Take a Shot! - yet another screenshot utility...

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#91 Post by SFR »

Version 1.12:

- fix for different treatment of newline by 'read' cmd in Bash-4.4 (thanks to peebee & 01micko)
- fix for newer ffmpeg that does not recognize '+nomouse' option anymore
- can make use of xrectsel, if available
- ditched xmessage; everything's done in Gtkdialog now
- minor corrections/fixes

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#92 Post by SFR »

Version 1.13:

- removed 'Add datestamp' and 'Add timestamp' checkboxes; instead a user can freely insert date's % parameters into filename, e.g. Screenshot_%Y-%m-%d will become Screenshot_2016-10-19
- fix: some ancient versions of ffmpeg may not support '-draw_mouse' option
- minor corrections

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#93 Post by musher0 »

Oh well. I did like the date-stamp checkboxes...
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#94 Post by SFR »

musher0 wrote:Oh well. I did like the date-stamp checkboxes...
Hey Musher0

Well, I liked them, too, but they weren't flexible enough.
Now you can freely move the date/time around the core filename, date format is no longer hardcoded to YYYY-MM-DD, some users also may prefer 12h time format with AM/PM, and so on...
Oh, and the GUI is now less cluttered and looks clearer IMHO.

To regain practically the entire functionality of date/timestamp checkboxes it's merely a matter of appending %F (for date) and/or %T (for time).
Using the 'Info' button next to the filename you can preview how the actual, output filename's gonna look like.

Anyway, hope this change is not a deal-breaker for you. ;)

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#95 Post by musher0 »

Hello SFR.

No, of course it's not a deal-breaker: your TAS is still the most versatile
screenshot utility around! Just my basic laziness I guess... ;)

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#96 Post by moi_classic2007 »

It's really cool! Thank you so much!

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#97 Post by vovchik »

Dear SFR,

Thanks. TAS works very nicely and is coded very economically. What a joy.:)

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#98 Post by greengeek »

Just had a discussion with my wife about the "clipping tool" (EDIT : actually "snipping tool") that she uses on her school Windows PC - it gives her a method to select a part of the screen so she can attach it to an email (to her students or their parents) but she says she has to start it from the menu (which initially seemed much more longwinded than using the PRTSC button as I do to start TAS) but what she likes is that she can select a non-rectangular portion of the screen (she can clip a circular region).

Hmmm, I can do something similar by hitting PRTSC, then "edit", then selecting a rectangle, then "shift, ctrl, x" ing it to save the bit I want, then I can draw a couloured circle around the most important bit - but then I thought maybe TAS could also offer a different option other than "view, edit, continue, exit" - maybe there is a way to offer "select region" or "clip image" or something similar?? (without having to go into mtpaint).

Does anyone have any thoughts?

I would quite like to have a way for my wife (when using puppy) to highlight a region and put a coloured circle around it (simply - without having to understand mtpaint functionality).

I use an older version of mtpaint but I know the newer version is rumoured to have more cli functionality - maybe there is an easy way to offer such an option (or even using a non-mtpaint method?)
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#99 Post by musher0 »

Hi greengeek.

What I do when I need a portion of the screen is that I do a full screenshot
with TAS and then I edit it / crop it in mtpaint with the cursor by dragging
the dotted rectangle to focus on the part of the screen that I want.

Then I go to the Image sub-menu and click Crop. Voilà, it's done !

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#100 Post by greengeek »

musher0 wrote:Hi greengeek.

What I do when I need a portion of the screen is that I do a full screenshot
with TAS and then I edit it / crop it in mtpaint with the cursor by dragging
the dotted rectangle to focus on the part of the screen that I want.

Then I go to the Image sub-menu and click Crop. Voilà, it's done !

IHTH.
Yes - BUT - this is simple for those of us who know how to use mtpaint. The question is could TAS be expanded with a button that bypasses the mtpaint programme and lets the user select a rectangle (or circle) straight off the desktop (like "clipping tool" in Windows)?

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#101 Post by musher0 »

You're a spoiled brat, greengeek, always wanting more like that! ;)
TAS is perfect as it is.
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#102 Post by greengeek »

Yeah, puppy spoils me - always giving me the functionality I want :-) (that's why i stick with Puppy!).

Question: - when you have highlighted the desired region in mtpaint are you able to use the shift+ctrl+X shortcut to crop? (Not sure if that is a global mtpaint shortcut or if it is just the way my clipboard is modified)

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#103 Post by musher0 »

greengeek wrote:Yeah, puppy spoils me - always giving me the functionality I want :-) (that's why i stick with Puppy!).

Question: - when you have highlighted the desired region in mtpaint are you able to use the shift+ctrl+X shortcut to crop? (Not sure if that is a global mtpaint shortcut or if it is just the way my clipboard is modified)
Hello greengeek.

Yes.

The key combo for this operation is shown in the Image sub-menu vis-a-vis
"Crop". I tested it, and it works fine.

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#104 Post by MochiMoppel »

greengeek wrote:The question is could TAS be expanded with a button that bypasses the mtpaint programme and lets the user select a rectangle (or circle) straight off the desktop (like "clipping tool" in Windows)?
I don't understand your question. TAS already offers the choice to take a shot of the whole screen, a single window or a region. No need for mtpaint.

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#105 Post by greengeek »

MochiMoppel wrote:I don't understand your question. TAS already offers the choice to take a shot of the whole screen, a single window or a region. No need for mtpaint.
Oh yeah, so it does. Sometimes I amaze me with how stupid I am. Today is no exception.
Duh!
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#106 Post by greengeek »

Ok then - I'm going to ask a different question: Once you have used TAS to capture a region of the screen - would it be possible to add a "save as" button instead of having to select "Edit" and go via mtpaint?

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#107 Post by MochiMoppel »

greengeek wrote:Once you have used TAS to capture a region of the screen - would it be possible to add a "save as" button instead of having to select "Edit" and go via mtpaint?
What for? It is already saved to the directory and filename you specified in the main dialog. You don't have to select Edit, you can simply exit

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#108 Post by greengeek »

Aaaargh! Make it stop!!

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greengeek wrote:Aaaargh! Make it stop!!
:lol: :lol:

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#110 Post by Geoffrey »

greengeek you have been demoted to noob :lol:
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