How to easily take screenshots on Ubuntu

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I believe that screen capture (or screenshot capture) should not be unfamiliar to everyone. On Windows, we can use many third-party professional screenshot software such as SnagIt to capture screen images. In Ubuntu, there are many open-source tools for capturing images. Using these tools allows us to easily obtain any desired screen images. This article introduces the integrated desktop environment based on Ubuntu desktop 8.10 (i386) and GNOME.

　　1. Use keyboard shortcuts to capture images

In a GNOME integrated desktop environment, you can use the keyboard function key Print Screen or Alt + Print Screen to capture images on the entire Screen, the latter can capture the image of the current active window. For example, if you capture the image of the entire screen, press Alt + Print watermark. You can use keyboard shortcuts to capture images, which is quick and convenient. It is suitable for capturing images in full screen or in an active window.

2. capture images with gnome-screenshot

GNOME integrated desktop environment comes with the screenshot capture tool "gnome-screenshot )". Find the "screenshot" item under "application"> "attachment" in the menu, and click this item to run the "screenshot" Program (). The "screenshot" program allows you to capture images in the entire desktop or in the current active window. You can set the latency before capturing. In addition, the screenshot capture program also supports some simple special effects, such as whether to include the mouse arrow, window border, and whether there is a shadow effect or box.

It should be noted that, in the GNOME integrated desktop environment, Screen images are captured using the function key Print Screen or the combination key Alt + Print Screen. The gnome-screenshot program is called in the background. Compared with the keyboard shortcut, the "screenshot" program adds some special effects, suitable for users with specific needs.

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