{"id":3649,"date":"2014-07-20T14:07:39","date_gmt":"2014-07-20T14:07:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=3649"},"modified":"2014-07-20T14:07:39","modified_gmt":"2014-07-20T14:07:39","slug":"install-hotshots-screen-capture-ubuntu-1410","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2014\/07\/install-hotshots-screen-capture-ubuntu-1410\/","title":{"rendered":"Install HotShots Screen Capture Tool in Ubuntu 14.10\/14.04"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/hotshots_logo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2488\" alt=\"HotShots screen capture tool\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/hotshots_logo.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"192\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nHotShots is a screen capture tool with some editing features. It is particularly suitable for writing documentation (as used in the following chapters) but you can use it to highlight some details on a map image or what ever you want.<\/p>\n<p>Because HotShots is written with Qt. Compare to Shtter, it has few dependencies and uses lower computer resources.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/hotshots-2.1-ubuntu.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/hotshots-2.1-ubuntu.jpg\" alt=\"hotshots 2.1 ubuntu\" width=\"560\" height=\"362\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3019\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/hotshots-2.1-ubuntu.jpg 560w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/hotshots-2.1-ubuntu-300x193.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Features:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Grab current screen, all monitors (in case of multi-monitors configuration), current window or a part of the desktop.<\/li>\n<li>Save the screenshot in multiple formats (PNG, JPG, BMP, &#8230;).<\/li>\n<li>Automatically save the screenshot to clipboard, disk or launch the editor tool.<\/li>\n<li>Automatically scale the screenshot to a given size.<\/li>\n<li>Use \u201csystem\u201d shortcuts to take a screenshot.<\/li>\n<li>Add automatically some \u201cpost-effects\u201d to the screenshot (drop shadow, rotation, border, \u2026).<\/li>\n<li>Add annotation items (text, arrows, rectable, &#8230;) to the snapshot.<\/li>\n<li>Can be minimized to system tray and work in background.<\/li>\n<li>Can be launch at system start-up (Windows).<\/li>\n<li>Export edited image in multiple formats (PNG, JPG, BMP &#8230;).<\/li>\n<li>Save\/Restore edited image in proprietary format.<\/li>\n<li>Send image directly to printer or to web service.<\/li>\n<li>&#8230;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Install HotShots in PPA:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>HotShots does not provide .deb package or apt repository for Ubuntu user so far, but you can always install the latest release from <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/~ubuntuhandbook1\/+archive\/ubuntu\/apps\" target=\"_blank\">the launchpad PPA<\/a>, works for Ubuntu 14.10, Ubuntu 14.04 and Ubuntu 12.04.<\/p>\n<p>To add the PPA, press <b>Ctrl+Alt+T<\/b> on keyboard to open the terminal. When it opens, paste the command below and hit enter:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntuhandbook1\/apps<\/pre>\n<p>After that, update package lists and install the screen capture:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo apt-get update\n\nsudo apt-get install hotshots<\/pre>\n<p>Once installed, open it from Unity dash or application menu and enjoy!<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; HotShots is a screen capture tool with some editing features. It is particularly suitable for writing documentation (as used in the following chapters) but you can use it to highlight some details on a map image or what ever you want. Because HotShots is written with Qt. 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