Windows generally doesn't capture the mouse pointer when doing screen grabs. Irfanview does have an option to grab it if you want. Also, win has a handy built in screen capture program: windows snipping tool. On Mon, Aug 24, 2015 at 9:09 PM Dora Smith <villan...@gmail.com> wrote:
> It has never occurred to me to use GIMP to do screenshots. At face value, > that sounds like extra work, kind of like using WORD to do screenshots. > > I use Screenshot Captor, for Windows 7. It is excellent, and has all the > options you need. You can select, crop, resize, and do some other things > I've not had to do, and save it in quite a variety of formats. It even > saves it in its own screen and then you can just open the program and drag > and drop to email screenshots. > > Ubuntu has good screenshot programs available through the software manager, > and I like them as well. > > But what version of Windows are you using? Ofnuts' guess brings to mind > the fact that Windows 8/ 10 has serious identity confusion; it often thinks > it's a tablet. "Can't get the mouse pointer when doing a screenshot of > the > whole screen" - really? LOL! > > You know, you could get a second hard drive and try out one of the Ubuntu > flavors. Unity most closely resembles Windows 8, and Kubuntu most > resembles Windows XP, and if you add the Cairo dock (requires up to date > video processor and its own Linux drivers if it has them), it resembles > Windows 7. Unity won't run if the video processor isn't up to date > either, > and it can be hard with gnome. But if you've got Windows 8, the video > processor is up to date, because it's a new computer. > > Dora > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ofnuts > Sent: Monday, August 24, 2015 5:57 PM > To: gimp-user-list@gnome.org > Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] Windows Version lacks 'Select a region to grab' > > Possiby a restriction due to Windows screen management. IIRC you don't > get the mouse pointer when doing a screenshot of the whole screen. > > > On 25/08/15 00:14, Pat David wrote: > > on 2.8.14 (Partha's build), I only have "Grab a single window" and "Grab > > the whole screen". > > > > So I'm going to say that there is no region selection for grabbing screen > > shots in windows? > > > > On Mon, Aug 24, 2015 at 5:04 PM AJ <codech...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> Hello! > >> > >> I'm regularly an Ubuntu Gimp user, but have occasion to use Gimp on > >> WIndows. When I have to use Windows, I was wondering if it's a version > >> issue or missing plugin or something... but the Windows version doesn't > >> appear to have the feature I love, that is 'Select a region to grab' in > >> the > >> Create | Screenshot option. > >> > >> Can anyone please advise? > >> > >> > > _______________________________________________ > gimp-user-list mailing list > List address: gimp-user-list@gnome.org > List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list > List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > _______________________________________________ > gimp-user-list mailing list > List address: gimp-user-list@gnome.org > List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list > List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list > _______________________________________________ gimp-user-list mailing list List address: gimp-user-list@gnome.org List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list
