KSnapshot

KSnapshot

KSnapshot 0.8.1
Developer(s)	Richard J. Moore, Matthias Ettrich and Aaron J. Seigo
Stable release	0.8.2 [±]
Preview release	Non [±]
Operating system	Linux and Unix
Type	Screenshot Application
License	GPL v2
Website	www.kde.org/applications/graphics/ksnapshot

KSnapshot is a screenshot application for the KDE desktop environment developed by Richard J. Moore, Matthias Ettrich and Aaron J. Seigo. The screenshots taken by KSnapshot are also called snapshots, which explains its name. It is written in Qt and C++. KSnapshot allows users to use hotkeys to take a screenshot.

KSnapshot has the following features:

• Save snapshot in multiple formats
• Take new snapshot
• Open with... possibility to open snapshot in external editor.
• Copy to clipboard
• Several capture modes, including selected region or single window.
• Snapshot delay

Ksnapshot also had a direct-to-print button but it was removed in version KDE 3.5.

See also

• GNOME Screenshot
• scrot
• Shutter

External links

• KSnapshot at Freecode
• The KSnapshot Handbook
• KDE project page