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How do you take screenshots?

Madza on June 12, 2020

In the past I've tried different methods from PrintScreen key to Lightshot extension in the browser. Tho, in first way I ended up using image edito...

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Ari Kalfus • Jun 12 '20 • Edited

I'm a penetration tester so I need to mark up my screenshots with arrows/text/etc. Snagit is the best for that.

If you just need to take a screenshot of your browser, there's one built into Firefox these days.

For Linux the best is Flameshot.

Jonny Eom • Jun 12 '20

Flameshot is my favorite. I tried so many. I wish it was usable on other OS's

Ari Kalfus • Jun 12 '20

If it wasn't for the fact that Snagit licenses are not subscription-based, I would probably not use it at all for flameshot. Snagit is definitely a cleaner image markup tool but flameshot gets me 80% of what I need.

Damián Cravacuore • Jun 12 '20

Since I'm on linux with Plasma, I really like Spectacle. With some custom shortcuts I can take screenshots of whole screen, current window or to crop a rectangular region option.

riidom • Jun 12 '20

That's currently my preferred choice as well. Important is the feature to delay the screenshot by x seconds, so you can catch a tooltip, open a dropdown menu or alike. I forgot to mention this in my other comment, but beside one-click-uploading, this is a must-have for a screenshot tool.

Nicola • Jun 12 '20 • Edited

On windows, I use WIN SHIFT S which is really useful because you have a different tools for screenshots, for example:

And I use WIN G to capture videos, if you have Xbox game bar is really useful.

Kamil Pawlak • Jun 12 '20

You can even bind PrintScreen key in Settings to automatically open the Win+Shift+S snipping tool 😁

Adam Sawicki • Jun 13 '20

My favorites:

PrintScreen for entire screen or Alt+PrintScreen for active window screenshot copied to clipboard.
Snipping Tool that ships with Windows.
Screenshot feature built-in in the AMD Radeon graphics driver.

Nikola Stojaković • Jun 12 '20

macOS

Full screenshot: Command + Shift + 3
Custom screenshot: Command + Shift + 4 (+ Space if I want to take a screenshot of a window only)

Ubuntu

I use default Screenshot application.

John Munsch • Jun 12 '20

I really like Firefox's abilities to take browser screenshots of just a selected area, the entire visible portion of the page, and the entire page (including that you would have to scroll to see). It's built in and works great.

Žane Suhadolnik • Jun 12 '20

If you are on Windows just use the Snipping tool to screenshot a certain section of something, or Print Scrn for a fullscreen shot and then paste it into Paint.

yokotobe • Jun 12 '20

I use this app. It is ready to use if you are using Windows 10
support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/1...

Mauran Muthiah • Jun 13 '20

I discovered Cleanshot X some while ago and tbh it's the best i've ever tried. I've previously been with

Monosnap (it was great, but now they want me to pay monthly just to have the ability to upload to FTP)
Ligthshot (it's fine)

Haden • Jun 12 '20

I can't live without ShareX - it's the most powerful, useful screenshot tool I've ever seen, and I've customized my config since about 2016 and I get the most pixel-perfect screenshots I could want!

SuperMario • Jul 17 '20 • Edited

Explain and Send Screenshots - Jason Savard Apps.

Works in Chrome and Chromium Edge.

Records as well, and works outside of the browser.

Donate as little as one dollar, and you get some great additional features, but the free version is already robust AF.

💯♥️🔥

Supun Kavinda • Jun 12 '20

I capture the whole screen with prt sc button and then paste it on onpaste.com edit it.

Fredy Adriano Jimenez Martinez • Jun 12 '20

I use lightshot native app app.prntscr.com/en/index.html

Rafi • Jun 12 '20 • Edited

you can use chrome dev tools umaar.com/dev-tips/151-screenshot-...

riidom • Jun 12 '20

When I had windows, I used GreenShot. I'm not sure if it's still around though. An important feature is (imo) to quickly upload to imgur or alike. Often I do screenshots to show something to another person.

Nowadays I often see gyazo links, but I don't know it first-hand.

Omar • Jun 12 '20

+1 , I use it also , what I like about it it's that he freeze the image so you can capture hover effect .
If u don't care for hover try the built-in snipping tools , just search for snipping tools in windows search.

Waylon Walker • Jun 12 '20

I use greenshot as well. I set it up to save to a directory and copy to the clipboard automatically, and not open up the editor.

Rob OLeary • Jun 12 '20

+1 for Greenshot

Madza • Jun 12 '20 • Edited

GreenShot still is around and maintained.
Imgur is my go-to service for quick img share, as well :)

Devin Ford • Jun 12 '20

I second greenshot, the quick built in editor is a game changer especially if you need to blur out any sensitivity info on the fly. Lightweight and easy to use, it’s one of the first things I install on any new windows pc.

grendel • Jun 30 '20

I wrote a script to launch maim, and use a series of dmenu prompts to give me the option to save, edit, and upload the image

#!/bin/bash

# Glorious screenshot script
# Expects dmenu, maim, pinta, xclip, and imgup(gitlab.com/jcgollnick/imgup-rs.git)

image="$(mktemp /tmp/screenshot.XXXXXXX)"
trap "[ -f $image ] && rm $image" 0 1 2 15

maim -sBulc 0.0,0.0,0.5,0.2 -f png | tee $image | xclip -selection clipboard -t image/png

defaultimg="$(date +%Y_%V-%w-%H%M%S).png"
custfilenm=$(echo $defaultimg | dmenu -p "Save as?")
[ -z "$custfilenm" ] && exit

[ -d "$HOME/pictures/screenshots" ] || mkdir -p "$HOME/pictures/screenshots"
savefile="$HOME/pictures/screenshots/$custfilenm"
mv $image $savefile
notify-send -u low "Image saved" "$savefile"

[ $(printf "yes\nno" | dmenu -i -p "Edit $custfilenm?") == "yes" ] && pinta $savefile
xclip -selection clipboard -t image/png < $savefile

[ $(printf "yes\nno" | dmenu -i -p "Upload $custfilenm?") == "yes" ] || exit
notify-send -u low "Uploading $custfilenm..."
deets=$(imgup $savefile | paste -d'&' -s)
echo ${deets%%&*} | xclip -selection clipboard -r
notify-send -t 20000 "Screenshot uploaded" "${deets%%&*}\n${deets##*&}"

Yan Susanto • Jul 24 '20 • Edited

As I'm on Mac, I used to do command + shift + 4 but not anymore. Firefox has it by default now.

Aleatório • Aug 31 '20

In ubuntu, shift + print screen let you select the place that you wanna print.
Also, it save it in Pictures directory

Transient • Jul 16 '20

Win+Shift+S. If I need a file, I just open the notification and click the Save button!

Boris Jamot ✊ / • Jun 15 '20

I use deepin-screenshot which is very powerful & elegant.

Chris Otto • Jun 15 '20

I've used SnagIt for years, it's the best for marking up images. Have both a personal license and professional license through work. I highly recommend checking out the trial.

Caleb Collins-Parks • Jun 12 '20 • Edited

On Windows, I use Sharex.
On ubuntu, I use Flameshot.

Der Sascha • Jun 12 '20

I use the simple snipping Tool from Windows and as a recording Tool to repdoruce steps I use the gifscreenrecorder tool

bhavik009 • Jun 12 '20

Nimbus Screenshot is also worth trying. It covers all developer needs.

Javier Salcedo • Jun 12 '20

For Linux, I used to love the Deepin Screen Capture app, but recently moved to FlameShot (flameshot.js.org). Just great :D

Nicole Yang • Jun 12 '20 • Edited

On Mac, I use command + shift + 3 / command + shift + 4.
On Windows, I use Snipaste.

Josef Strzibny • Jun 12 '20

Just the regular Screenshot app on my GNOME workstation. It does the job. Peek for recording an action.

Matt Ellen-Tsivintzeli • Jun 12 '20

Windows 10 has "snip and sketch" built in. Previously known as "snipping tool". It allows you to capture the screen, a window, or an arbitrary rectangle.

Just hit the windows key and type "snip".