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This is a followup question of

how do I get maximal compressed screenshots?

Is there a screenshot tool that has optipng or pngcrush already included to minimize the filesizes of the png screenshots?

I personally favoritize Shutter, but any screenshoter would be great that would create optimized pngs.

maybe there are plugins available?

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If your favorite tool is "shutter" you can try to create a little plugin for it.

Creating Plugin for Shutter.

1) Make sure you have installed optipng, or install it with:

  • sudo apt-get install optipng

2) If shutter is running close it or kill it..

  • pkill shutter

3) Create a folder for the plugin and give it the correct perms. (eg:optipngplugin)

  • sudo mkdir /usr/share/shutter/resources/system/plugins/shell/optipngplugin

  • sudo chmod 755 /usr/share/shutter/resources/system/plugins/shell/optipngplugin

4) Create the script (eg:optipngplugin)

  • gksudo gedit /usr/share/shutter/resources/system/plugins/shell/optipngplugin/optipngplugin

5) Put this content in the script:

#!/usr/bin/env bash
TEXTDOMAIN=shutter-plugins
TEXTDOMAINDIR=$SHUTTER_INTL
PLUGIN_NAME=$"OptiPNG Plugin"
PLUGIN_SORT=$"Recompress"
PLUGIN_TIP=$"OptiPNG is a PNG optimizer that recompresses image files to a smaller size"
PLUGIN_EXT="image/png"
if [[ "${1}" = "name" ]];then
    echo "${PLUGIN_NAME}"
    exit 0
elif [[ "${1}" = "sort" ]];then
    echo "${PLUGIN_SORT}"
    exit 0
elif [[ "${1}" = "tip" ]];then
    echo "${PLUGIN_TIP}"
    exit 0
elif [[ "${1}" = "ext" ]];then
    echo "${PLUGIN_EXT}"
    exit 0
fi
FILE="${1}"
#LOGO="/usr/share/shutter/resources/system/plugins/shell/optipngplugin/optipngplugin.png"
optipng -o7 "${FILE}"
exit 0

In my case I choose the optimization level of OptiPNG to Maximun (-o7) (very slow), and I added an image as a logo.

Man Pages

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NOTE: Feel free to change the script according to your needs

6) Save the changes and give it perms.

sudo chmod 755 /usr/share/shutter/resources/system/plugins/shell/optipngplugin/optipngplugin

7) In my case I edited a png logo with gimp, and I saved as "optipngplugin.png" in my desktop.

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8) copy the logo to the plugin directory (give it the same name as the plugin plus .png) and the correct permissions:

sudo cp /home/user/Desktop/optipngplugin.png /usr/share/shutter/resources/system/plugins/shell/optipngplugin/optipngplugin.png

sudo chmod 644 /usr/share/shutter/resources/system/plugins/shell/optipngplugin/optipngplugin.png

9) Test the plugin. Open shutter and take a screenshot of your desktop.

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Right click in the screenshot and click in "Run a Plugin...", then choose "OptiPNG Plugin" from the list.

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10) Run the plugin to recompress the screenshot you took.

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NOTE: If you have to add something to the script or some change. you can run shutter with this command to force it to reload all plugins

  • shutter --clear_cache

Hope its help.

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  • thanks, that works, although I get an error in the plugin selection: http://i.stack.imgur.com/qop8j.png. – rubo77 Aug 14 '13 at 23:19
  • It would be great to create an Ubuntu deb package from this: http://askubuntu.com/questions/332738/how-can-i-create-an-ubuntu-package-from-a-script – rubo77 Aug 14 '13 at 23:25
  • @rubo77... Great. glad it worked! – Roman Raguet Aug 15 '13 at 13:54
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    You can use another shell script plugin as template. folder: /usr/share/shutter/resources/system/plugins/shell/. https://answers.launchpad.net/shutter/+question/118974 – Roman Raguet Aug 16 '13 at 11:34
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    with "shutter --clear_cache" you reload all the plugins again. – Roman Raguet Aug 16 '13 at 11:58
  • the definition of `LOGO="/usr/share/shutter/resources/system/plugins/shell/optipngplugin/optipngplugin.png` is not needed if you name the logo like the plugin. Here is the finished script: http://pastebin.com/xEebiLhE – rubo77 Aug 16 '13 at 12:28
  • cool, with `shutter --clear_cache` it works. [discussion how we found out](http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/10160/discussion-between-rubo77-and-roman-raguet) – rubo77 Aug 16 '13 at 14:16