This is useful not just for capturing screen elements, but also for measuring the pixel-width of items on websites.
Note: you don’t need to use screen-capture to capture images on websites. Just right-click > Copy. You can also get the image dimension through right-click > Properties.
- Download and install Cropper
- Run it. An icon appears on your taskbar:
- You must select your destination – either a file directory or the clipboard. I use the clipboard. Right-click on the cropper icon in the taskbar, then select Output > Clipboard.
Note: without this step it won’t work. - Now click on the Cropper icon. A floating semi-transparent window appears on your desktop:
Drag it so the top left is over the area you want to capture, and resize it using the handles at the bottom or right. Note it gives the image dimensions at the top. - Capture by double-click or Enter.
- Hide the window with right-click > Hide
The picture is now in your clipboard. You can use it for whatever purposes such as editing it with the free Paint.net image editing software or including it in a blog post with Windows Live Writer.
