Is there any alternative for Zoomit on Ubuntu?

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The drawing mode provided by zoomit is wonderful during a presentation. Is there any software on Ubuntu that provides the same functionality?

for whom may not know zoomit. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/zoomit Features - freeze screenshot and zoom - live zoom in and out - simple drawing on screenshot - break timer — Dennis C, May 06 '21 at 07:15

score 7 · Answer 1 · edited Jan 28 '22 at 19:57

Gromit-MPX

You might want to give Gromit-MPX (which I authored) a try:

Gromit-MPX is an on-screen annotation tool that works with any Unix desktop environment under X11 as well as Wayland.

It's hotkey-based so there are no widgets in your way. Also, you can configure colors, mouse button mappings and hotkeys. No zooming though, only annotations. Go here for details.

You can install it through Flathub.

score 4 · Accepted Answer · edited Jul 23 '18 at 00:55

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If you have Ubuntu, you should have compiz, so use compizconfig-settings-manager to turn on some plugins. This manager is in software-center with plugins too. When you will have some problems with crashing of compiz because your testing, install fusion-icon to quick reloading it.

compizconfig-settings-manager can be launched by command ccsm.

Annotate (under Extras): Drawing on the screen.

Enhanced Zoom Desktop (under accessibility): Does that zoom.

Set-up shortcut as you like and enjoy. :)

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answered May 13 '14 at 08:55

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But beware: Compiz is not as stable as it was in 2010, since Unity required a lot of changes, and the Unity developers didn't care about any Compiz functionality apart from those features required by Unity itself. Expect crashes. Expect inability to log into the Unity session. Expect that you'll have to reset the Unity configuration to default values (in other words: deleting the Compiz configuration files). – soulsource May 13 '14 at 10:36

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 03 '23 at 15:12

in Settings, the Universal Access dialog, there is a Zoom feature that you can toggle on and off. I creates a big preview window, dynamically updated with the content on the current desktop.

However I cannot really recommend that Zoom feature. I have a dual-monitor setup with different resolutions, and there the preview window is either to big or to unrespnsive, or difficult to turn back off.

score -1 · Answer 4 · answered Aug 14 '21 at 13:51

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You can try flameshot, it is not what you expect, it just a screenshot utility with a nice bunch of drawing stuff.

answered Aug 14 '21 at 13:51

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score -1 · Answer 5 · answered May 13 '14 at 08:15

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Check out "Shutter". It's in the repos. It's basically a screenshot tool that lets you draw on the image with a built in tool, upload them directly to various sites, etc.

answered May 13 '14 at 08:15

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this doesn't sound like zoomit ? – tristan May 14 '14 at 05:00

score -2 · Answer 6 · answered Apr 17 '18 at 09:48

In Linux Mint KDE there are:

Meta= to magnify
Meta- to reduce magnification
Meta0 to go back to normal

They are under KWin shortcuts in settings.

I understand that is no ZoomIt, but I haven't found anything close. Most software is just a window showing a magnification which is quite useless during presentations.

I understand that it's not Ubuntu either but, it's close and maybe Ubuntu has similar settings.

Is there any alternative for Zoomit on Ubuntu?

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