[usehackernews]

I just tested it -

Holding option seems to remove the gradient shadow of the application window in the screenshot. Not needed, but it’s better in my opinion.

[jagged-chisel]

I didn't lose the shadow when doing this. There's a setting ...

`defaults write com.apple.screencapture disable-shadow true`

Have you ever run that? Presumably changing to false gets you the shadow again.