How do I take a screenshot?

I'm not really sure since I'm still new to Linux distros in general

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8 Answers

Just press the Print Screen key.

You may find the Pictures in your Home Picture folder, this will normally work with any operative system.

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Shift + Print Screen allows you to print a selection of the screen.

Print Screen alone will take a screenshot.

Hold SUPER (The Windows Icon on you keyboard) to display all key shortcuts. (Only worked in Gnome 2.x)

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View the available short-cuts under

Settings -> Keyboard -> Shortcuts -> Screenshots

or

Settings -> Devices -> Keyboard

If you have less options view Create custom short-cuts

If you would like to use a tool you may want to use Gimp, Shutter, etc. View more in This thread

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Open Dash (upper icon on the launcher) and search screenshot.

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Update: Shutter got removed from Debian/*Ubuntu repos because it uses deprecated Perl modules.

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You can use "shutter" for taking a snapshot of a selected area. You need to do

sudo apt-get install shutter

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Taking it and saving it to ~/Pictures

• Print - Take a screenshot
• Alt + Print - Take a screenshot of a window
• Shift + Print - Take a screenshot of an area

Taking it and copying it to clipboard

_{(just add Ctrl to the shortkeys above)}

• Ctrl + Print - Take a screenshot
• Ctrl + Alt + Print - Take a screenshot of a window
• Ctrl + Shift + Print - Take a screenshot of an area

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Use GIMP. Launch GIMP and go to “File”->”Create”->”Screenshot”. Choose to capture a single window (with/without window border), the entire screen (with/without mouse pointer) or a specific region of the screen. Click on the “Snap” button to start capturing.

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You can refer this from Ubuntu documentation on taking screenshots:

Take a screenshot

1. Open Screenshot from the Activities overview.
2. In the Screenshot window, select whether to grab the whole screen, the current window, or an area of the screen. Set a delay if you need to select a window or otherwise set up your desktop for the screenshot. Then choose any effects you want.
3. Click Take Screenshot.
4. If you selected Select area to grab, the pointer changes into a crosshair. Click and drag the area you want for the screenshot.
5. In the Save Screenshot window, enter a file name and choose a folder, then click Save. Alternatively, import the screenshot directly into an image-editing application without saving it first. Click Copy to Clipboard then paste the image in the other application, or drag the screenshot thumbnail to the application.

Keyboard shortcuts

Quickly take a screenshot of the desktop, a window, or an area at any time using these global keyboard shortcuts:

• Prt Scrn to take a screenshot of the desktop.

• Alt+Prt Scrn to take a screenshot of a window.

• Shift+Prt Scrn to take a screenshot of an area you select.

When you use a keyboard shortcut, the image is automatically saved in your Pictures folder in your home folder with a file name that begins with Screenshot and includes the date and time it was taken.