will help you cope with the task.

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There are several best scrolling screenshot apps that you can easily install from the App Store or Play Store.

iOS

The Tailor app is completely free and very easy to use. The tool allows you to create and automatically merge multiple screenshots. Tailor does a great job of cutting through long articles, correspondence, and plans, combining snapshots into one large, cohesive image.

For Android

Taking scrolling screenshots may not be the most necessary feature, but if a user needs to perform this kind of task, Tailor and Stitch & Share are excellent assistants.

Increasingly, when working at a computer, and on the Internet in particular, we need to take screenshots of pages.

Most likely, you already needed to do this in some game, or send some kind of report in the form of a screenshot to confirm your words.

Well, or it happens that the interlocutor does not quite understand what they want from him and need to literally use his fingers, or rather, on a skin, to highlight some element on the page and indicate an action.

It is for these purposes that this article is to solve your problem that does not give you peace and help.

If you can’t take a screenshot using the Print Screen key

Let's first look at how to take a screenshot of a page with the Print Screen key, namely, without any additional programs.

Stage 1: place the screen in the buffer

To do this, if you have a large keyboard (with a numeric keypad), then simply press the PrtScr key.
In this case, a screenshot of the entire screen will be taken and placed in the .

If you want to “take a picture” of only the active window (if several windows are open in Windows), then you need to press the key combination Alt+PrtScr. That is, hold down Alt and, as it were, add PrtScr so that everything works.

If the key combination Alt+PrtScr does not work for you, then find the Fn key (next to Alt) and combine Fn+PrtScr.
This often happens on a laptop, where the keyboard is small and does not have a number pad on the right.

You can be on any website at this time, or simply in Word or another program, or play a game and press a combination of these keys to take a screenshot.

At the same time, we would like to note that you will not see any information that the keys worked. In order to understand that the screen has been made, you need to go to step 2.

Stage 2: insert the taken photo into the graphic editor

After we have completed the first stage, we launch the standard Paint program, which is available on any Windows OS:

And then simply press the key combination “Ctrl + V” in the program window

The screenshot will be pasted into the program from the clipboard. Now you just need to select “Save” in the top menu, or press the key combination “Ctrl+S” and select a location on your computer to save in any of the available formats: jpg, png, gif.

If you wish, you can stretch or shrink it.

Taking a screenshot of a page in Windows 7 using scissors

If you have the Windows 7 operating system, then you can do without the keys described in the previous section and without all kinds of inserts.

You just need to launch a standard and very convenient program called “Snipping Tool”.

You can find it in the Start menu. If you don’t see it there, then use the search, just like we searched for Paint.

Immediately when the program starts, the cursor will change to a cross. By holding down the right mouse button, you can select the desired area of the screen, release the button and a screenshot will be automatically taken.

This mode is called "Rectangle". It's the default. But you can select other options from the drop-down menu: “free form”, “window”, “full screen”.

After the screenshot is taken, save it to your computer using the “Ctrl+S” key combination.

Lightshot Screenshot Software

Download the software using the button (for Windows):
Download Lightshot for free

or go to the official website https://app.prntscr.com/ru/. There is also a version for Mac.

Today I invite you to consider a very interesting task - how to take a long screenshot from the Android screen. This refers to taking a screenshot while scrolling the screen. The task is not trivial and is especially typical for capturing web pages that scroll across multiple screens.

It is impossible to take such a screenshot using the built-in Android tools, so in this article I suggest using two Android applications that will greatly facilitate this task.

Taking screenshots from your smartphone screen is a very useful and popular feature. Many users use it for different purposes. But, despite the obvious usefulness of the built-in function, it has a big drawback - only those elements of the screen image that are visible at the time of its creation can be included in one screenshot. If you do it the old-fashioned way, images stretched across several screens can be divided into several successive screenshots taken while scrolling the footcloth.

Relatively recently, to solve this problem, Xiaomi introduced a new feature in its MIUI 8th version - “Long Screenshot”. The long-awaited function of creating a screenshot for a long web page has pleased the owners of smartphones of the same name. It is easy to use and resembles the implementation of the image capture function in Panasonic devices. But, after the presentation of the technology for creating screenshots with scrolling the screen, not every Android device was able to implement it in practice. To make the feature available, you will have to use third-party tools and perform several steps on your smartphone.

Warning: in order to activate the long screenshot function on a smartphone without MIUI 8 shell, you will have to download and install a third-party application from the Google Play store. Therefore, make sure in advance that your device is connected to the Internet and that you have free space on your device.

Creating a long screenshot with scrolling the screen in the LongShot application

The LongShot app can be found and downloaded freely on the Google Play Store. It was specially designed to take long screenshots on Android. The process of taking a screenshot in LongShot is quite simple if you select the desired mode.

Capture screenshot mode

Open LongShot and select the Capture screenshot option.
Once launched, the application will ask you for permission to start working.
Next, LongShot will prompt you to select an application in which you will take a long screenshot.
Open the desired application and click Start. Scroll through the application pages across the screen as needed. To finish taking screenshots, click Done.
In this mode, you will receive not one long screenshot, but a series of screenshots cut from a “footcloth” stretched across the screen. You still have to work with them.
A list of screenshots with sketches will open in front of you. Remove unnecessary screenshots. To check, you can view the sketch in full format by clicking on it and selecting “View in full screen” in the context menu. Then click on the thumbnail again and select "Delete" if you want to delete it.
If you want to add something else to a long screenshot, click on the plus sign located in the circle and select an additional image.
You can compose a future long screenshot the way you want - vertically or horizontally, in automatic or manual mode, with or without a status bar. To do this, you can click the "Configure" button in the lower left corner of the application and select the necessary options.
After setting the configuration options, click the "Join" button in the lower right corner of the application.
After some time spent processing and stitching individual images into a long screenshot, you will be taken to the Stitch menu.
Here you will see a project for the future long screenshot, which can be further customized. If you are happy with everything, just click the Save button in the upper right corner.
If something is wrong in the project, click one of the Adjust buttons, which is located next to each component and use the options for cropping each frame. For fine and coarse cropping, you can use the "1px" or "10px" up or down buttons. After trimming, click the Done button and, if you are now happy with everything, click Save.

Important note: screenshot files are automatically saved to the /storage/emulated/0/longshot directory.

At first glance, taking a long screenshot is not easy, but believe me, the developers have made the process intuitive and understandable. And they have taken care of those who want to take a long screenshot of a multi-screen web page in just a couple of clicks. For this purpose, a special mode “Capture web page” has been created.

In the main menu of the application, click the “Capture web page” button. The built-in LongShot browser will open with an address bar in which you need to enter the URL of the site whose page you want to “screen”. The site address can be typed or pasted after copying it in another application. To open the page, click the checkmark.
Next, scroll the site page to the location you need, where the screenshot should start and click the “Set start position” button. The blue horizontal line will indicate the location from which the screenshot will be captured.
Next, scroll down the site page to the fragment where you need to complete the long screenshot. Follow the horizontal pink line.
Click the "End here and capture" button. At this moment, a full-fledged long screenshot will be created with scrolling of the web page.

Key features of the program:

Automatically stitches several screenshots into one, regardless of which direction the image was scrolled - horizontally or vertically;
performs auto-capture of screenshots while scrolling;
“floating” image capture buttons make it easier to create a series of screenshots;
manual image stitching mode for fine-tuning a long screenshot;
quickly capture a long web page, just specify the beginning and end and the screenshot is ready;
no watermarks, all functions are free, ads can be hidden.

Long screenshot of a web page on Android in the Scroll Capture app

This application is perfect for taking a long screenshot from a web page that spans multiple screens. Let me note right away that the application is very simple, it couldn’t be simpler.

Find and install the Scroll Capture app in the Google Play Store.
Launch the application.
Enter in the address bar of your built-in browser the address of the site with a long web page of which you want to take a screenshot.
If you previously copied the site address, the application will automatically pick it up and offer to open it in your browser. I don’t recommend refusing, this will further speed up the process of creating a long screenshot.
After opening the page, click on the icon at the bottom of the screen in the form of camera shutter blades. The desktop image will immediately be filled with a purple tint and will become inaccessible to your devices. A purple pointer in the form of a paint roller with a handle will move chaotically in the center. It’s strange why the developer chose this particular symbol... The process of scanning an image and creating a long screenshot is displayed so simply. It will only take a few moments.
Without any questions or the need to scroll the page, the long screenshot will be automatically saved to the program directory. It is created by default here: -->Pictures>Scroll Capture.

Of course, in addition to the two applications described above, there are dozens of others. Today they can make it easier for you to take a long screenshot on any Android device. But in my experience, LongShot and Scroll Capture are among the best, especially for taking a screenshot of a long web page that spans multiple screens.