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Capture and Annotate Screenshots Easily in Firefox
Are you looking for a screenshot utility for Firefox that will tie in with your Diigo account? Then you may want to have a look at the Awesome Screenshot – Capture and Annotate extension.
By default the extension will add a new toolbar button and for our example we left it in place. When you are ready to take a screenshot you can choose to capture only the visible part or the entire page as needed.
Once you have taken the screenshot you can start modifying it by adding text, arrows, lines, and shapes to annotate and highlight areas of the image.
When you are finished you can save the image online temporarily, on Diigo.com permanently, and/or to your hard-drive.
If you prefer to work without the toolbar button you can access the extension through the Context Menu.
Here are the options for the extension. You can choose the image output format and set up custom keyboard shortcuts if desired.
Note: Works with Firefox 4.0b7 – 4.0.*, does not require a browser restart!
Install the Awesome Screenshot – Capture and Annotate Extension [Mozilla Add-ons]
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Akemi Iwaya (Asian Angel) is our very own Firefox Fangirl who enjoys working with multiple browsers and loves 'old school' role-playing games. Visit her on Twitter and Google+.
- Published 04/21/11
Hello AA,
Been using this in both Fx 4.0 and Chrome Plus 1.60 for a couple of three weeks and once again great minds think alike. Absolutely, enjoy its simplistic design and the quality of its screenshots and ease of use!!! ‘Nuff’ said…keep on posting and we’ll keep on reading.
FTW, Freedom Thru Wisdom,
Lil_ndn
Thanks!
Been using this for a while now and glad to see it getting some recognition. It is a great plugin that I use almost every day; whether it is for posting to twitter or for IT purposes at my job. Thanks again for sharing to the masses HTG!
@Lil_ndn – I will definitely keep on posting the extension goodness. ^_^
@joe – You are very welcome. ^_^
@MikeAck1987 – You are very welcome. ^_^ I agree that having an extremely useful little utility like this can really make a big difference on a daily basis. ^_^
I just use ScreenPresso (:
http://www.screenpresso.com/
Awesome, but still don’t have support for older versions (3.x… I mean).
I’m using this one great shot tool:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/lightshot/
Nice! Thanks Mario!