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I've always felt that shutter is overkill for what I do 99% of the time: Take a screenshot of my whole desktop or some part of it and save it as png.

TamDenholm 15y ago
Ditto, personally i use scrot. A simple command lets me make a selection of part of the screen and creates a image file for me: scrot -s screeny.png http://linux.die.net/man/1/scrot http://linux.die.net/man/1/scrot
- Tiomaidh 15y ago
  Thanks for that. It taught me something new, and also encouraged me to look at the man page again. Now, I have the following keyboard shortcuts (the first two came by default): PrtSc - Capture entire screen; save in ~/images with timestamp; open viewnior to look at the resulting picture. Alt-PrtSc - Same as above, but with a 10-second delay. Shift-PrtSc - Same as first, but with the -s flag. Shift-Alt-PrtSc - Same as first, but only captures the active window.
revorad 15y ago
Presumably, you then send the screenshot to someone? Shutter has inbuilt upload capabilities to a few different image sharing sites. You hit print screen, select the part of screen you want to capture, upload, get url. That will save me a few seconds every time I need to share a screenshot.
- coffeeaddicted 15y ago
  Yeah, I use a similar tool on Windows (ZScreen) and it just rocks when working together with other people over the web. The screenshot is online in 3 seconds and the url automatically in the clipboard for pasting.
- mcrittenden 15y ago
  Check out lookit (https://launchpad.net/lookit https://launchpad.net/lookit) if you're looking for uploading abilities (lookit supports imgur and custom FTP) but without all the extra features/bloat that come with Shutter.
- nagnatron 15y ago
  I usually host it on my Dropbox but imgur uploading would be nice. Does Shutter support it?
- prakashk 15y ago
  I use scrot, and it has an option to execute any application or a user-defined script upon capturing the shot. While the builtin upload feature might be easier to use if your favorite site is supported, scrot's extension capability provides the ultimate control in the hands of an able user.
alagu 15y ago
Agree. Till now, I haven't seen a better screenshot tool than Skitch (mac-only). In the screenshots towards the end (http://shutter-project.org/preview/screenshots/ http://shutter-project.org/preview/screenshots/) there were plugins, effects etc which I generally find in GIMP and Photoshop. They just did a Microsoft Office of screenshot tool.

TamDenholm 15y ago

Ditto, personally i use scrot. A simple command lets me make a selection of part of the screen and creates a image file for me: scrot -s screeny.png http://linux.die.net/man/1/scrot http://linux.die.net/man/1/scrot

Tiomaidh 15y ago
Thanks for that. It taught me something new, and also encouraged me to look at the man page again. Now, I have the following keyboard shortcuts (the first two came by default): PrtSc - Capture entire screen; save in ~/images with timestamp; open viewnior to look at the resulting picture. Alt-PrtSc - Same as above, but with a 10-second delay. Shift-PrtSc - Same as first, but with the -s flag. Shift-Alt-PrtSc - Same as first, but only captures the active window.

revorad 15y ago

Presumably, you then send the screenshot to someone? Shutter has inbuilt upload capabilities to a few different image sharing sites. You hit print screen, select the part of screen you want to capture, upload, get url. That will save me a few seconds every time I need to share a screenshot.

coffeeaddicted 15y ago
Yeah, I use a similar tool on Windows (ZScreen) and it just rocks when working together with other people over the web. The screenshot is online in 3 seconds and the url automatically in the clipboard for pasting.
mcrittenden 15y ago
Check out lookit (https://launchpad.net/lookit https://launchpad.net/lookit) if you're looking for uploading abilities (lookit supports imgur and custom FTP) but without all the extra features/bloat that come with Shutter.
nagnatron 15y ago
I usually host it on my Dropbox but imgur uploading would be nice. Does Shutter support it?
prakashk 15y ago
I use scrot, and it has an option to execute any application or a user-defined script upon capturing the shot. While the builtin upload feature might be easier to use if your favorite site is supported, scrot's extension capability provides the ultimate control in the hands of an able user.

alagu 15y ago

Agree. Till now, I haven't seen a better screenshot tool than Skitch (mac-only). In the screenshots towards the end (http://shutter-project.org/preview/screenshots/ http://shutter-project.org/preview/screenshots/) there were plugins, effects etc which I generally find in GIMP and Photoshop. They just did a Microsoft Office of screenshot tool.