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SELECT AREA SCREENSHOT
Capture exactly the part of the page you need.
Drag a rectangle over any visible part of a webpage and capture only that region. No full-page cleanup. No separate cropping app. Select the area, release, annotate and export.
✓ Free-form region✓ Drag and release✓ Precise crop✓ Local-first editing
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SELECT AREA SCREENSHOT
CAPTURE PART OF SCREEN
REGION SCREENSHOT
PARTIAL WEBPAGE CAPTURE
CHROME SCREEN SNIP
A faster way to capture a custom region
Draw around what matters. Leave everything else out.
Select Area is for moments when you need a custom portion of the webpage rather than the entire page or one DOM element.
Forms & errors
Include a field, validation message and nearby context without capturing unrelated page content.
UI comparisons
Grab the exact region where spacing, alignment, typography or responsive behavior needs review.
Documentation
Capture only the screen area needed for a help article, SOP, guide or internal training document.
Private sharing
A smaller capture can reduce unnecessary exposure before you also blur, pixelate or crop sensitive details.
Client feedback
Select the relevant visual section, add a clear annotation and send feedback without distracting surrounding content.
How Select Area works
From webpage region to usable screenshot in seconds.
The selected capture mode is remembered, so if Select Area is how you work most often, you do not need to choose it every time.
Choose Select Area
Set Select Area as your current capture mode. Capture remembers it until you change modes.
Draw the region
Press and drag across the visible webpage to define the exact rectangular area you want.
Capture precisely
Release the pointer. The selection overlay disappears and the captured image is cropped to the selected region.
Annotate and export
Add arrows, text, shapes, callouts, blur or pixelate, then copy or export your finished screenshot.
Select Area vs Select Element
Choose the capture method that matches the visual region.
Select Area gives you a free-form rectangle. It is ideal when your target spans several page elements, includes whitespace, or does not match the webpage's DOM structure.
Select Element follows one webpage component such as a card, table, form or hero section. It is faster when the page already has the exact boundary you need.
Simple rule: if you can draw it, use Select Area. If the webpage already defines it as one component, try Select Element.
Why not capture everything and crop later?
Because the fastest edit is the one you never need to make.
Capturing only the needed region produces a cleaner starting point, reduces unnecessary information in the screenshot and makes the result easier to paste into tickets, documents, messages and presentations.
You can still use Crop afterward when you want additional adjustment.
Private by design
Capture less. Expose less.
Normal Select Area capture, annotation and local export are designed to happen on your computer. The screenshot image does not need to be uploaded to RATdeck simply to select, crop, mark up or export a region.
When a selected region still contains private information, Blur, Pixelate and Crop help you prepare it before sharing.
✓ Region selection happens in the active page
✓ Screenshot editing stays local
✓ Blur and Pixelate supported
✓ Selection overlay clears after capture/cancel
✓ No ads and no Free watermark
Selected area screenshot use cases
Useful when the screenshot should be smaller than the page.
Selected-area capture is one of the fastest ways to create precise visual evidence without extra cleanup.
Bug evidence
Capture the affected region with enough surrounding context to make the problem understandable.
Frontend review
Isolate the layout region where spacing, responsiveness or component alignment needs attention.
Design feedback
Grab a custom section of an implementation and annotate the exact visual changes required.
Customer support
Capture the field, button, setting or error area a customer needs to understand.
Guides & SOPs
Create focused screenshots for documentation without showing the entire application interface.
Landing-page review
Capture a CTA, pricing section, form or content block for campaign and CRO feedback.
Capture part of a webpage in Chrome
A selected-area screenshot works like a precise browser snipping tool.
If you are searching for how to take a screenshot of a selected area in Chrome, capture part of a webpage, take a partial webpage screenshot, or snip a custom region from a website, Capture provides a direct drag-and-release workflow.
Unlike a full-page screenshot, Select Area is limited to the custom visible region you draw. Unlike Select Element, it does not depend on HTML element boundaries. That makes it useful when your screenshot needs to include parts of multiple cards, a chart and legend together, a form plus its error message, or any other custom rectangle.
After capture, the built-in editor lets you add arrows, text, shapes, highlights, blur, pixelate, numbered callouts and crop adjustments before copying or exporting the result.
Selected area screenshot FAQ
Questions about capturing part of a webpage.
How do I screenshot a selected area in Chrome?+
Choose Select Area in Capture, drag a rectangle around the visible region you want, and release. Capture crops the screenshot to that area and opens it in the editor.
Can I capture only part of a webpage?+
Yes. Select Area is designed specifically for capturing a custom rectangular portion of the currently visible webpage.
What is the difference between Select Area and Select Element?+
Select Area lets you draw any rectangle. Select Element follows one webpage element's boundary. Use Area for custom visual regions and Element when the page already has the exact component boundary you need.
Can I annotate the selected region afterward?+
Yes. The selected-area screenshot opens in Capture's editor, where you can add arrows, text, shapes, highlights, blur, pixelate, callouts and crop adjustments.
Can I cancel the selection?+
Yes. Cancel the selection before capture and the temporary overlay is removed.
Does selected-area capture upload my screenshot?+
Normal capture, editing and local export are designed to happen on your computer without requiring the screenshot image to be uploaded to RATdeck.
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Need only part of the page?
Draw around it.
Select the exact region, capture it cleanly, annotate what matters and share only what is needed.