Screenshot Helper shows a full screen window with a solid color or a desktop picture so that you can take clean screenshots without having irrelevant windows and desktop icons in the background.
The easiest way to get a clean desktop for screenshots on Mac OS X is to create a brand-new user account and log in as a brand-new user. But if you need to use your own user account for whatever reason and you have a messy desktop like I do, you can use this application to hide the actual desktop in order to take clean screenshots.
Support multiple screens.
What's New
Version 2.1.4:
Fixed the desktop picture aspect ratio on the rotated screen.
I prefer using totally blank white backgrounds for my screenshots, I use a blank maximized TextEdit window for the white background, place the things to be screenshot over that, and use shift-command-4
you can use the blank white background just by opening Screenshot Helper if you set it to use a white background color instead of a desktop picture. -author
having duplicate color pickers in ~/Library/ColorPickers and /System/Library/ColorPickers causes a crash. please remove one.
Anonymousreviewed on 02 Nov 2004
...or you could use DesktopSweeper 1.1 for free and have a quick key shortcut to wipe your desktop clean of icons....then get them right back after your shot.
[Version 1.0]
Anonymousreviewed on 02 Nov 2004
pretty cool little app.
does what it says.
[Version 1.0]
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Screenshot Helper shows a full screen window with a solid color or a desktop picture so that you can take clean screenshots without having irrelevant windows and desktop icons in the background.
The easiest way to get a clean desktop for screenshots on Mac OS X is to create a brand-new user account and log in as a brand-new user. But if you need to use your own user account for whatever reason and you have a messy desktop like I do, you can use this application to hide the actual desktop in order to take clean screenshots.
Support multiple screens.
Use the Preferences panel to change the color or the desktop picture.
Shift - drag the window to snap to the edge of screen.
Press command - B to show/hide the menu bar and the dock.
Press command - U to show/hide the mouse cursor.
Press command - E to cover the entire screen.
Press command - D to cover the desktop icons only.
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Anonymous reviewed on 02 Nov 2004
Anonymous reviewed on 02 Nov 2004
Anonymous reviewed on 02 Nov 2004
does what it says.