What is a Screengrab?
As the term itself indicates, it is like a screenshot and grabbing the screen into the form of something like an image.
What is it useful for?
The screens can be used in a variety of scenarios like presentations, documentation, troubleshooting and so on.
How is this (screen grabbing from browser) different from PrintScreen / Alt+PrintScreen?
While PrintScreen/Alt+PrintScreen can be used to capture screenshots of the entire desktop/window, screen grabbing from browser means taking a snapshot of the webpage/website as it appears when you visit it. That means, you’ll be able to capture and save a webpage as an image. Depending on the tool, there are additional options which can be used to determine:
Provided below is a sample list of Firefox add-ons that can be used:
Screengrab - http://www.screengrab.org/
FireShot - http://screenshot-program.com/fireshot/
Pearl Crescent Page Saver - http://pearlcrescent.com/products/pagesaver/
If you use some other browser like Chrome or IE, you can search for similar or equivalent add-ons in respective browser's add-on library.
As the term itself indicates, it is like a screenshot and grabbing the screen into the form of something like an image.
What is it useful for?
The screens can be used in a variety of scenarios like presentations, documentation, troubleshooting and so on.
How is this (screen grabbing from browser) different from PrintScreen / Alt+PrintScreen?
While PrintScreen/Alt+PrintScreen can be used to capture screenshots of the entire desktop/window, screen grabbing from browser means taking a snapshot of the webpage/website as it appears when you visit it. That means, you’ll be able to capture and save a webpage as an image. Depending on the tool, there are additional options which can be used to determine:
- if the visible portion of the webpage is to be copied/saved
- if the entire webpage is to be copied/saved
- if a selection is to be copied/saved i.e. it prompts you for a selection and you’ll be able to select an area of a webpage
- type of the image like PNG/JPEG/GIF/BMP
Alright; now that I understand the concept, which tools can I use to screengrab?
Provided below is a sample list of Firefox add-ons that can be used:
Screengrab - http://www.screengrab.org/
FireShot - http://screenshot-program.com/fireshot/
Pearl Crescent Page Saver - http://pearlcrescent.com/products/pagesaver/
If you use some other browser like Chrome or IE, you can search for similar or equivalent add-ons in respective browser's add-on library.
