Since I changed my Operating System from Windows to Ubuntu, I have been looking for a tool that can make a screenshot and put a highlight on it. Something like the Snipping Tool on Windows.
It is hard to find such tool on Linux. However, I found a way to achieve the goal with two tools.
- Screenshot (Ubuntu installed software. Open it from Ubuntu Activities)
- GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program. Download from https://www.gimp.org/downloads/)
This post will show how to use the above tool to highlight a screenshot step by step.
- Open the Ubuntu installed Screenshot tool
- Make a screenshot and copy it into clipboard
- Open GIMP and paste the screentshot. Click the Retangle Select Tool on top left corner.
- Select the highlight area on the screenshot. Open the Edit tab in the menu bar and choose the option Stroke Selection…. In the pop-up dialog, we can Line Width or the style of line. Click Stroke button to make the effect.
- Then we can see that the selected area is highlighted.
- Last thing is to export the highlighted screenshot to an image. Open the File tab in the menu bar and choose the option Export As …. In the pop-up dialog, we can edit the image name and continue click Export button.
- Now we can see that a highlighted screenshot image is created
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