Page Saver – Free FireFox extension to capture images of web pages

Posted on July 27, 2007 at 1:29 pm

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Pearl Crescent Page Saver is a free FireFox extension that you can use to capture images of web pages as PNG or JPEG files. You can capture an entire web page or just a portion of it. You can customize the options to capture in full-size or to have the image scaled down. There is also a Pro version for $15 that lets you copy the picture to the clipboard and let’s you select a region only, rather than the entire page or only the visible portion.

Once it’s installed, a new toolbar item that looks like a camera will appear in the far right. You can capture an image either by clicking on the toolbar menu and choosing the option or by holding down a modifier key and simply pressing the button.

Hold the Alt key and press the camera button to automatically save an image of the visible portion of the page. Hold Shift to get the entire web page. The extension also adds these same commands to the browser context menu, so you can right-click to save an image.

You can customize Page Saver by choosing Page Saver Options from the menu. On the General tab you can set the default behavior for clicking on the button, keyboard shortcuts for your default action, and whether you want sounds or the context menu.

The Image Capture tab lets you customize the parameters you would like to appear in the name of the file. By default, it’s only the name of the file, but you can add in date information also. You can also select the format and choose not to be prompted when saving the file.