Webpage Screenshots on OS X

This entry was published at least two years ago (originally posted on August 18, 2005). Since that time the information may have become outdated or my beliefs may have changed (in general, assume a more open and liberal current viewpoint). A fuller disclaimer is available.

One of the perpetual “how am I going to do this?” questions that will pop up from time to time when working with websites is how to get a screenshot of an entire webpage. Most of the time it’s not at all easy to do, and unless you’ve stumbled across some specialized software, involves taking a screenshot of however much fits on your screen, scrolling down, taking another, repeating until you’ve captured it all, and then stitching the images together in Photoshop.

Enter Paparazzi for OS X: give it a URL and dimensions, and get a single image of the entire page. Quick, simple, and occasionally very handy.

A sample image follows behind the cut…

Eclecticism Screenshot

iTunesCyclone 7” by Ingredient X from the album Return to the Source: Deep Trance and Ritual Beats (1995, 8:13).

6 thoughts on “Webpage Screenshots on OS X”

  1. I had to find a similar solution for an Electronic Invoice. The Email had half-a-page of whiffle, then the invoice, and then another half-page of whiffle.

    I created a custom paper size; 210mm × 594mm (two times A4). I then printed as a PDF and used Preview.app to copy the relevant section and paste as a new Image.

    This is documented in MacOSXHints.com

    You could use the same technique with whatever paper size that will accommodate your webpage.

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