Image Downloader is an extension made exclusively for Google Chrome users. I’ve always waffled back and forth between Chrome and Safari, but I always seem to come back to Chrome with my tail between my legs due to Chrome’s superior extension library. Image Downloader is one of those extensions that keeps me coming back. Dec 31, 2019 Google has an early version of picture-in-picture built into its Chrome browser. When playing a video, right-click on it—you may need to right-click twice on certain sites, like YouTube—and. Google Photos is available as a free app for iOS and Android.If you own a Nexus device with the latest version of Android or a device running a stock version of Android, you may already have it.
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© PREMIO STOCK/Shutterstock There are several ways to take a screenshot on Google Chrome. PREMIO STOCK/Shutterstock- You can take a screenshot in Google Chrome with one of your computer's built-in tools, or via Chrome's developer menu.
- To take a screenshot with Chrome's developer menu, open the Element Inspector and then type 'screenshot.'
- You can choose from among four kinds of screenshots, including one that captures an entire web page, even if you can't fit it all on your screen.
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You probably know several ways to capture screenshots on your computer, including using the Print Screen button and the Snipping Tool in Windows 10.
But if you use Google Chrome as your web browser and frequently need to take screenshots, you might want to use the relatively obscure – yet easy to use – screenshot tool that's built right into the browser. Few people know about it because it's considered a tool for developers, but in reality, anyone can use it.
Here's how to take a screenshot within Google Chrome, on your Mac or PC.
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How to screenshot on Google Chrome
1. Open Google Chrome and press Ctrl + Shift + I if you're on a PC, or Command + Option + I if you're on a Mac — that's the letter I, not the letter L. This will open a developer menu called the Element Inspector, which lets you see the HTML the current web page is made with.
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2. Next, press Ctrl + Shift P if you're on a PC, or Command + Shift P on a Mac. This will let you search through your list of developer tools.
© Dave Johnson/Business Insider After pressing the keyboard shortcuts, you should see the Element Inspector and the search menu. Dave Johnson/Business Insider3. Type 'screenshot.' Don't press Enter. You should see a set of four screenshot options.
Here's what each of the four screenshot options do:
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- Capture area screenshot. This lets you select a specific part of the screen and save it as a screenshot. If you choose this option, after a moment, you'll be able to drag a box with the mouse anywhere within the Chrome window. Select the part of the page you want to capture and it'll be saved. Note that you can't use this tool to capture the Element Inspector itself — that never gets included in the screenshot.
- Capture full size screenshot. This option saves a picture of the entire web page, from top to bottom. It's a convenient way to grab an image of a long page that extends well beyond the bottom of the screen.
- Capture node screenshot. This is more of interest to developers – it lets you capture an image of just a specific HTML element selected in the Element Inspector.
- Capture screenshot. This is most like a standard screenshot. It saves an image of what's currently visible on your screen.
4. Using the arrow keys on your keyboard, scroll down to the one you want and press Enter. Your screenshot will be taken and automatically saved. You can find it in Chrome's download manager at the bottom of the window.
© Dave Johnson/Business Insider Choose the kind of screenshot you want to take. Dave Johnson/Business InsiderThe main difference between using the Print Screen key and this Chrome tool is that the Chrome screenshot tool doesn't include the borders of the Chrome browser window itself — only the content of the web page.
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Watching YouTube videos while multitasking feels downright terrible. Studies suggest that such multitasking can hinder brain functions, but still we don't want to experience FOMO (Fear of missing out). That's why trying to fit your YouTube browser window into some corner of the screen almost always ends up in disaster. Thanks to Chrome version 70’s built-in picture-in-picture mode support, that won’t be a problem any more.
Forget third-party extensions or messing around with the experimental flags — Chrome’s support for picture-in-picture mode is ready to go out of the box. But the ability to play videos in picture-in-picture mode is still kind of ‘hidden,’ so let’s see where it is, and what you should expect when using this awesome new feature.
Update Google Chrome
Picture-in-picture mode functionality is only available by default on Chrome v.70 and above, so make sure that your browser is up to date. To do that, open the Chrome menu, point to Help, and then click About Google Chrome. If there’s an update available, the browser should automatically download and prompt you to relaunch your browser.
Updated? Then you are ready to go.
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Read MoreInitiating Picture-in-Picture Mode
Fire up YouTube on Chrome, and then play a video. Now, right-click anywhere within the playback pane — you should see a black-colored menu show up, but no option to launch videos in picture-in-picture mode. Weird.
However, right-click again, and an entirely different menu should show up. Look closely, and you'll see the Picture in picture option in the menu.
Simply click on it, and you should see the video launch in a nifty picture-in-picture pane to the lower-right corner of the screen.
You can then choose to resize the window (to a maximum of around a quarter of your screen) or position it anywhere within the screen, and it should stay on top of other windows no matter what. That's amazing!
Note: Embedded YouTube videos only display the option to open in picture-in-picture mode once you start to play it.If you’ve got Autoplay turned on, the next video should start playing automatically with no input on your part — the same goes for playlists as well.
However, you can’t have more than one video playing in picture-in-picture mode at a time — try to do that to another video, and it replaces the one already playing. Regardless, that would’ve been too good to be true, right?
Controlling Picture-in-Picture Videos
The picture-in-picture window is pretty barebones in terms of controls — you only have access to a Pause icon and an Exit icon. While that’s understandable, a few more controls or at the very least a seek bar would’ve made a world of difference. And yeah — you don’t have any indicator to check video progress, which is just stupid.
If you want to skip to a different part of the video, change visual quality, or do pretty much anything else, you need to resort to using the controls on the actual playback pane itself. While it appears blank once the video starts playing in picture-in-picture mode, it still features all of the controls that you're accustomed to. But, they feel pretty weird to use when you’ve got the video playing elsewhere on the screen.
In instances of multiple YouTube tabs, there's a square-shaped indicator on the one related to the picture-in-picture video. That is pretty useful when you want to locate the appropriate tab for control purposes.
Tip: If you are in the middle of something and want to pause or get rid of the picture-in-picture video using just your keyboard, first use the Alt-Tab keystroke to select the PIP window, and then press the Tab key to switch between the Pause and Exit icons — just press Enter afterward to perform the selected action.Also on Guiding Tech
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Read MoreOther Video Streaming Services
In addition to YouTube, Chrome’s picture-in-picture mode also supports select other video-streaming sites such as DailyMotion and Twitch. And instead of having to perform a double right-click, most sites offer the Picture-in-Picture option with only a single click.
While there’s no guarantee that it’d work on all sites that you come across, it's still worth checking out.
Hate Double Right-Clicking?
If you don't like right-clicking twice, then the Picture-in-Picture extension should come in quite handy. Unlike the majority of Chrome Web Store extensions that claim to offer picture-in-picture functionality but are just broken or outdated, Picture-in-Picture has been updated for Chrome v70 and works flawlessly.
Download Picture-in-PictureUpon installation, activate the picture-in-picture window when playing YouTube videos with just a single click to the Picture-in-Picture icon on the URL bar.
The extension also works on other sites where Chrome provides native picture-in-picture functionality.
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Google Chrome’s latest addition is fantastic. No longer do you need to mess around with tabs or stop watching videos just because you want to get some work done. Yes, double right-clicking does feel awkward to perform, and the lack of controls on the picture-in-picture pane can feel restrictive. But with such phenomenal functionality, can you really complain?
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