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How to take screenshots in Ubuntu 14.04 ?

Taking screenshots with shutter in ubuntu
How to take screenshots in Ubuntu 14.04 ?

By default gnome is provided in ubuntu 14.04, but personally I could not find that tool as a good tool for all our needs in the screenshot captures.

So I came across a tool named “Shutter“, this I feel as one of the best tool in ubuntu for screenshot feature.

 

Learn how to install shutter and make a default one in ubuntu 14.04 ?

 

Now you have done setting up shutter in your machine. Let’s start working with shutter.

 

Before starting just see the keyboard shortcuts for screenshot capturing,

 

1. To take a screenshot of full screen:

 

press PrtScr

 

2. To take a screenshot of active/current screen:

Press Alt+PrtScr

 

3. To take a screenshot of a particular portion/area of a screen.

 

Shift+PrtScr
Portion of the screen:

Directly to copy the taken screenshot to clip board:

 

1. Ctrl+PrtScr [Save the full window to clip board]

 

2. Ctrl+Alt+PrtScr [Save the active/current window to clip board]

 

3.  Shift+Ctrl+PrtScr [Save the area of a screen/portion of a screen to clip board].

 

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