Lightweight way to make a screenshot on a given part of the screen?

Xeratul · 01-13-2012, 03:16 PM

Hi,

I would like sthg fast than scrot, extremely lightweight, to make a little png of start X=100 Y=100 (in pixels) or size X_size=200 Y_Size=200.

It is likely possible with many solutions, but what is the fastest, quickest, lightest solution?

Thank you for you advice

jthill · 01-13-2012, 03:53 PM

I'd toss a coin between imagemagick and the PIL. Fastest, quickest and lightest on your time is likely to be imagemagick:

Code:

$ import shot.png | convert -crop 200x200+100+100 shot.png cropped.png

Xeratul · 01-13-2012, 04:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jthill

I'd toss a coin between imagemagick and the PIL. Fastest, quickest and lightest on your time is likely to be imagemagick:

Code:

$ import shot.png | convert -crop 200x200+100+100 shot.png cropped.png

I was considering the xwd -silent -id if I can get the x11 id. But I am not sure

jthill · 01-14-2012, 12:41 AM

I see xwd doesn't wait, I like yours better.

Code:

$ xwd -root -silent -out shot.xwd; convert -crop 200x200+100+100 shot.xwd shot.png