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4 Methods to Take Screenshot Capture in Ubuntu Linux
by LAKSHMANAN GANAPATHY on AUGUST 6, 2012
Screenshot is an image taken by a computer to capture the visible
items on the monitor or any other output devices. There are several
ways of taking screenshots in Linux. In this article, we will cover few
tools that are used for taking screenshots.

1. Use Print Screen
This is the most common method to take screenshots. Pressing the
Print Screen button will take the screenshot of the Entire Visible
Screen.
When we want to take a particular window, we can use Alt+Print
Screen. Alt+PrintScreen will take only the particular window which
is currently active.
2. Use gnome-screenshot
gnome-screenshot utility is part of the GNOME Desktop
Environment, which can also be used to take screenshot. It also
has a command line mode (gnome-screenshot)
Launch the screenshot tool as shown below.
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Capture the Entire Screen:
From the UI, to take a screenshot with entire screen, select Grab
the whole desktop and click Take Screenshot.
From the command-line, just type the command gnome-
screenshot to do the same. The command will take a screenshot
and provide a dialog to save it.
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$ gnome-screenshot
Capture Only the Current Window:
From the UI, to take the screenshot of the current active window
alone, select Grab the Current Window and click Take
Screenshot.
From the command-line, use the -w option as follows to do the
same.
$ gnome-screenshot -w
Take Screenshot After Some Delay:
From the UI, you can also set a delay before taking the
screenshots. Set the Grab after a delay to the required number of
seconds. This will be really helpful when we need to take screen
shots of navigation.
From the command-line, use -d option to do the same. -d 2 is used
for delaying the screenshot for 2 seconds. So within the 2 seconds,
we can make the window which we want to take screenshot as
active.
$ gnome-screenshot -w -d 2
Capture a Particular Area:
From the UI, if you want to take a particular rectangle area alone,
then select Grab a Particular area and click Take Screenshot.
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From the command-line, use the -a option to do the same. Once
this command is entered, the mouse pointer will be changed, and
you can drag and select which area to take screenshot.
$ gnome-screenshot -a
Take Screenshot Including or Excluding Window Border:
From the UI, you can also include or exclude the window border by
selecting/deselecting Include the Window Border option.
From the command line, use -b/-B options respectively to do the
same. This command will include the window border along with the
screenshot.
$ gnome-screenshot -w -b
The following command will exclude the window border from the
screenshot.
$ gnome-screenshot -w -B
3. Use ImageMagics Import Command
ImageMagick is an open source software suite for displaying,
converting, and editing raster image files. It comes with various
command line tools, and one of that is import. Now we will see,
how we can use import to take screenshots. You can install it by
using apt-get on debian/ubuntu as follows:
# apt-get install imagemagick
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Capture Entire Screen using -window root option
Use the -window root option to take screenshot of the complete
screen. The screenshot will be saved in the file name provided in
the command line.
$ import -window root Pictures/Image5.png
ImageMagick supports more that 100 file types. You can use any
one of them to store the output.
Capture a Particular Window/Area:
Type the following command, it will change the mouse pointer to
Cross symbol. Select the window which you would like to take
screenshot or click and drag to take screenshot of particular area.
$ import calc.png
Include the frame using -frame option:
You can also include the frame of the window using the -frame
option.
$ import -frame Image6.png
Take Screenshot and Resize using -resize option:
You can also take screenshot and resize the screenshot using the -
resize option. Pause option is used to make a delay before taking
the screenshots.
$ import -window root -resize 640 -pause 4 Pictures/Image7.png
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Please refer man import for more number of options supported by
import command.
4. Use GIMP
You can also take screenshot from gimp. Launch gimp, and click
File->Create->Screenshot. A new dialog window will open with
options similar to gnome-screenshot.


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