What's a screenshot application which will auto-upload to imgur?
Solution 1:
You can do this with shutter
as well, which is available in the repositories. Simply take a screenshot and then click export (see screenshots) and you are presented with a comprehensive number of alternatives, including the option of Ubuntu One.
You can upload to places like imgur, imageshack either as a guest or you can use your account if you have one. See the second screenshot for this, which details the uploading preferences settings of shutter
, accessed via edit > preferences > upload tab.
For more details on the shutter
project see the official site of this very useful program.
Solution 2:
Nanoshot
Nanoshot - it's an easy to use program for Linux, which will help you take screenshots and upload them to a hosting site of your choice
Features
- Take full size screenshots
- Take screenshot of windows, including the active window
- Take desktop screenshots
- Take screenshots of web pages
- Capture frames from video using Gstreamer and Mplayer
- Upload screenshots to popular image hosting sites, such as imgur, flickr and imageshack.
Installation:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nanoshot/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install nanoshot
Screenshots:
Nanoshot menu:
Upload options:
Website:
http://nanoshot.sourceforge.net/
Solution 3:
This answer was posted in reply to the original question (which could have use an alternative to imgur).
MediaFire express (as mentioned by lkjoel) does exactly this.
Example:
Taking the screenshot.
Editing and uploading
After the screenshot has been taken, a link is available.
You need a MediaFire account, of course. That asside, the application is simple and easy to use, and you get loads of space to store your files online, with nice previews.
Solution 4:
Also there's a simple application for Ubuntu 12.04 and above, "fileshare", which was written in PyGTK by me:
http://aikikode.github.io/fileshare/
It's very much like Nanoshot but with only the core functionality for quick and easy grabbing the screenshot and upload to Imgur:
- click 'Select screen area to grab...' menu item
- select the screen area
- view the preview and press 'Upload' button
- the image URL will appear in upper right corner of the screen and this URL will also be automatically 'copied' - paste it anywhere you need to share the image
The application also have Imgur accounts support - click 'Log in' to connect the application to your Imgur account and all the screenshots will be uploaded to your Imgur web page.
It allows to share already saved images: click 'Show File Grabber' and a small Imgur icon will appear - just drag'n'drop image file there and it will be uploaded to Imgur the same way.