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    With regard to what format you should save your image as, this depends on your needs. The most common image formats found today are png and jpeg. The other formats are still useful for various other uses.


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    This allows you to open the image in an external application (such as [[Special:myLanguage/KolourPaint|KolourPaint]] or [[Special:myLanguage/Krita|Krita]]). Perhaps you wish to edit the image or add something to it. Using a external application in this scenario would be a good idea. <br />
    This allows you to open the image in an external application (such as [[Special:myLanguage/KolourPaint|KolourPaint]] or [[Special:myLanguage/Krita|Krita]]). Perhaps you wish to edit the image or add something to it. Using a external application in this scenario would be a good idea.
    With regard to what format you should save your image as, this depends on your needs. The most common image formats found today are png and jpeg. The other formats are still useful for various other uses.


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    Revision as of 02:41, 5 June 2011

    KSnapshot is a handy utility primarily designed for taking screenshots

    Introduction

    Ever wanted to show the world how awesome KDE software is, that final level you just beat in your game or maybe your virtual fish aquarium? KSnapshot will grab every one of these moments and even let you customize how the final image will look when saved.

    Features

    Snapshot another picture

    Perhaps you did not like the image that was taken. Luckily you can easily snap another screenshot by clicking on the Take a New Snapshot button, as outlined in the picture at the top of this page.

    Save the image

    What use would this program be if you couldn't save your image afterwards? KSnapshot allows you to save your picture in many file formats. Below is a list of all of them;

    • Windows BMP image (.bmp)
    • EPS image (.eps)
    • JPEG-2000 image (.jp2)
    • JPEG image (.jpeg)
    • MNG animation (.mng)
    • PBM image (.pbm)
    • PCX image (.pcx)
    • Softimage PIC image (.pic)
    • PNG image (.png)
    • PGM image (.pgm)
    • PPM image (.ppm)
    • RGB image (.rgb)
    • TGA image (.tga)
    • TIFF image (.tif)
    • XBM image (.xbm)
    • XPM image (.xpm)

    With regard to what format you should save your image as, this depends on your needs. The most common image formats found today are png and jpeg. The other formats are still useful for various other uses.

    Open with

    This allows you to open the image in an external application (such as KolourPaint or Krita). Perhaps you wish to edit the image or add something to it. Using a external application in this scenario would be a good idea.

    Copy to clipboard

    This means that you will be able to paste the image (generally Ctrl + V) into another program or document that supports image pasting.

    Capture mode

    This will further change how the image will look when it's finally saved. Options here include;

    • Fullscreen: Everything is captured
    • Window under cursor: Window contents below the cursor
    • Region: Capture a specific region
    • Section of window: A portion of an active window
    • Current screen: Present screen

    Snapshot delay

    Set a timer here (in seconds). For example putting this up to 10 seconds will make KSnapshot wait 10 seconds until the screenshot is taken. This is particularly useful if you need to capture drop-down menus, or anything else that only responds to a mouse action.