Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2008 19:33:15 +0200 From: Frank Staals <frankstaals@gmx.net> To: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> Cc: dhaneshk k <dhaneshkk@hotmail.com>, "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: ScreenCapturing tool for FreeBSD-7.0 Release Message-ID: <48DA79DB.2010403@gmx.net> In-Reply-To: <20080924101536.GA34303@slackbox.xs4all.nl> References: <BAY127-W38E5647BC8206719906CC0B2450@phx.gbl> <20080924101536.GA34303@slackbox.xs4all.nl>
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Roland Smith wrote: > On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 09:09:23AM +0000, dhaneshk k wrote: > >> HI all ; >> >> Can anyone recommend a working screencapturing tool such as XvidCap >> for FreeBSD-7.0 , >> >> I installed XvidCap but its not working any other tools OR Solutions >> for doing screen Capturing .. >> >> It will be useful for demo presentations alot.. >> > > If you are using X11, try xwd(1) that comes with it. You'll need a tool > like netpbm or ImageMagick to convert dump files to other formats. > > Or you can use the gimp to capture and process window images under X11. > > I'm not aware of any screen dump apps on the console. You can of course > run console apps in an X terminal and capture that. > > Roland > ImageMagick has the 'import' command which can directly capture screen to some sensible format such as jpg. You'll get a pointer from which you can drag a box on the screen which you want to capture. Alternively you can just click an application to take a screenshot of that application window. And probably you can make screenshots of the entire screen without having to drag a box too -- -Frank Staals
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