How to get a screen snapshot of a long window on a Macintosh (OSX 10.4)?
I assume that other people writing documentation for their new sites must have hit the same problem. I found various tools that hit part of the problem but not one that does exactly what I need. I am on a Macintosh running OSX 10.4
What I need is a way to take a snapshot of a complete window. Not just the part that is currently visible. Some windows that I want to take snapshots of are long and are part of a chain of windows that must be accessed sequentially. Because of the sequence requirement (data is entered in one window to access the next), I need to capture the display from the browser itself.
Tools I've found, and why they don't meet my needs. (They are good tools, just not doing what I need)
SnapZ Pro X - takes great movies, sections of a screen, whole screens, the visible portion of a window. But can't get the part of window that is currently not visible. If you have to scroll to get to it, its not captured.
Built-in screen capture - great for capturing screens(or portions) but not complete long windows
Paparazzi! 0.43 - This can capture a full long window even if the full content is not currently visible ... BUT it doesn't take the display from the browser, it must be given a parameter of the URL that you want to get. It then gets the entire page itself and creates the snapshot. This works great for my first window in the sequence, but can not be used to handle the second(and beyond) since there is no method to enter data from the user.
If anyone knows how to get the full long windows like Paparazzi does but from the browser window so I can get a sequence of windows that require input. I'd love to hear your suggestions. If not I hope this info helps someone else,
Re: How to get a screen snapshot...
I had the same problem a while ago. My solution was to take lots of shots with the built in screen capture utility and stitch them together in Photoshop (or you could use Gimp.app). It's not ideal but it gets the job done.
That's what I've been doing,
That's what I've been doing, but it can be a real pain when you have windows that are long forms that take 3-4 screens to patch together.
And the saddest part is during my search I found what looks like the perfect FireFox extension but it only runs under Windows. I'd really like to avoid using it, but I may have to :-(
You could try contacting the
You could try contacting the author of Paprazzi and suggest features that would help you get this done. I've always had good responses from application authors when I'm offering free ideas. ;-)
Also if this work can be scripted you might try putting together an Automator workflow. I haven't needed to use Automator yet, so I'll be of no help with specifics, but it's worth a look. Best of luck. :-)
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