[answered] MX xfce4-screenshooter: edit screenshot

[Duliwi]

Which program do you use to edit your screenshots made with the default MX xfce4-screenshooter program? (Please do not suggest another screenshooter)

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[chrispop99]

It depends on what editing is needed. For most things, Nomacs will do it for me.

BTW, my screenshot program is HotShots, which also has some editing capability.

Chris

[JayM]

I use pinta. It's what I'm already used to.

[gimcrack]

I use gimp on almost every image editing, but I know how to use gimp. Most might recommend pinta, so go with that.

[Duliwi]

Pinta from test repository?

Not bad!

[richb]

Gimp. I have used it for years so have good knowledge of the common functions.

[asqwerth]

...BTW, the default screenshot program is HotShots, which also has some editing capability.

Chris

Surely that isn't the default screenshot program for XFCE nor MX?


If I have to open another program to edit a screenshot, I usually just open krita which I have as an Appimage in my shared data partition for all distros. I just copy the desktop file to /.local/share/applications and run it.

You might also want to try azpainter. I tested it a few time previously and found it easy to work out how to use.

viewtopic.php?f=140&t=55880 (not sure if it's still in the Test repo or now in Main repo)


PS. Most of the time I use ksnip though, because it has nice editing functions for a screenshot program.

[ceeslans]

Am using a script which calls 'scrot' to take the screenshot, save it to ~/.screenshots folder -- and automatically open it in an image editor. Gimp is my preferred editor.
The key-combo determines the screengrab ('PrtSc' for full desk / 'Ctrl+PrtSc' for 5s delay / 'Winkey+PrtSc' for active window / 'Alt+PrtSc' to select area)

[richb]

PS. Most of the time I use ksnip though, because it has nice editing functions for a screenshot program.

Ksnip does have good basic editing capabilities. I do use it for annotating the screenshot, (arrows, text, highlighting, etc).

[chrispop99]

Surely that isn't the default screenshot program for XFCE nor MX?

You're right! I put it forward as a proposal, but it wasn't taken up. I have it on my Snapshot that gets installed multiple times, and had forgotten. I will edit my post.

(Maybe the OP's query makes a case for it to be default?)

Chris