Take screenshots with Shutter

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Take screenshots with Shutter

Previously I wrote about taking screenshots in Linux with various applications (see “Taking screenshots in Linux“). In that article I left out one of the most powerful tools for taking screenshots – Shutter. Shutter is the new name for the project that was once called GScrot. GScrot is the GUI version of the handy Scrot command line screenshot tool.

• Shutter's feature list includes:
• Fullscreen, window, area screenshots
• Website screenshots
• GNOME integration with tray icon
• Session collection (each screenshot will be opened in a different tab in the Shutter window)
• Embedded drawing tool
• Upload/Export tool

I have used many tools for screenshots before. Shutter, however, blows them all away. No it is not as simple as hitting the PrntScr button, but it is far more flexible and powerful than anything like it. With that said, let's install this tool and see how it's used.