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Flameshot – Open-source screenshot software

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Re: Flameshot – Open-source screenshot software

#35

Wouldn't it make more sense to separate the screenshot functionality and dump that into a separate editor - configurable which editor. Or do these utilities combine the functionality in some inseparable way?

I actually rebound my windows keys to use this instead of default windows snippet tool. Sure, if I need a high level of editing I’ll bring it into some other program (still using flame shot to take a capture). 95% the built in arrows, boxes, numbers, etc do the quick attention calling I need.

Bonus, this was a piece of ‘bloatware’ an admin rebuilt my computer with, but I came to love.

Re: Flameshot – Open-source screenshot software

#37
post #30

I use the following script (activated by a system-level shortcut key) to take a screenshot, upload to S3 bucket (using the minio client[0]) and place the URL in the X selection buffer, ready to be pasted: #!/bin/bash set -e dbus-update-activation-environment DISPLAY XAUTHORITY FNAME=`cat /dev/urandom | tr -cd 'a-f0-9' | head -c 32`.png flameshot gui --raw > /tmp/$FNAME ~/go/bin/mc -q cp --attr x-amz-acl=public-read /…

I have a similar setup but with SHA256 hash of the file as the object key.

Re: Flameshot – Open-source screenshot software

#38
This is my go-to screenshot tool for Linux; I've been using it almost daily for years now.

It's by no means as feature-rich as ShareX for Windows, but it works perfectly for what I need. It covers the essentials like simple annotations, blocking out areas of screenshots, saving local copies, etc.

I made some tweaks to support my own custom image uploader API, and similar to the comment by geoka9, I have it set up to take a screenshot, upload to my app, and copy the URL into my clipboard all behind a single shortcut.

Re: Flameshot – Open-source screenshot software

#39
post #19

Can this do OCR? I couldn't find in feature list so I'm guessing not yet. I use Windows native screenshot tool because it supports OCR.

Is that on Windows 11? The Windows 10 tool doesn't, though there is a PowerToys feature to select an area and copy text (not accurate enough to be useful though).
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