ksnip(Utilities)
Ksnip is a Qt based Linux screenshot tool inspired by Microsoft's Snipping Tool. It was targeted to be simple and to provide features for quickly taking screenshots and add easily notes and drawings to it. Let me know what you think or if you would like to see new features, comments are welcome. Features include: * Taking Screenshot of a custom rectangular area that can be drawn with mouse cursor. * Taking screenshot of the screen/monitor where the mouse cursor is currently located. * Taking screenshot of full screen, including all screens/monitors. * Taking screenshot of window that currently has focus. * Take screenshot with or without mouse cursor. * Customizable capture delay for all capture options. * Upload screenshots directly to imgur.com in anonymous or user mode. * Drawing on captured screenshot with two different tools, pen (opaque) and maker (semi-transparent). * Drawing two shapes ellipse and rectangle, with and without fill. * Drawing lines and arrows. * Customizable color and size (thickness) for all drawing tools. * Writing text on screenshots, with customizable font, size, color etc. * Numbering tool with customizable font and color. * Any drawing (or multiple selection) can be moved around without deleting it by simply dragging it to new location. * Ordering paint items (bring to front, send to back). * Cropping captured screensshot, including any drawing on the captured image. * Command line support, for taking screenshot and saving it to default location, filename and format. * Customizable default location, filename and format for saving new screenshots with wildcards for Year ($Y), Month ($M), Day ($D) and Time ($T). * Print screenshot or save is to pdf/ps. * Undo/Redo for paint and crop operations. * Smooth out free hand pen and marker lines (can be disabled in settings). * Drop shadow for paint items (can be disabled in settings). * And other configuration options. Dependancies: * Qt5 * X11 Build from Source: Change to download directory, unpack the package and go to new directory: $ cd ~/Downloads $ unzip ksnip-1.x.x.zip > cd ksnip-1.x.x Make new build directory and enter it: $ mkdir build $ cd build Create the makefile and build the project: $ cmake .. $ make Now install the application, eventually you need to run it with sudo: $ sudo make install Run the application: $ ksnip Bug report: Please report any bugs or feature requests on the github page under the issue section https://github.com/DamirPorobic/ksnip/issues. Other For Gentoo, check out this link https://github.com/mrbitt/mrbit-overlay/blob/master/x11-apps/ksnip/ksnip-1.3.1.ebuild
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