Taking A Snapshot
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Taking A Snapshot

KSnapshot grabs an image of your entire desktop immediately after it is started, but before it displays itself on screen. This allows you to quickly create full-desktop screenshot images.

The snapshot taken by KSnapshot is displayed in the preview window, which is located in the upper left of the KSnapshot application window. Below is an example of the preview window from KSnapshot. Your preview will differ depending on what you have displayed on the desktop.


KSnapshot Preview Window

The snapshot can be saved by clicking on the Save As... button. This opens the standard KDE save dialog, where you can choose the filename, the folder location, and the format that your snapshot will be saved in. If multiple snapshots are taken, the filename is automatically incremented to prevent you from overwriting previous snapshots. You may however edit the filename to anything you wish, including the name of a previously saved snapshot.

To take a snapshot of a single window, select the Window Under Cursor combo box entry (next to the Capture mode: label), and then click on the New Snapshot button.

Depending on your Snapshot delay: settings you get either a cross as the mouse pointer (for No delay), or a standard mouse cursor which you can use to work with a program until the delay is over and a snapshot is taken.

With No delay, the snapshot is taken immediately when you click in a window.

KSnapshot will display the new snapshot in the preview area, at which time you can choose to save the new image (by pressing Save As...) or to grab a new one, by pressing the New Snapshot button.

To take a new snapshot of the entire desktop, select the Full Screen combo box entry (next to the Capture mode: label), and then click on the New Snapshot button. KSnapshot will now capture the entire desktop if you press New Snapshot.

Similarly, to take a snapshot of a region, select the Region combo box entry (next to the Capture mode: label) and set the Snapshot delay to No delay, and then click on the New Snapshot button. The mouse cursor will then change into a cross, and you can then use the mouse to select the region you want to capture.

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