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Screenshot Helper

Screenshot Helper - 2.0

Clears the screen for a clean screenshot.

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This Version: Not rated (0.0)
Current Version: 2.0
Release Date: 2009-09-13
License: Freeware
Downloads (this version): 487
Downloads (all versions): 769

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Product Description:

Screenshot Helper shows a full screen window with a solid color or a desktop picture so that you can take clean screenshots without having irrelevant windows and desktop icons in the background.

The easiest way to get a clean desktop for screenshots on Mac OS X is to create a brand-new user account and log in as a brand-new user. But if you need to use your own user account for whatever reason and you have a messy desktop like I do, you can use this application to hide the actual desktop and take clean screenshots.

  • Support multiple screens.
  • Use the Preferences panel to change the color or the desktop picture.
  • Shift - drag the window to snap to the edge of screen.
  • Press command - B to show/hide the menu bar and the dock.
  • Press command - E to cover the entire screen.
  • Press command - D to cover the desktop icons only.

You can make the entire screen black, white, red, green, or blue to check dead or stuck pixels on your LCD screen, or for a blue or green screen chroma key.

What's new in this version:

  • Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard support
  • 64-bit support

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

  • Mac OS X 10.5 Intel
  • Mac OS X 10.5 PPC
  • Mac OS X 10.4 Intel
  • Mac OS X 10.4 PPC

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Screenshot Helper CommentaryJust one thing... - Version: 0.3, 10/13/2004 04:31AM PST

Cowicide
I just wish it supported multiple monitors (where you can have it cover either monitors desktop or even both)... then I'd be loving this thing.
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Screenshot Helper ReviewExcellent! I use it instead of virtual desktops! - Version: 0.3, 4/4/2004 02:01PM PST

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Welles Goodrich
As others have pointed out you can use this simple application to be a virtual desktop. You can turn the menu bar and dock into rollover items and have a completely clean screen, bringing to the front any running apps by using the dock as a switcher. I've quit using a commercial virtual desktop app in favor of this simple and elegant solution. That doesn't begin to mention the utility of taking screen shots on a simple background for tutorials.
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Screenshot Helper CommentaryOne more thing - Version: 0.1, 3/29/2004 05:53PM PST

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patchman_dotmac
Just found out that it's Exposé-friendly, hehe. One feature I'd like to see in the next version is the transparency control to make screenshots look even cooler. Thanks.
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