Technical reference

Desktop apps (Windows & macOS)

• Captures public URLs you supply, scrolling and stitching the full page.
• Current release outputs: JPG (adjustable quality), PDF, and MP4 scroll recordings—pick a single format or combine JPG + MP4 when needed.
• Each run writes a timestamped session folder that includes the site hostname for easy archiving.

Chrome extension

• Operates on the active tab: visible viewport, stitched full page, or a desktop picker workflow (automations fall back to the visible tab when required).
• Raster exports are PNG; documents export as PDF—matching the formats the extension ships with today.
• Manual captures from the popup plus a configurable keyboard shortcut (Ctrl+Shift+Y by default).
• Optional auto-capture on a minute-based cadence (Chrome alarms; one minute minimum).
• Optional “Save As” prompt before each file lands in Downloads/auto-screen-shooter/.
• Filename templates with tokens such as {yyyy}, {host}, {title}, presets, and quick-insert helpers.
• Site rules: block lists, allow-only lists, and per-rule toggles without deleting definitions.
• Capture history inside the popup (export to JSON, clear, configurable retention between 5 and 150 entries).
• Popup sizing guardrails (~576×720 default; width 400–900 px; height 320–920 px) so toolbar UI never collapses to a unusable strip.

Install from the Chrome Web Store →

Desktop capture controls

• Scroll direction: top to bottom, or bottom to top.
• Adjustable scroll step (px).
• Adjustable delay per scroll step (ms).
• Adjustable FPS for MP4 (1–60).
• Adjustable maximum frames.
• Adjustable JPG quality (1–100) when JPG output is used.

Desktop pre-capture loading

• Smart mode is designed to improve capture completeness on lazy-loaded websites.

Desktop auto-capture scheduling

• Optional recurring capture loop (auto capture) with interval in minutes.
• Minimum interval: 1 minute for JPG/PDF; 3 minutes for MP4 or JPG+MP4.
• Auto-capture is license-gated (available for licensed users only).

Desktop progress, logs, and run control

• Real-time progress events and logs shown in the UI.
• Start/stop controls with cancellation support.
• Input validation with user-facing guidance and error prompts.
• Result reporting includes output file paths (JPG/MP4/PDF) and success/failure.

Licensing and watermark behavior

• License activation/deactivation via remote licensing API.
• Local preference storage includes license status, customer name, activation date, and fingerprint.
• Unlicensed desktop exports apply branding watermark strips to JPG, PDF, and MP4 files; unlicensed extension exports watermark PNG and PDF outputs.
• Licensed sessions skip branding watermarks on newly generated captures.

Internationalization

UI language support includes: English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese (Brazil), Japanese, Korean, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Russian, Arabic, Hindi, Dutch, Polish, Turkish, Thai, Indonesian, Vietnamese.

Appearance and preferences

Theme modes: Cyan (default), System, Dark, Light, Ivory, Mint, Sky.