In many cases, the easiest way to recall something or to save data is to capture them with the help of a screenshot. And it is far easier to make one scrolling screenshot instead of targeting several ones at once.
This kind has been realized in some devices; in others, it doesn’t exist at all. But that doesn’t mean that you can’t use workaround solutions to create a scrolling screenshot regardless of what device you’re using.
In this article, you will learn all the important details about a scrolling capture and some of the frequently asked questions about it.
Converting a Webpage into an Image in Mac
Mac users can capture a screenshot by pressing the Shift + Command + 5 on the Mac keyboard. From pop up panel, they can choose area of screen to capture.
However, you cannot use this option to take a scrolling screenshot. What you will need is the third-party app Capto, which is both a screen recorder and a screen editor for Mac devices. Here’s what you do next:
- Get to the website that you would like to capture and then open Capto.
- On the Capto bar, you can click the Capto icon on the Mac menu bar.
- Next, click on “Snap active browser URL.”
It will yield a full-page screenshot if this action is taken. And the image will directly save to the Mac’s Library if you will not choose another format to save.
How to Take a Screenshot of a Web Page on an iPhone
If you are an iPhone user, you will know that scrolling screenshots are one of those features that your smartphone does not come with by default.
One of that which you have is to notice your screen as you browse through the sets of tabs. But that will provide you a video file instead of an image and that might not be what you want.
You can do this and get long page screenshots, but only if you’re using Safari on your iPhone and if you’re enrolled in the beta testing of iOS 13. So, if you want to screenshot a full-page website on your iPhone, here’s what you need to do:
- Click the Safari icon and go to the webpage where you wish to take a screenshot.
- It is time to take a screenshot (Volume up + side button for Face ID iPhones and Home button + power button for Touch ID iPhones.)
- Then, quickly press on the preview, which is shown for several seconds.
- Take a tap on the “Done” option and the last one is to save it on your device.
Saving a Website as an Image on a Windows Computer
Another feature that is really beneficial for Windows users is the Print Screen. At least until you’re scrolling and Snapchatting a webpage.
I have only found one way around it, and it is the use of a ShareX app. This is a file sharing software that is used to share files and capture screens with equal facility. Here’s how you can use it to take scrolling screenshots:
- Extract the ShareX exe file to your computer and run it.
- Complete the directions laid out in the setup wizard on the screen, and after that, click on the “Finish” button.
- Opening the webpage you are interested in in the background.
- Open ShareX and click on “Capture,” which you will find in the left-hand sidebar on the primary interface.
- Another menu will open. After that, the option “Scrolling capture…” is opened.
- Then click on the “Capture area” then choose “Select window or control to scroll”.
- Go to the scroll down to the bottom of the webpage. Then an output window comes up and one can decide to upload or to save the capture.
To save your scrolling webpage screenshot in ShareX, this is what you will see at the bottom of the screen is the path where your screenshot image was saved.
If you are using an Android phone, this is how you can save a website as an image
They added that Android devices are among the devices that have the scrolling screenshot feature. At least, most of them do.
Samsung, Huawei, LG, Motorola, and other manufacturers let their users capture long chats, social media feed messages, web page copies without problems.
Now, we will demonstrate to you what this process looks like using Samsung and Huawei phones, for instance.
Samsung
- Choose a webpage, an application, or a text message that you wish to capture.
- Turn the iPad off and press the “Volume Down” and “Power” buttons simultaneously.
- At the end of the modules, a pop-up panel will appear at the bottom of the screen.
- Swipe down on the screen to the right to the option that says “Scroll Capture.”
- Keep on tapping until you are done entering all the content.
For Samsung devices, the moment you take this lengthy shot, it is saved as the screenshot. It is in your screenshot folder.
Huawei
- First of you have to get to the screen which you wish to capture.
- Jointly hold the “Power” button and the ‘Volume down’ button simultaneously.
- In a few seconds the box will inform that the image has been captured and an animation will be displayed. The Clear Stories will also be replaced by the Scrollshot function.
- Tap on “Scrollshot,” again and your phone will automatically begin to scroll down with the camera still on. It finished during one of her words on screen; tapping it would stop the episode.
Once done, Huawei will show the screenshot and depending on what the user wanted to capture, he or she can edit it immediately or not.
How to Save a Website as an Image Using a Chromebook
Chromebook runs Chrome OS, which doesn’t support scrolling screenshots as a default feature. But it does keep something very similar available in the Developer Tools. You can create a PNG file of the full webpage screenshot by following these steps:
- Locate the webpage that you wish to take a screenshot of Then type “CNTL + Shift + I” You will be able to open the developer tools.
- Currently close the command view, typing the “CTRL + Shift + P” which provides input search bar. Enter the “screen.”
- The option for a full-sized screenshot picture.surname,first,year We have to click on the option here.
- Very soon, possibly within a few seconds, a PNG image of the map you have just chosen will be saved in the Downloads folder.
The issue is that once chip and pixel data are converted to PNG images, they cannot be zoomed in with Chromebook OS, and everything is very hard to read. But, of course, it can be moved to Google Drive, which it can be zoomed in and scrolled through.
How to Scrolling Screenshot in Chrome
If you are a Chrome browser fan then, guess what, you might not find a simple way of taking a scrolling screenshot.
The easiest way to do this is by way of a browser extension such as GoFullPage. It is utterly free and without any adverts, and you know there’s this added bonus…shortcuts.
The second way is to search for the Developers Tools option in the browser and use no extensions at all. Here’s how that works:
- Locate the web page that you require to take a capture of, and on visiting that web page, go to the upper right corner of the browser and click on three vertical dots.
- Then, go through this sequence, “Tools, then Developer Tools.”
- Once again click on the three dots and then on the next screen tab on the “Run command.”
- In the MS-DOS interface type, “Screenshot”, then “Capture full-size screenshot.”
- In case of saving the PNG image is usually saved automatically. But if it is not, you will be required to name the file and save it on your own, or you can download it.