Take a panoramic view of various web site interfaces

Being ecstatic when witnessing a website that is so beautifully designed, you have the intention to take a panoramic picture of the site's interface. To do this, you cannot just use the normal shooting function found in third-party software such as shooting objects, taking pictures by window or by region; as this will not capture the entire site interface. So how to do?

In order to help users solve this problem, Guangming Software launched Html To Image (HTI) software. Do not apply the "classic" method of shooting like other popular software, HTI is integrated by a manufacturer of a very unique feature of continuously capturing images of various web sites through the address. Their URL without opening those sites. Moreover, you can choose the format, quality and size for the images to be exported. Compared to the function of TechSmith SnagIt's famous Scrolling Window (web page) web interface, HTI is in a completely superior level. The latest version HTI v2.0.2006.826 has a capacity of 1.72 MB, compatible with all Windows, download the trial version at www.guangmingsoft.net/htmltoimage/HtmlToImageSetup.exe (or find the full version at informatics service shops).

Once the installation is complete, go to Start > Programs > Html To Image and then click the Html To Image shortcut to open the program's interactive interface.

- In the Convert tab, the program supports you to enter the address of the website to capture images in the two most comfortable ways:

1. Enter these URLs directly in the " Enter URL in the edit box, one URL per line " box and note only one URL per line . When needed, use the Save URL button to save these URLs in a txt file.

2. Enter the necessary URL into the contents of a txt file, then click the Load URL button and then select this txt file.

- Next, click on the Option tab to optionally select some important parameters for the image to be captured.

+ In the Output Directory section, you click the 3 dots button and select the folder to save the captured images (default is C:) .

+ At Image Format , click on the drop down button and select 1 format for images in 5 options: JPG, PNG, BMP, TIFF and GIF. If you choose JPG format, then drag the slider at Quality to the right end to increase the image quality to the highest level. Next, you specify the size for the output image by entering two specific values ​​in two Page Width and Height boxes. The default values ​​included in these two boxes are 0 and 0, meaning the program will automatically adjust the size for the image.

+ If you want to create a thumbnail version for the main images to be captured again, you can always check the Create thumbnail after capturing the pages section and similar to the above, enter 2 values ​​defined in two Thumbnail Width boxes and Height corresponding to their size.

+ In the Name image file with section , you can choose how to name the captured images by URL, by number ( Number ) or manually selected ( Hand ).

+ The remaining options are in the Option tab, please keep it as default.

- Finally, go back to the Convert tab and click on the Go button to start the process and extract the image.

* Note: Your computer needs an internet connection when taking photos of websites with HTI.

Pham Hong Quan