[HN Gopher] Flameshot - Superb Screenshot Tool
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Flameshot - Superb Screenshot Tool
Author : avhception
Score : 145 points
Date : 2021-02-12 14:07 UTC (8 hours ago)
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| chrisma0 wrote:
| This has been one of the first utilities I install on new Ubuntu
| machines for some time. Really recommended and a huge improvement
| on the default!
| atsider wrote:
| Yep, it combines the convenience of a GUI, the scripting
| capabilities and the power of the key shortcuts. It's almost
| perfect!
| captn3m0 wrote:
| I did a run of all "packages in main repo" screenshot tools for
| ArchLinux.
|
| Flameshot has an easy UX, and does everything that other tools
| do, plus a bit more.
| [deleted]
| farisjarrah wrote:
| Flameshot is amazing. Really hoping it fully supports MacOS with
| a simple brew install at some point. Such a great tool compared
| to Mac's built in screenshot/markup utilities
| CharlesW wrote:
| FWIW, a good built-in workflow is the Screenshot app (for image
| or video capture) + Preview (click the "Markup" button in
| Preview to see the annotation tools).
| guerby wrote:
| From github:
|
| "There are no macOS port of flameshot now that can be easy
| installed. But you can build flameshot by yourself and use it.
| Please participate in the development of flameshot and help us
| make a macOS version."
| kylegill wrote:
| This looks really neat, it's amazing what an animated gif or
| video can do for a README to help to understand what a thing is
| meant to do.
|
| If I were more of a hacker and hadn't already paid the best 25
| bucks I've ever spent on CleanShot X [0] I'd be all over this.
|
| [0]: https://cleanshot.com/
| ainiriand wrote:
| And you weren't using MacOS that is, right?
| kylegill wrote:
| Haha an important detail! Looks like they're trying to make
| an easily installable version for Mac. I see commits in the
| log about MacOS as well as a note that mentions building it
| yourself:
|
| > There are no macOS port of flameshot now that can be easy
| installed. But you can build flameshot by yourself and use
| it.
| tomerbd wrote:
| All over what animated gif? But with which software?
| kylegill wrote:
| I was referring to the gif on the GitHub README here:
| https://github.com/flameshot-org/flameshot/#preview (sorry if
| I was vague)
|
| In this project's case, it showcases a lot of features as
| they're actually used, rather than some bullets that say what
| it _should_ do. In general, I appreciate a gif like this for
| explaining because it boils down some essential features into
| one easily digestable clip. It's a preferable medium for me
| over a long YouTube video or text explaining how something
| works.
| gingerlime wrote:
| not OP but I think they meant all over this tool (Flameshot).
|
| Like OP, I'm also a HUGE fan of cleanshot x for mac. Got our
| entire team on it, some were quite happy with the built-in
| screen grabbing tool on Mac, but pretty much all love
| Cleanshot.
| psadauskas wrote:
| I wish there were one of these tools for linux that had nicer
| effects, like Skitch or Cleanshot. The annotations like arrows
| and text need a high-contrast border and drop shadow to make them
| more visible.
|
| I used Flameshot for awhile but its annotations are flat, and
| Spectacle + Krita was nice but too heavy to just quickly annotate
| an image. I'm using KSnip now, which applies a shadow to the
| annotations, but there's no way to configure a nice border.
| mariocesar wrote:
| Native app and cross platform, great work!
| bombledmonk wrote:
| I've sampled many screenshot tools over the years and it seems
| like everyone has their opinions. This looks like an improved
| version of Lightshot which is one of my favorites, but had a few
| limitations.
|
| My current (windows only) favorite is Screenshot Captor [1] which
| definitely has a power user bent, but I really like the ability
| to always both copy the screenshot to clipboard as well as save
| the screenshot for later use. There's a lot of power built into
| the annotation/editing tools and a million and one ways to
| configure/custom process stuff afterwards.
|
| [1]https://www.donationcoder.com/software/mouser/popular-
| apps/s...
| candied_scarf wrote:
| do they know windows bins are missing from the newest release?
| exhilaration wrote:
| wait, there's a windows version?
| candied_scarf wrote:
| look at older releases. as mentioned the newest is missing
| for some reason.
| jhoechtl wrote:
| last time i tried it it had no Wayland support. did that change?
| client4 wrote:
| I loved Flameshot! Though as far as I'm aware it still doesn't
| work with Wayland.
| piranha wrote:
| I use xnipapp.com right now and this looks even better in terms
| of editing tools, except for one thing: scrolling capture. It
| allows me to capture scrolling portions of the screen and it's
| just so damn useful!
| whateveracct wrote:
| is there a way to disable uploading to imgur? i wouldn't want to
| accidentally do it!
| pmontra wrote:
| Probably not unless the reply to this issue from 2018
| https://github.com/flameshot-org/flameshot/issues/381 is
| hinting about a rc file instead of recompiling with the button
| disabled in qmake.
|
| Edit: I went on reading the code. The image uploader is
| hardcoded into https://github.com/flameshot-
| org/flameshot/blob/97c195452293... and I didn't find anything
| to conditionally remove it from the UI. But I won't bet a
| coffee on it after only a 10 minute cursory scan of the code.
| thinkdecidedo wrote:
| I just had to execute 'flameshot config' and to disable the
| Image Uploader button.
| nobleach wrote:
| Use this config option: https://ibb.co/XS6TsXS
| gramakri wrote:
| In the config, there is a checkbox for the image uploader
| https://i.imgur.com/pTiY2ul.png
| [deleted]
| dgrabla wrote:
| "> flameshot gui" is awesome, one of the most useful tools I use
| and a terrific replacement for shutter||xclip. I recommend ">
| peek" to capture gifs.
| MegaDeKay wrote:
| Flameshot is really good (I use it myself on Linux) but there are
| a couple features I miss from other tools. This probably suggests
| that I request these on their github :-)
|
| - there doesn't seem to be an option that asks me to prompt for a
| file name and location if I want to save the screenshot at the
| time I have taken it. It will use a preselected location and an
| auto-generated name instead (and/or save to clipboard).
|
| - if I want to annotate the image, it is done on the area of the
| screen the image was originally captured in. The method I prefer
| and used in other programs is to put the capture into a new
| window that you can move around and then edit within.
| logix wrote:
| Also check out Ksnip: https://github.com/ksnip/ksnip
| throwaway03123 wrote:
| I've been using flameshot for years. It's actually part of a
| scripted workflow for me to transfer notes to my tablet from my
| desktop.
|
| Great piece of software.
| garymoon wrote:
| After I knew Shutter was going to be deprecated I found Flameshot
| and I'm not changing it. Really good tool
| arminiusreturns wrote:
| Flameshot is awesome, and in my list of daily used tools. I
| especially like the color picker and annotation tools, which I
| abuse far too often.
|
| Its in my list of awesome gplv3 tools.
| pentagrama wrote:
| Looks great!
|
| I'm on Windows and I use https://getsharex.com/ which is open
| source too but only for Windows https://github.com/ShareX/ShareX
|
| Will check Flameshot, if is good enough to match my experience
| with ShareX I will consider make the switch.
|
| I prefer use tools that are available on Linux to increase the
| visibility of Linux! I believe that if we make more popular (by
| using and recommending) tools that are available in Windows/Mac
| _and_ Linux, more people will have no issues to switch to Linux
| (eg: VLC, Inkscape, Gimp, Krita, LibreOffice, Kdenlive).
|
| I have Ubuntu as a secondary OS because sadly I'm hostage of
| Adobe CS :(
|
| Will spread the word!
|
| Now looking for the Windows installer on the download page
| https://flameshot.org/download/ to install it on my PC, I see
| that is not very handy, the download page links to the latest
| release page on GitHub who don't have the Windows installer yet
| https://github.com/flameshot-org/flameshot/releases/tag/v0.8...
|
| The previous version have it! https://github.com/flameshot-
| org/flameshot/releases/tag/v0.8...
|
| I think that an UX improvement for most users of the download
| page will be have the direct link to download the latest
| installer (.msi) instead of link to the latest release page on
| GitHub with all the binaries, witch can be confusing (besides
| that now is not even in the latest release). And put the link of
| latest release page on GitHub as a secondary link.
| avhception wrote:
| I've been blown away by this awesome screenshot-tool and couldn't
| help but share it here.
| jsiepkes wrote:
| Great tool! But be careful though. In the default config there is
| a button next to the save local button which uploads your image
| as a public image to imgur without asking for confirmation.
|
| Fortunately you can remove the button via the settings menu
| though I do think it is a rather dangerous button to have there
| by default.
| rosmax_1337 wrote:
| Thanks for the notice, I was taken away by how great the tool
| was working and making my workflow far easier when helping
| people with various kinds of IT problems. Uploading a
| screenshot of something that might contain sensitive
| information is not something I want to have happen by accident!
| doublerabbit wrote:
| Passwords are automatically encrypted on HN right?
|
| ***
|
| Neat.
| moustachehedron wrote:
| hunter2
|
| Hmm, doesn't seem to work for me...
| stingraycharles wrote:
| I personally have bound my print screen button to "flameshot
| gui" - it presents an excellent dialog window of what you
| actually want to do with the screenshot, and offers to annotate
| it etc.
|
| 90% of the time copying it to the clipboard is good enough, but
| sometimes the option to upload as a public image is nice.
| anotheryou wrote:
| On windows shareX is king. I'd say a good bit better even (miss
| it on my linux machine where I use flameshot)
|
| https://getsharex.com/
|
| A few things it does:
|
| https://i.imgur.com/FMMrVml.png
|
| - uploads text from your clipboard to pastebins and images to
| your image hoster
|
| - ftp upload (copying the http path to what you uploaded, full
| control over file naming ect). I built something to upload
| markdown via ftp and copy a url with the filename as an argument
| to the clipboard. That url leads to a js renderer for markdown.
|
| - doing mp4 videos
|
| Only downsides: a bit complex in the settings, wants to update
| often.
|
| - numbering tool to quickly ad step 1, 2,3 to screenshots.
| kryptn wrote:
| I also use and love sharex. I have it set up to use a
| digitalocean space (s3 compatible bucket) as its upload target.
| tekromancr wrote:
| Its really cool! I might use it as a backup for when I need to do
| annotated screenshots. Otherwise, it's just so quick to have the
| gnome extension "screenshot tool" automatically put my selection
| in the clipboard
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