Features take it with you
Screenshot one element, without the tool in the shot
S Screenshot in the toolbar, free with no account
Cropped to your selection when there is one, or the viewport when there is not. The toolbar takes itself out of the frame and waits for the browser to repaint before the shutter, so it is never in the picture.
What you get
- Cropped to the element
- Pick something first and the capture is exactly that box.
- Our own UI, absent
- The toolbar, the overlay and any open window hide, and a repaint is awaited, before the capture happens.
- Straight to your downloads
- Named after the page.
How Verbatim does it
The toolbar hides itself, then two animation frames are awaited so the browser has actually repainted without it, and only then is the capture taken. That is the whole trick behind never finding the tool in your own screenshot. The capture itself is captureVisibleTab, cropped to your selection.
How to use it
- Press Alt+Shift+P.
- Optionally pick an element to crop to.
- Press S.
What it will not do
- It captures what is on screen. For a full-page image, scroll and take more than one, or use the page save instead.
- Chrome does not allow a capture of some internal pages, and it says so rather than saving a blank one.
Compared with the system screenshot tool
A system capture takes whatever is on screen, including the tool you used to set the shot up, and cropping to one element afterwards is done by eye against a grid nobody can see.
Here the toolbar hides itself, two animation frames are awaited so the browser has genuinely repainted without it, and only then is the capture taken. The crop is the element's own bounds rather than your best guess at them.
When to use this one
Use Screenshot for a picture of something. Use Images and SVGs when you want the actual asset files rather than a picture of them, and Hide elements first when a banner is in the way.
Questions about Screenshot
Does the toolbar appear in my screenshot?
No. It hides itself and the capture waits for a repaint before firing, which is the whole reason this exists rather than using the system tool.
Can I capture just one element?
Yes, cropped to that element’s own bounds rather than to a rectangle you drew. The viewport is the other option.
Does it capture the full page, past the fold?
The viewport or a selection within it. For the whole page as it stands, including what is below the fold, Save page HTML keeps the real thing rather than a long image of it.
What format is the file?
PNG, written by Chrome’s own download system to your machine. Nothing is uploaded to produce it.
Does it work on a page behind a login?
Yes. It runs in your own browser on the page you are looking at, so your session is already there.
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