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Shutter - Feature-rich Screenshot Tool

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Shutter very slow and laggy?

Shutter is very slow and laggy and I'm not sure why. I've tried to change settings to "Do not save file automatically" and "Do not copy anything to clipboard" but it's still incredibly slow. I have it ...
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Take screenshot of selection without "de-clicking"

I use (and adore) shutter. However, sometimes I want to take a screenshot of a selection that is state-dependent, and clicking the mouse changes the state. For example, if I have a drop-down menu, ...
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Integrated webcam not detected/automatic slider not opening 20.04

when running cheese or zoom my integrated camera is not detected (dell latitude 9420, ubuntu 20.04). The computer has an automatic slider for the camera which is not opening (I cant open it manually), ...
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How to disable shutter plugin updates?

Time to time shutter tries to update its plugins and I don't need it. How to turn off these unwanted updates?
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Shutter not including cursor when taking selection screenshot

I have shutter with option to include cursor checked: However when I take a selection screenshot, the cursor disappears: I'm running Shutter 0.93.1, which is the latest version I could get via ppa: ...
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How to automatically select in Shutter without having to confirm the selection with enter?

I use Shutter with its selection tool that asks me to draw my selection. Then I need to press enter to confirm the selection. Gnome Screenshot, for example, automatically takes the current selection ...
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Hyperdesktop alternative for Ubuntu 13.04

I recently switched from Windows 7 to Ubuntu 13.04. I found most software that I used on Windows for Ubuntu. Which is why I'm here.. There's an application for Windows called "Hyperdesktop". With ...
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Shutter has lost contact with ~/Pictures directory

Shutter seems to have lost contact with my ~/Pictures directory. Last time I used it, it displayed previous pictures. Now it displays none. When I launch Shutter from a terminal, I get the following ...
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Where to explore/browser plugins for Shutter snapshot tool?

My google leads me to this plugin page though the content is empty!? Where can we browser Shutter plugin library?
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any of the software isn't capturing screenshot

Well, I was using Screenshot to capture screens for a long time. But now its causing some problems. When I capture first screen shot after restarting my laptop, it go captured fine. But after one ...
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Issue with grabbing screen (screenshots)

Here is a vid demonstrating the issue. Whenever I try and grab a screenshot, I grab a different picture to what I think I am grabbing (except when using ubuntu's printscreen functionality when you ...
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Problems with Shutter app

I've been using the shutter app for years and it has always worked without a problem but since I upgraded to 21.10 I have a problem. Firstly Applications shows 2 instances of Shutter, the first, where ...
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Shutter editing of images produces fuzzy/bad/aliased images in Ubuntu 17.10

I recently upgraded from Ubuntu 17.04 to 17.10 on a laptop (my desktop does not have this problem and it is also Ubuntu 17.10). After that upgrade, when I use the shutter app, and edit the images, the ...
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Syntax error running shutter and apt. Suspect perl has something to do with it

I am getting a really strange error running apt and some other programs. I think it may have something to do with perl. I discovered the issue trying to run shutter: $ shutter syntax error at /usr/...
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Shutter installs every time I use it

When I install 'shutter' through the software center it works in a really annoying way. Every time I open the program it seems to have to unpack it and install it...it doesn't just 'open' like every ...
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Shutter snapshot to set pixel size for `pixelize tool`?

I'm a new Ubuntu Desktop user and looking for snapshot tool to use as alternative to Greenshot in Windows. I found Shutter is the one. Though when using pixelize tool, I want to make pixel size to be ...
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How to take screenshots with shutter while editor is open?

I am using shutter to create screenshots. The workflow that I would like to do is something like this: Create a giant image 900x9000 px. Open the image in the shutter editor Take screenshots with ...
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