Ubuntu – Application for taking pretty screenshots (like OS X does)

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I've been building a website for a guy who uses Mac OS X and occasionally he sends me screenshots of bugs. They come out looking like this:

A pretty screenshot

This is fairly typical of Mac screenshots. You get the window decorations, the shadow from the window and a white or transparent background (not the desktop wallpaper — I've checked).

Compare this to an Ubuntu window-shot (Alt+Print screen):

It's impossible to keep a straight face and say the Ubuntu one anywhere near as elegant.

My question is: Is there an application that can do this in Ubuntu?

Edit: Follow up: Is there an application that can do this in one move? Shutter is pretty good but running the plugin for every screenshot is pretty tiresome as it doesn't seem to remember my preference (I want south-shadow and that requires selecting south, then clicking refresh, then save) and it's more clicks than I'd like.

Is there a simple way of telling shutter I want south-shadow for all screenshots (except entire desktop and area-selection)?

Best Answer

Using Shutter

  • First go to Edit -> Preferences and tick the two options mentioned below .

  • Now Take the screenshot of a window and right-click and select run a plugin .

  • Now select Hard Shadow and run it .

  • Your Final Screenshot will look like this .

Pretty Screenshot!

Using gnome-screenshot

  • Launch 'Take Screenshot' from the dash and select 'Include the window border' with the Effect Drop 'Shadow' or 'Border' and then take the screenshot.

  • To do the same using the terminal ( Ctrl + Alt + T ) paste

    gnome-screenshot -w -b -d 5 -e border

where 5 is delay in seconds and border can be replaced with shadow for 'Drop Shadow' .