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shutter: Feature-rich Screenshot Tool

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NAME

Shutter - Feature-rich Screenshot Tool

SYNOPSIS

shutter [options]

COPYRIGHT

Shutter is Copyright (C) by Mario Kemper and Shutter Team

DESCRIPTION

Shutter is a feature-rich screenshot program. You can take a screenshot of a specific area, window, your whole screen, or even of a website - apply different effects to it, draw on it to highlight points, and then upload to an image hosting site, all within one window.

OPTIONS

Example 1: shutter -a -p=myprofile --min_at_startup
Example 2: shutter -s=100,100,300,300 -e
Example 3: shutter --window=.*firefox.*
Example 4: shutter --web=http://shutter-project.org/ -e

CAPTURE MODE OPTIONS

-s, --select=[X,Y,WIDTH,HEIGHT]: Capture an area of the screen. Providing X,Y,WIDTH,HEIGHT is optional.
-f, --full: Capture the entire screen.
-w, --window=[NAME_PATTERN]: Select a window to capture. Providing a NAME_PATTERN (Perl-style regex) ist optional.
-a, --active: Capture the current active window.
--section: Capture a section. You will be able to select any child window by moving the mouse over it.
-m, --menu: Capture a menu.
-t, --tooltip: Capture a tooltip.
--web=[URL]: Capture a webpage. Providing an URL ist optional.
-r, --redo: Redo last screenshot.

SETTINGS OPTIONS

-p, --profile=NAME

Load a specific profile on startup.

-o, --output=FILENAME

Specify a filename to save the screenshot to (overwrites any profile-related setting).

Supported image formats: You can save to any popular image format (e.g. jpeg, png, gif, bmp). Additionally it is possible to save to pdf, ps or svg.

Please note: There are several wildcards available, like

 %Y = year
 %m = month
 %d = day
 %T = time
 $w = width
 $h = height
 $name = multi-purpose (e.g. window title)
 $nb_name = like $name but without blanks in resulting strings
 $profile = name of current profile
 $R = random char (e.g. $RRRR = ag4r)
 %NN = counter

The string is interpretted by strftime. See "man strftime" for more examples.

As an example: shutter -f -e -o './%y-%m-%d_$w_$h.png' would create a file named '11-10-28_1280_800.png' in the current directory.

-d, --delay=SECONDS

Wait n seconds before taking a screenshot.

-c, --include_cursor

Include cursor when taking a screenshot.

-C, --remove_cursor

Remove cursor when taking a screenshot.

APPLICATION OPTIONS

-h, --help: Prints a brief help message and exits.
-v, --version: Prints version information.
--debug: Prints a lot of debugging information to STDOUT.
--clear_cache: Clears cache, e.g. installed plugins, at startup.
--min_at_startup: Starts Shutter minimized to tray.
--disable_systray: Disables systray icon.
-e, --exit_after_capture: Exit after the first capture has been made. This is useful when using Shutter in scripts.
-n, --no_session: Do not add the screenshot to the session. This is useful when using Shutter in scripts.

BUG REPORTS

If you find a bug in Shutter, you should report it. But first, you should make sure that it really is a bug, and that it appears in the latest version of Shutter.

The latest version is always available from: https://launchpad.net/shutter

Once you have determined that a bug actually exists, please report it at launchpad: https://bugs.launchpad.net/shutter/+filebug