(Archived) Taking screenshots of a Window

[joeworkman 2]

With the default OS X screenshot tool, when you hit the space bar, you can take screenshots of the current window your mouse is on top of. This is a hugely useful tool. I would love to see Skitch get this ability. 

 

Yes, you can use the crosshair tool and try to get a window, but it will never be perfect and the other way is so much faster. 

[ldekay 16]

Hey Joe,

Try clicking on the top bar of a window with the Skitch crosshairs. That captures the entire window. I think this is what you are looking for.

 

Lester

[joeworkman 2]

Very cool! It would be nice if there was an option to include the window's shadow. And keep the window's border radius. 

 

I search the how-to's and could not discover this. It may be a good idea to have that. 

[mkkwon 0]

Joeworkman, you can do this by clicking on Skitch's "Blank" option underneath the screensnap options.

 

First use the CMD+Ctrl+Shift+4+Space to get the screenshot of the window (with shadow & border radius, etc.) into your clipboard.

 

Then open up Skitch, select "Blank" option and hit CMD+V to paste the item in skitch.

 

That's it! After I'm done skitching, I usually copy/paste that into whatever I need it to be.