Mint Screenshot

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Screenshot & annotation tool. Timed capture, region selection, and drawing tools.

README

Mint Screenshot

A modern screenshot and annotation applet for Cinnamon. Capture your screen, annotate with shapes, arrows, and text, then save or copy to clipboard — all from a single streamlined workflow.

Why Mint Screenshot?

The default Cinnamon screenshot tool (gnome-screenshot) captures the screen but offers no built-in annotation. You have to open a separate image editor just to draw an arrow or highlight something. Mint Screenshot solves this by combining capture and annotation into one tool:

Feature	Default Screenshot Tool	Mint Screenshot
Fullscreen capture	✅	✅
Area selection	✅	✅ (live preview with dimmed overlay)
Timed capture	✅ (fixed delays)	✅ (1–999s, custom countdown with floating pill)
Window capture	✅	✅ (X11)
Wayland support	✅	✅ Via XDG Desktop Portal
Draw annotations	❌	✅ Rectangles, ellipses, arrows, freehand, highlights
Add text	❌	✅ Resizable text with Pango rendering
Crop after capture	❌	✅ Drag handles to adjust region
Undo/Redo	❌	✅ Full history with Ctrl+Z/Y
Color palette	❌	✅ 6 colors, adjustable line width
Move/resize/rotate	❌	✅ Per-annotation context toolbar
Delete annotations	❌	✅ Delete key or toolbar button
HiDPI support	Partial	✅ Pixel-perfect on scaled displays
Save format options	PNG only	✅ PNG, JPG, GIF with quality presets
Panel integration	No panel applet	✅ Native Cinnamon panel applet

Features

Capture modes: Fullscreen, area selection, and timed capture with custom countdown
Annotation tools: Rectangle, ellipse, arrow, freehand draw, highlight, and text — all with adjustable color and line width
Non-destructive editing: Move, resize, rotate, and delete any annotation after placing it
Export options: Save to disk (PNG/JPG/GIF), copy to clipboard, or use Save As dialog
Quality presets: Original, Medium, and Space Saver compression levels
Floating toolbar: Adaptive Material Design toolbar that snaps between top and bottom of screen
Keyboard driven: Full keyboard shortcut support (Ctrl+S, Ctrl+C, Ctrl+Z, Ctrl+Y, Delete, Escape)
Cross-session: Works on both X11 and Wayland (via D-Bus XDG Desktop Portal)
Localization ready: Gettext-based i18n with included translations

Requirements

Cinnamon 4.0+ (Cinnamon 6.0+ recommended)
Python 3
GTK 3 (python3-gi, python3-gi-cairo, python3-cairo)
Pillow (python3-pil) for icon processing
X11: gir1.2-wnck-3.0 for window detection
Wayland: python3-dbus for portal support

On Linux Mint / Ubuntu, install dependencies with:

sudo apt install python3-gi python3-gi-cairo python3-cairo python3-pil gir1.2-wnck-3.0

Note: The applet will check for missing dependencies on first launch and show you exactly which packages to install.

Installation

Right-click on the Cinnamon panel and click Applets
Go to the Download tab and search for Mint Screenshot
Click Install
Switch to the Manage tab and add Mint Screenshot to your panel

Keyboard Shortcuts

Shortcut	Action
`Ctrl+S`	Save screenshot (opens Save As dialog)
`Ctrl+C`	Copy to clipboard
`Ctrl+Z`	Undo last annotation
`Ctrl+Y` or `Ctrl+Shift+Z`	Redo
`Delete`	Remove selected annotation
`Escape`	Exit the tool

Feedback

You can leave a comment on cinnamon-spices.linuxmint.com or create an issue on the development repository:

https://github.com/khumnath/mint-screenshot

If you find this applet useful, please consider leaving a rating — it helps others discover it.

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1 Comments

Vlamboyant-1 day ago

a tool so awesome i did something i never ever did since first starting to use LM 6 years ago, make a spices account and leave a review