Shutter, probably the best screenshot tool for Linux, has been updated today, getting many new upload plugins for services such as Dropbox, ImageShack, Imgur, Minus, Omploader, TwitPic, UbuntuPics and more.

Because of a bug in Unity, I try to avoid using regular notification area icons and only use AppIndicators. Unfortunately, Shutter (an amazing screenshot tool for Linux) doesn't have an Application Indicator and it doesn't seem like it will be getting one any time soon (because there are no Perl bindings for AppIndicator).

Since I want to learn Python and because Shutter is an application I use daily, I've decided to create an external AppIndicator for Shutter. The code is probably very bad since this is the first time I write something in Python but it works for me so I wanted to share it with you.

Shutter, an amazing, dare I say "the best" Linux screenshot tool was updated to version 0.87 today, getting lots of new features:

Shutter is a screenshot taking application for Linux which comes with many options such as annotating the screenshots, export them to different image sharing websites, many effects and so on.

Shutter 0.86.3, currently only available for testing adds Ubuntu One image export and ImageShack export fix as well as some other fixes.

The latest version also brings new humanity icons which means you'll finally have a monochrome Shutter notification area icon:

We already presented Shutter 0.86 and it's beta Ubuntu PPA so you know all the new features in Shutter 0.86.

This post is for those who don't want to install beta versions. So to install the latest Shutter 0.86 from the stable PPA in Ubuntu, paste this in a terminal:

I recently came across the Shutter Testing PPA and decided to give the new Shutter 0.86 (testing - not yet released) version a try and I was impressed with the new features and improvements Shutter will be getting so I started using this new version. Since I didn't encounter any bugs, I decided to write an article about it so you can enjoy this development build too.

After 15 weeks of development, Shutter 0.85 has finally been released. Shutter is a feature-rich screenshot program. You can take a screenshot of a specific area, window, your whole screen, or even of a website – apply different effects to it, draw on it to highlight points, and then upload to an image hosting site, all within one window.


New in Shutter 0.85:

(click the image after the website completely loads to see the effect)

A few days ago we wrote about how to implement into your website an image viewer called Shutter Reloaded, similar to Lightbox. But you can have all the images displayed in Firefox use a similar Lightbox effect, by using a Greasemonkey plugin called Greased Lightbox.

How to use: install then browse over to an image site such as Flickr or perform a Google image search. Click on an image then browse the images with the arrow keys. Press "+" to zoom in, "-" to zoom out, "0" for full size, and "x","Esc", or mouse-click on the image to exit.

The verdict: a very nice effect indeed. Not as fancy and ambitious as, say, something like CoolIris (formerly PicLens) and it’s 3D wall of images, but depending on what you like this may be a good thing.

Compatibility: works with Firefox with Greasemonkey extension or Safari with GreaseKit or Opera 8+

Install Greased Lightbox.

[via freewaregenius.com]