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Hello, first post here!

Is there a way to make a screenshot AND save it somewhere in just one action? Some shortcut maybe?
I could not find any information. Ksnapshot doesn't seem to have that function. I also downloaded Shutter but I can't find the function there neither.

For example, I want to be able to: make a screenshot of a film without having to pause it / quickly take several screenshots of a same webpage while scrolling down / etc.

Thanks!

Hi there, please next time use of the support subforums for support-type queries.

For your question, yes there are a lot of ways to do that, check e.g. https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/taking_a_screenshot#Details:_general_methods
I'd suggest using one of the CLI tools, using a detailed timestamp including minutes and seconds for the filename and then map that command to some keyboard shortcut of your choosing.

FWIW, what desktop environment do you use currently?

Forgive me, I'm a Linux newbie so I don't exactly know where to look when looking for such things! And thanks for moving the topic!

So I did exactly what you suggested. It works perfectly.
Here is what I did.

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urpmi imagemagick
mkdir /home/username/screenshots
import -window root /home/username/screenshots/$(date +%F_%H%M%S_%N).png

PS: I'm on KDE

Please mark the thread accordingly by editing the topic of the first post and prefix it by [SOLVED], thanks