Print-screen App
from brownmustardminion@lemmy.ml to linux@lemmy.ml on 03 Mar 03:06
https://lemmy.ml/post/26669146

Anybody got any suggestions for a good print-screen / screenshot app?

I’m using the default of Swappy right now and it doesn’t really suit my needs.

The MacOS screenshot app is my ideal.

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huskypenguin@sh.itjust.works on 03 Mar 03:18 next collapse

What’s your DE?

brownmustardminion@lemmy.ml on 03 Mar 04:00 collapse

Hyprland

Uebercomplicated@lemmy.ml on 03 Mar 12:35 next collapse

I’d go with grimshot then, which I think works for hyprland as well (it’s made for sway). It provides an interface over Grim, slurp, and jq, and makes life easy. Combine it with a image viewer like imv, and your set!

tasankovasara@sopuli.xyz on 03 Mar 21:46 collapse

grim + slurp ftw. On my system mod+ctrl+s -> select area by drawing a box -> screenshot saved as shot.png in the Downloads directory where even sandboxed apps can read it. Next shot just overwrites the previous one.

promitheas@programming.dev on 03 Mar 03:20 next collapse

Not sure what the MacOS one is, but i use flameshot and im happy with it

AkatsukiLevi@lemmy.world on 03 Mar 03:32 next collapse

Flameshot, I use it everywhere and it works everywhere

PorcupineSlippers@lemmy.ml on 03 Mar 04:22 next collapse

I use flameshot both on Linux and my Windows work laptop. I definitely recommend it

mactan@lemmy.ml on 03 Mar 04:47 next collapse

I like flameshot but it needs a bunch of window rule to work properly on kde Wayland apparently it uses some wayland wlroots-isms that plasma doesn’t implement

AkatsukiLevi@lemmy.world on 04 Mar 03:20 collapse

First I heard of this (but then, I’m stuck on outdated GPU so no Wayland for me T~T)

clif@lemmy.world on 03 Mar 22:47 collapse

Second this. Think I heard about it on lemmy, been using it ever since. Built in editing, copy to clipboard, save to file, all the stuff I need.

dan@upvote.au on 03 Mar 04:09 next collapse

I like the default one in KDE (Spectacle). It does everything I need, and can take both screenshots and recordings. I don’t think it works with other DEs though.

lemmeBe@sh.itjust.works on 03 Mar 10:42 collapse

+1. Works great.

muhyb@programming.dev on 03 Mar 04:28 next collapse

I don’t know about Swappy but I use Grim + Slurp.

Mwa@lemm.ee on 03 Mar 05:27 next collapse

Flameshot I use it with cinnamon.

drkt@scribe.disroot.org on 03 Mar 07:00 next collapse

I honestly just use a shellscript bound to a key because I think all of the screenshot software on Linux is garbage.

drkt.eu/files/scripts/ss.sh

eshep@social.trom.tf on 03 Mar 08:07 next collapse

@brownmustardminion I think you'd be fine still usin swappy, just use it in a way that does what you need. I use maim piped to xclip as below, then I tie each of those cases to [PrScr] with different modkeys.

case "${1}" in
    area)     maim --hidecursor -s |tee $HOME/Pictures/Screenshots/$(date +%y%m%d-%H%M%S).png |xclip -selection clipboard -t image/png
    ;;
    savew)    maim --hidecursor -i $(xdotool getactivewindow) |tee $HOME/Pictures/Screenshots/$(date +%y%m%d-%H%M%S).png |xclip -selection clipboard -t image/png
    ;;
    savef)    maim --hidecursor |tee $HOME/Pictures/Screenshots/$(date +%y%m%d-%H%M%S).png |xclip -selection clipboard -t image/png
    ;;
esac
MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml on 03 Mar 12:29 next collapse

magick import of imagemagick has a crosshair. Here’s my function:

screnshot() {
    ## script to make screenshots with imagemagick's import command and display them
    ## usage: screenshot <path> <name>

    _id="$(date "+%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S")"
    _dir="${1:-$XDG_CACHE_HOME}"
    _shot="$_dir"/"${2:-shot_$_id}.png"

    mkdir -p "$_dir"
    printf '%s\n' "$_shot"
    magick import "$_shot" && \
    magick display "$_shot"
}

And good old xfce4-screenshooter, xfce4-screenshooter -r and xfce4-screenshooter -w.

akalanka@masto.es on 03 Mar 12:35 next collapse

@brownmustardminion I use KDE's Spectacle, and I like it a lot!

utopiah@lemmy.ml on 03 Mar 13:34 next collapse

scrot if you want to use the CLI, (KDE) Spectacle if you need a UI.

Dirk@lemmy.ml on 03 Mar 18:57 next collapse

it doesn’t really suit my needs.

What are your needs?

warmaster@lemmy.world on 03 Mar 19:20 next collapse

Kde’s Spectacle is awesome

merthyr1831@lemmy.ml on 03 Mar 22:23 collapse

it’s the most mac-like (and Windows, it pulls a good medium)

pewpew@feddit.it on 03 Mar 20:55 next collapse

Flameshot

rmrf@lemmy.ml on 03 Mar 23:09 collapse

I love flameshot, but unfortunately it’s support for more than one monitor on wayland has me looking for an alternative :(

Alternative found: Spectacle in rectangular capture mode is the best

buwho@lemmy.ml on 09 Mar 04:06 collapse

flameshot