On 2022-07-27, Nicolas George <geo...@nsup.org> wrote:
>
> Curt (12022-07-27):
>> I've Imagemagick installed, so

>>  import image.png
>
> This is my go-to solution too. Except when I want to capture the mouse
> pointer too, in this case I use =E2=80=9Cffmpeg -f x11grab=E2=80=9D.
>
> I would advise to add -depth 8; otherwise the PNG needlessly uses 16
> bits per component.

>> from a terminal works (though it seems you're confined to the active
>> window).
>
> import immediately makes a server grab to capture the mouse and let you
> click on the window you want to import. If you need a few seconds to
> focus the window you want to capture:
>
> sleep 2; import -depth 8 image.png

Seems obvious, but I would've never thought of that. Thanks.

> Regards,
>

>   Nicolas George
>


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