Tag: import screenshot

import: take screenshots on Linux

The import utility provided by ImageMagick is a powerful utility to take screenshots. The simplest usage is:

$ import mydesktop.png

And click on the window you want to capture or select the region you want to capture.

There are many available options such as:

  1. Take a screenshot ofthe desktop and resize to 50% after some delay 
    $ import -window root -resize 50% -delay 500 screen.png
  2. Take a screenshot ofthe desktop and resize to 800×600 
    $ import -window root -resize 800x600

Check the man import for full list of options.

To record a video of the desktop, try:

$ ffmpeg -f x11grab -s wxga -r 25 -i :0.0 -sameq desktop_video.mpg

If you are looking for information on how to record the screen on Ubuntu take a look here.