[K12OSN] OT: Screen capture software

[Steven Santos]

My understanding of the tool is that it take a shot at the resolution of the
screen.  So couldn't you just up the screen resolution for her shots?

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: k12osn-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:k12osn-bounces at redhat.com]On
> Behalf Of David Hopkins
> Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 10:21 AM
> To: Support list for open source software in schools.
> Subject: Re: [K12OSN] OT: Screen capture software
>
>
> hmmm ... part of the problem with using a menu-driven screenshot is
> that if you want to take the screenshot when a menu from OO.org is
> active (visible), then you can't move the mouse (lose focus). So, it
> has to be something that can be hot-keyed?  gnome-screenshot is what
> the printscreen key invokes and the resolution there apparently is not
> enough.
>
> Dave ...
>
> On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 10:15 AM, Todd O'Bryan
> <toddobryan at gmail.com> wrote:
> > In Ubuntu, under the Gnome Accessories menu, there's a utility called
> >  Take Screenshot. It runs
> >
> >  $ gnome-screenshot --interactive
> >
> >  That should give you a file at full screen resolution.
> >
> >  Todd
> >
> >
> >
> >  On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 9:46 AM, Sudev Barar <sbarar at gmail.com> wrote:
> >  > On 14/04/2008, David Hopkins <dahopkins429 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >  >  > A teacher has asked what to use to get a high resolution screen
> >  >  >  capture. Her point of comparison is some utility that
> she has on her
> >  >  >  Mac but since I have never used a Mac, I have no idea
> what it is. She
> >  >  >  is using StarOffice/OpenOffice as part of a technology
> project and
> >  >  >  wants to show screenshots (in detail) of the menus/etc. The
> >  >  >  PrintScreen approach is not of sufficient resolution for
> her needs
> >  >  >  since if she 'blows up' the screen capture, it blurs into being
> >  >  >  useless.
> >  >
> >  >  Slightly OT but a few months back I had written about screen-casts
> >  >  http://blog.sudev.in/archives/89
> >  >
> >  >  Towards the end I have given list of other programs that can also be
> >  >  used and these could also be used for screen capture.
> >  >  --
> >  >  Regards,
> >  >  Sudev Barar
> >  >
> >  >  Read http://blog.sudev.in for topics ranging from here to there.
> >  >
> >  >
> >  >
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