
Flameshot saves snips using the name "screenshot" by default but you can set a custom name from the filename editor. The only other options that I found useful were in the filename editor. It also has options to change the color of the buttons and to set the opacity of the area outside the screenshot. You can use it to manage any of the buttons that are available in the editor's interface. Right-click on the taskbar icon to access the app's configuration menu. Flameshot saves the screenshots in the PNG format, but you can manually save them in JPG, BMP, etc. You can use the mouse-wheel to change the paint brush's thickness as well.ĭepending on the selection size (screenshot area), the toolbar arranges the icons partially at the sides (for smaller snips) or at the bottom (for larger snips).

you can use 1 color for arrows, another one for the marker and yet another for the rectangle. Doing sot displays a color wheel to pick another color this can be useful if you want a different color for each element that you add to a screenshot. The color of the paint tool can be changed while editing a screenshot by holding the right mouse button. The upload to imgur option saves the screenshot anonymously and displays three options: Copy url, open url and image to clipboard. The copy option saves the screenshot to the clipboard which you can paste in another app to edit, or share. You can view the dimensions of the selection right on the Flameshot toolbar. The arrow/marker and rectangle tools are also useful for creating tutorial images. The blur tool is priceless when you have to redact information from a screenshot. There is a toolbar at the bottom of the screen, which has the following tools: Pencil, Line, Arrow, Selection, Rectangle, Circle, Marker, Blur, Move, Undo, Copy, Save, Leave, Upload to imgur and Open the capture in another app. Once you have captured part or all of the screen you will see the built-in editor of Flameshot which displays the screenshot's content.


#Flameshot custom uploader full
Once set up, you may use the Print key to take a full screenshot or Shift-Print to take fullscreen captures of all monitors. Global keyboard shortcuts are not set up by default but you find a configuration file to enable them on KDE Plasma desktop. You can use it to capture the on-screen content drawing a rectanglular area and letting go of the mouse just like you do in most screenshot apps. The app sits in the system tray and can be accessed with a double-click. You find installation instructions on the official project website. Packages are available for various distributions including Ubuntu, Arch, openSuse and Debian. Shutter is probably my favorite, but I decided to give Flameshot a try.
