Ksnip screenshot tool

[chimak111]

From the home page

Ksnip is a Qt based Linux screenshot tool inspired by Microsoft's Snipping Tool.

It seems to offer quite a few features for post-processing. Has anyone here tried it on Kubuntu 16.04 (with kubuntu-backports applied)? There's a deb for 64-bit on this page: https://github.com/DamirPorobic/ksnip/releases

(I came across mention of Ksnip here: FYI - "ksnip" really nice screen capture app with Imgur upload and built-in painter functions)

[chimak111]

I installed the .deb on Kubuntu 17.10 (VBox):

Running dpkg
Installing cmake-data (amd64)
Preparing cmake-data (amd64)
Unpacking cmake-data (amd64)
Preparing to configure cmake-data (amd64)
Installing librhash0 (amd64)
Preparing librhash0 (amd64)
Unpacking librhash0 (amd64)
Preparing to configure librhash0 (amd64)
Installing cmake (amd64)
Preparing cmake (amd64)
Unpacking cmake (amd64)
Preparing to configure cmake (amd64)
Running dpkg
Configuring cmake-data (amd64)
Configuring cmake-data (amd64)
Installed cmake-data (amd64)
Configuring librhash0 (amd64)
Configuring librhash0 (amd64)
Installed librhash0 (amd64)
Configuring cmake (amd64)
Configuring cmake (amd64)
Installed cmake (amd64)
Selecting previously unselected package ksnip.
(Reading database ... 223359 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../chimak/ksnip_1.4.0-1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking ksnip (1.4.0-1) ...
Setting up ksnip (1.4.0-1) ...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.60ubuntu1) ...
Done

from the qApt Package Installer screen. Now to figure out what all it can do!

[MoonRise]

I've always used Shutter for that.

[wizard10000]

I used to use scrot for screenshooter duties but scrot won't capture a mouse pointer if you want it. These days after trying almost all of them my favorite screenshooter is gnome-screenshot. I have three sets of hotkeys depending on whether I want to capture a window, a rectangular region or the entire desktop.

edit: Sharing keybindings just in case anybody is interested

# capture entire desktop to file
gnome-screenshot -f ~/Desktop/"desktop-$(date +%Y%m%d_%H:%M:%S)".png
# capture window with mouse pointer (move pointer out of window if you don't want it)
gnome-screenshot -wp -f ~/Desktop/"window-$(date +%Y%m%d_%H:%M:%S)".png
# capture rectanguar region
gnome-screenshot -a -f ~/Desktop/"region-$(date +%Y%m%d_%H:%M:%S)".png

If you prefer to capture to clipboard instead of file replace the -f with -c and lose the filename data

[dequire]

Looks like a tool that could be a step-saver for anyone who regularly uses line-drawings to cover up sensitive information on a screenshot before uploading to a cloud service or or forum, as well as those who have a need to write text or free-form shapes onto a screen shot. Otherwise, I'm not noticing any huge advantage over Spectacle, the Plasma default screen capture utility. Maybe if more upload services were supported, like NextCloud, Facebook, Instagram, Google Photos, etc. etc.? Or just integrate with KIPI-plugins? Then we'd be perhaps onto something IMHO.

[UPDATED]

Actually, I think I'll investigate filing a bug w/ Spectacle to allow KIPI integration if one doesn't exist... seems like a good potential enhancement?!

Looks like that feature is already there and working (Export Image > Share)! So the only difference seems to be the ability to annotate on the original prior to uploading.