ms paint alternative? copy paste as IMAGE-kolourpaint

Posted by supermannman@reddit | linux | View on Reddit | 14 comments

so trying kolourpaint now. I do copy paste but it only copies text into a box. it doesnt do a true print screen so I can save out as jpg. its just copying text

what am I doing wrong?

print screen on an image I want, paste into KP, but shows text

I want a true print screen image

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gold-rot49@reddit

screenshots arent handled the same as they are in windows. you have no need to use "paint" to take a screenshot in linux.

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supermannman@reddit (OP)

you have no need to use "paint" to take a screenshot in linux

youre not making sense

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gold-rot49@reddit

on linux theres standalone programs to take screenshots. to edit them afterwards you need to use gimp or something similar.

YOU ARENT MAKING ANY SENSE.

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supermannman@reddit (OP)

wht program do I need to take a screenshot? in windows I just press the prtscrn button and it saves it in memory for me to paste it.

yea, type in gimp in software manager...theres one that says flatpak, theres another like 30 variaties. install the flatpak?

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There specific app that will take screenshot and then save it as imave for you automatically. KDE have spectacle, gnome have screenshot or kooha for screen recording. Xfce have what essentially a gif maker that do the same task.

So yes you do not need paint like application for taking screenshot.

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supermannman@reddit (OP)

for mint, how do I capture a screen shot, manipulate it (crop, draw on it, rotate, or add text) then save as jpeg? cause I open ms paint, ctrl V, do what I need then save out as png or jpeg or tiff

whats the easiest way?

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bluesaka111@reddit

KDE spectacle

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bluesaka111@reddit

Built in crop / annotations / arrow / text tool

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supermannman@reddit (OP)

ok, posted in linux noobs

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non-existing-person@reddit

Use Spectacle for you screenshot needs. Really nice tool.

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Glad_Beginning_1537@reddit

Perhaps you can use Print screen button

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supermannman@reddit (OP)

yes, i was using the telepathy button. thats why it didnt work as I wanted

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Fit_Smoke8080@reddit

What distribution or Desktop environment you're using? This behavior you're describing is mostly dictated by the default screenshot tool bundled by either of these. Spectacle, that comes with Plasma, by default requires you to use Shift + Impr Print and it actually prompts you to do something with the picture (you can even add basic annotations right there).