Screen capture with scrolling windows

tlmiller

Ok, so I'm trying to write a tutorial for a friend of mine. Unfortunately, at one point i would like to take a screencapture of a scrolling window, as there are multiple options in it he needs to highlight. I can't seem to find any software in linux that does this. Anyone know of any?

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mmmna · . . . . Joined: 21 Apr 2025 Posts: 7224

Nothing I know of, but I suspect there is such a tool. Have you tried searching sourceforge/freshmeat/savannah?

I use the capture/pagedown/capture/pagedown/capture method and stitch them together.

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inactive · Sr. Member Joined: 29 Aug 2025 Posts: 1207

What I do in that case is use Istanbul, and just make a desktop vid of the scrolling.

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tlmiller · Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2025 9:12 pm Post subject:

Yeah, I've been doing that with recordmydesktop. But I don't really LIKE doing it that way. That and I don't know how to tell mencoder to reduce the size of the video when I convert it over.

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tovid

man tovid will tell you how to. Very Happy

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tlmiller · Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2025 4:17 am Post subject:

Well I've got mencoder worked out. Maybe not efficiently, but it works. I export the ogv to mpg using mencoder, then start up kmenc15 to export the mpg to mpg but scale it. Very Happy

I still would PREFER to be able to do captures of pics instead of video though...

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Of course. But at least you have a workaround for now. Very Happy

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BrionS · Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2025 5:49 pm Post subject:

The only program I know that will do that is called Snaggit for Windows. (I know, I know)

I've looked for the same functionality, but I just haven't seen it.

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tlmiller · Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2025 6:33 pm Post subject:

There's actually DOZENS of programs of freeware in windows that will do it. I used like 4 different programs that had that functionality in windows, all of which were free. Surprising noones bothered to design decent software in linux for screencaptures. I eventually gave up and will do all my trainings in windows still. I don't like doing the video, it's just not as easy to follow.

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platinummonkey · Archlinux i686 kernel26 2.6.32.10-1

Im pretty sure you can use a combination of pisa and imagemagik

there is an html2image for linux, but its pretty pricey... and not sure how the trial version works... Pisa converts html to pdf, then imagemagik can convert pdf to image file formats. From there, just stitch the images together into one.

so maybe create an entry into your .bashrc along the lines of: (keep in mind I have never used these nor know their commands Razz

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BrionS · Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2025 7:21 pm Post subject:

I think tlmiller was talking about non-web-based windows that have a scroll bar (like a list of properties that scroll down in a config dialog). A program that selects the graphical component and captures its entire contents instead of just what's displayed is very useful.

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tlmiller · Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2025 7:23 pm Post subject:

Yes, I need to capture non web-based scrolling windows.

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platinummonkey · Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2025 7:25 pm Post subject:

ah, my mistake Razz

well, at least web pages that have scroll bars are covered now no? Razz

not sure about anything else though. Neutral

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crouse · Site Admin Joined: 17 Apr 2025 Posts: 11833 Location: Iowa

Resize the desktop to a HUGE setting.......take the screenshot........reset the desktop , edit image in the gimp.

Would that work ?

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tlmiller · Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2025 9:15 pm Post subject:

Yes, actually I did that for while. Very Happy

Gets old after a while.

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