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Bug 325187 - Gnome-screenshot should allow multiple image formats & qualities
Gnome-screenshot should allow multiple image formats & qualities
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 521751
Product: gnome-utils
Classification: Deprecated
Component: screenshot
2.13.x
Other All
: Normal minor
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Assigned To: Jonathan Blandford
gnome-utils Maintainers
: 169450 437146 (view as bug list)
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2005-12-29 00:01 UTC by milky_cow_101
Modified: 2008-07-27 14:49 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.13/2.14


Description milky_cow_101 2005-12-29 00:01:51 UTC 
Gnome-screenshot should  at least let people change the quality of their image, 
and possibly the format.  It should be in the gui and not gconf because it can 
change if people are putting it on different forums or on their own webpage, due 
to size difference.

Other information:
The default quality of png is way too big for many forums and it makes me change 
the quality ot jpeg by opening up in eye of gnome, requiring too many extra 
steps.
Comment 1 Andreas Kohn 2006-02-20 03:33:59 UTC 
I also often wished for at least some UI to select scale factor (like full, and halved resolution), and that changing the extension of the filename would change the format. Currently it happens sometimes that I create ".jpg" files which are really PNGs.
Comment 2 Steven Garrity 2006-05-22 15:30:35 UTC 
While I can understand the desire for these features, I do not think they should be included in the GNOME screenshot applet.

The screenshot applet is simple and elegant as is. It generates a full-color, full-resolution image of the screen or window that is viewable (though maybe large) in any web-browser.

Additional features like scaling and image format are things that can be done better in other applications. Though going to another application requires additional steps, it keeps the basic function of the screenshot applet simple and clear.
Comment 3 Emmanuele Bassi (:ebassi) 2006-05-22 15:46:12 UTC 
I mostly agree: scaling and changing the image quality inside the UI would cripple the simplicity of the tool.

as for supporting multiple formats (jpeg and png), I agree with the reporter of the bug: I'd prefer to select the format for the screenshot between lossy (e.g.: for full desktop screenshots) and lossless (e.g.: for single windows).  the change in the UI would be pretty minimal, especially since I'd like to make the screenshoter a single FileChooserDialog with a preview widget and solve most of the UI hiccups, like the entry just setting the file name and not the entire path.
Comment 4 Emmanuele Bassi (:ebassi) 2006-07-24 16:55:16 UTC 
I don't think it'll make it for 2.16.x, re-targeting to unspecified.
Comment 5 Emmanuele Bassi (:ebassi) 2006-08-25 12:16:24 UTC 
*** Bug 169450 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 6 Emmanuele Bassi (:ebassi) 2007-05-09 13:27:12 UTC 
*** Bug 437146 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 7 Vincent Untz 2008-07-27 14:49:23 UTC 
Bug 521751 has a patch.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 521751 ***