Screenshot tools

Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2012 9:10 pm

I have recently been revisiting some of the screenshot tools after my preferred tool broke during a Firefox update - that'll teach me to use a FireFox plug-in.
I found this really nice one called Shutter that has all the options I need (and then some), including editing the screenshots to insert arrows, annotations or tooltips etc.
I've been using it on and off for the last couple of weeks so I could send some template layouts to a client and it has proven really intuitive to use. It was also extremely useful to be able to do screenshots of cascading menu's, which had always been a bit hit and miss for me before.
Shutter has a single button on it's GUI specifically for this purpose - it uses a built in timer to take the shot, so you have time to move your mouse into the correct 'hover' position (delay duration is configurable).

Site Admin Joined: Jan 06, 2006 Posts: 308

Cannot wait to try it! Thanks.

Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2012 4:46 pm

It is in the Mint repo, so it should also be in Ubuntu's repo if you want to go that route.
Sorry, I should have mentioned that in the OP.

Site Admin Joined: Jan 06, 2006 Posts: 308

No worries. I found it easy to install from the PPA. (Google is my friend... Laughing

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Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2012 3:05 pm

Just to update this topic, the Firefox plug-in seems to work OK now but I prefer to just open Shutter when I need it and have it minimised at the bottom.