[K12OSN] OT: Screen capture software

[David Hopkins]

I am running the screen at its max resolution already.  I guess I need
to figure out how Mac gets its screenshot since that is the standard
she expects on the Linux side.

On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 10:29 AM, Steven Santos <steven at simplycircus.com> wrote:
> 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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