How do I take a partial screenshot in KDE?

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Thu Nov 17 12:50:39 MST 2022


Thank You Rusty!!

On 2022-11-17 12:46, Rusty Carruth via PLUG-discuss wrote:
> If you don't mind a heavy application, I use GIMP for this (on 
> WIndblows and Linux, but on W you can't do capture region).
> 
> On 11/17/22 09:15, Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss wrote:
>> Thanks Michael!!
>> 
>> 
>> On 2022-11-10 20:11, Michael Butash wrote:
>>> In Spectacle, set the Capture Mode Area to rectangular region, then
>>> you can play with delay if you need to click on something then shoot
>>> it in a few seconds.
>>> 
>>> Works like a champ usually, I use it mostly every day.
>>> 
>>> -mb
>>> 
>>> On Thu, Nov 10, 2022 at 7:08 PM Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
>>> <plug-discuss at lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Hi,
>>>> 
>>>> I am running Kubuntu 22.04.
>>>> 
>>>> I would like to be able to take a snippet (specific region) of my
>>>> screen, not the entire screen.
>>>> 
>>>> My research shows that I can use spectacle take a screen shot,
>>>> however I
>>>> am not finding that I can take a portion of the screen.
>>>> 
>>>> Then I ran into this :
>>>> 
>>>> ==================
>>>> Do you want to capture the image of your entire screen? A specific
>>>> region? A specific window?
>>>> 
>>>> If you just want a simple screenshot without any annotations/fancy
>>>> editing capabilities, the default keyboard shortcuts will do the
>>>> trick.
>>>> These are not specific to Ubuntu. Almost all Linux distributions and
>>>> 
>>>> desktop environments support these keyboard shortcuts.
>>>> 
>>>> Let’s take a look at the list of keyboard shortcuts you can
>>>> utilize:
>>>> 
>>>> PrtSc – Save a screenshot of the entire screen to the
>>>> “Pictures”
>>>> directory.
>>>> Shift + PrtSc – Save a screenshot of a specific region to
>>>> Pictures.
>>>> Alt + PrtSc  – Save a screenshot of the current window to
>>>> Pictures.
>>>> Ctrl + PrtSc – Copy the screenshot of the entire screen to the
>>>> clipboard.
>>>> Shift + Ctrl + PrtSc – Copy the screenshot of a specific region to
>>>> the
>>>> clipboard.
>>>> Ctrl + Alt + PrtSc – Copy the screenshot of the current window to
>>>> the
>>>> clipboard.
>>>> ===================
>>>> 
>>>> Ok, it looks like I have spectacle installed by default.  I tried
>>>> "Shift
>>>> + PrtSc" and I got the entire screen.  Image quality seems decent.
>>>> If I
>>>> have to I can edit the screenshot.  Would like to avoid that extra
>>>> step.
>>>> 
>>>> Any Thoughts?
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks!!
>>>> Keith
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