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On Mac OS X, there is a handy key combo for taking a screenshot of any arbitrary rectangle section of the screen(Command-Shift-4).

Is there something similar(maybe Compiz plugin) for Ubuntu/Gnome?

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Shutter is a good screenshot tool that has this feature, among others.

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awesome app! thanks! – Alex Dec 29 '10 at 19:16
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If you use GIMP for image editing, File - Acquire - Screenshot - Select a region to grab will do the trick.

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+1 For me, the menu options are file - create - screenshot. But, thanks! I didn't know this trick. – David Oneill Dec 16 '10 at 14:40
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Sorry about that. The specific menu options are dependent on the version of GIMP in use. Strange, but true! – CentaurusA Dec 16 '10 at 17:27
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Have you tried compiz screenshot option!
Enable screenshot in your ccsm and then use Super Key (the Windows Key) + drag to get a screenshot of whatever area on desktop you like. The shots are saved on desktop (/home//Desktop) or wherever you choose when you enable the Compiz tool.

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The screenshot plugin is pre-installed in compiz, you may find it in the compiz config settings manager. – crodjer Dec 1 '10 at 10:39
I think you forgot the key to hold down while you drag. – Firefeather Dec 1 '10 at 15:54
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press windows key :P, i typed <winkey> but it got formatted as a tag :) – crodjer Dec 1 '10 at 16:10
Excepting that it is partially broken in Unity because it lays a blue overlay over the image captured. – Charles Kane May 29 '11 at 17:20
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Alt+PrtScrn grabs just the active window. Not exactly the box you requested, but useful if you only want to grab the app you are using.

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use Taksi...

Taksi is screen/video capture with a twist. It is designed to capture live video from your 3d based games and other 3d applications. Taksi can even perform real-time compression to popular video formats such as xvid, divx, etc - or save it uncompressed. it also takes screenshots..

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you could "map" a key combo to do a gnome-screenshot -w to grab a window or gnome-screenshot -i for interactive options.

and of coure, PrintScreen key grabs everything. :)

Someone else may have a better way.

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