gtkShots (and pyshots)
an utility to capture screenshots continuously
gtkShots is a python/GTK application to capture screenshots continuosly. It is a hand tool to automatically save the screenshots in a (un)specified period of time, with the possibility to schedule it and to choose options for each screenshot to be saved, such as the size, the parent folder and the time interval between them.
gtkShots could be used for a lot of different aims, for instance to create presentations, to monitor desktop activity, or for any other scope that needs a screenshots sequence.
gtkShots is actually a GUI frontend to pyshots, my command-line python script to do the same job. Thus, if you need to work on the terminal sessions, you could take advantage of this.
gtkShots / pyshots are completely FOSS, free and open source software, released under the terms of GNU GPL 2 license or (at your option) any later version. Please make a donation if you like gtkShots!
These are the command line option for pyshots.py:
usage: pyshots.py [options]
- options
- -h, --help show this help message and exit
-f FOLDER, --folder=FOLDER
The folder where screenshots should be saved. Default is ~/Desktop/PyScreens -s SIZE, --size=SIZE The resize percentage for the screenshots to save.
Default is 100% (no resize) -t FREQUENCY, --frequency=FREQUENCY
Snap a screenshot every (the given number of) seconds. Default is 300 (5 minutes) -z STARTTIME, --start-after=STARTTIME
Start after a number of seconds. Default is 0, start now -u STOPTIME, --stop-after=STOPTIME
Stop after a number of seconds. Default is -1, stop manually -d, --daemon Run as daemon
Please send your comments, bug reports, and tips to: Flavio Gargiulo <flagar-AT-gmail-DOT-com> Thanks for using gtkShots!