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Capture a webpage and add a browser frame

Mac Alpha, starting with 0.3.32-alpha.1. Webpage-only capture uses the browser's reported content bounds. Browser frames are optional decorations added when you export; your original stays in capture history.

#Capture the webpage

Under Preferences → Capture, enable Webpage only. Give Cropped Alpha Accessibility access in macOS System Settings using the button beside the setting. Screen Recording access is also needed.

Use Window capture and select the browser. Cropped removes the tabs, address bar and other controls from the captured area. Ordinary application windows still capture normally. Chrome, Safari and other supported browser families are detected by their app identifier; the browser must expose a usable web area through macOS Accessibility. If it cannot, Cropped reports the problem and saves no full-window substitute. You can use an area capture instead.

For a recording, start Record, switch the picker to Window with Space, then click the browser window. The setting applies to that take. The initial webpage bounds are used throughout the recording: keep the browser size, sidebars and toolbars unchanged. Moving the window is fine. This captures the visible viewport, not a full scrolling webpage.

Automatic click zooms are available with area recordings. Window recordings can use assistant-marked points or zooms you add in Studio.

A connected assistant can explicitly request webpage_only: true with capture_window or start_recording. The assistant still needs your normal capture permissions and, for a recording, approval of that take.

#Add a browser skin

Open an image in Annotate, or a recording in the Studio video editor. Choose Browser frame → Light, Dark, or Minimal. Enter an optional title and display address. Cropped never copies real tabs or URLs into these fields.

Choose None to remove the frame before saving. In Annotate, Undo and Redo include frame changes. Save creates a flattened image copy; in Studio, export creates a separate video or GIF. Browser frames add height above the content, keeping the content's pixels and proportions. Crop away any browser controls already present in a full-window image before adding a new frame.

These decorations also support captions and GIF exports. For HDR video, select SDR output before adding a browser frame. Check the finished export before sharing.

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