URL2BMP

Chances are you need a bunch of info from different web pages, but not just in the form of text or an image. On the one hand, you can download pages for offline navigation, but this can become a time-consuming operation. On the other hand, you can rely on specialized applications like URL2BMP to simply save pictures of websites.

On the bright side of things, the application is not packed inside an installer, so you can take it for a spin from the moment download is done. As such, it can also be stored on a USB flash drive in case you want to use it on other computers, without putting stability at risk, because registry entries are not altered in the process.

The application tries to keep things simple, offering a large section in which preview is shown, as well as an upper toolbar to define process parameters. Needless to say that your computer needs to be connected to the Internet for the application to reach the requested website.

You need to either manually write down or paste the target URL in the given field, which is already fitted with a sample page to help you understand the process. Results are saved as single image files inside the source directory of the program. You can choose the output name, as well as format, which can be BMP, PNG, JPEG, and TIFF.

There’s some degree of flexibility provided. You can choose the view size, as well as the exact output size of the image, which is done in pixels. It’s possible to have the scroll bar removed, and this is only an option for the view section. On the downside, you might encounter script issues while the preview loads, which, in turn affects the output image.

Taking everything into consideration, we can state that URL2BMP offers a decent set of features with which to grab pictures of websites. The overall design is pretty intuitive, and the image is built quite fast. Sadly, it might not be what you need for particular types of pages, depending on the code of the page.