GScrot -a good screenshot tool

008_softGScrot is a simple GTK+ 2.0 frontend for scrot (Copyright Tom Gilbert 2000) written in perl. GScrot covers all features of the original scrot and adds reasonable new features combined with a comfortable GUI using the GTK+ 2.0 framework.It is no doubt that GScrot is a good screenshot tool ,expecially for Gnome environment.

gscrot-screenshot

Features:

* take a screenshot of your complete desktop, a rectangular area or capture a website
* take screenshot directly or with a specified delay time
* save the screenshots to a specified directory and name them in a convenient way
(using special wild-cards)
* GScrot is fully integrated into the Gnome Desktop (TrayIcon etc.)
* generate thumbnails directly when you are taking a screenshot and set a size level in %
* GScrot session collection
--keep track of all screenshots during session
--copy screeners to clipboard
--print screenshots
--delete screenshots
--rename your file
* upload your files directly to Image-Hosters (e.g. http://ubuntu-pics.de), retrieve all the needed links and share them with others
* edit your screenshots directly using the embedded drawing tool

Read more information on GScrot:https://launchpad.net/gscrot

Download:

Source entries(for Ubuntu only):
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/gscrot/ubuntu hardy main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/gscrot/ubuntu hardy main

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Thu, 03/05/2009 - 21:48
Vadim P.

Just fyi, gscrot has been renamed to shutter: http://shutter-project.org/2009/03/shutter-070-released/

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