---
name: "shutterbug"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "fox"
version: "1:1.6.59-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/shutterbug"
---

# shutterbug(1)

screen snapshot application

## NAME

shutterbug - screen snapshot application

## SYNOPSIS

**shutterbug**

## DESCRIPTION

Shutterbug is a simple screen snapshot application inspired by SGI Snapshot.

The user interface of Shutterbug consists of a single, unobstrusive icon. All functions in Shutterbug are invoked by right-clicking on this icon, which will bring up a popup menu.  A red rectangle identifies the area of the screen being captured.

## IDENTIFYING THE SCREEN AREA

The screen capture area is identified by a red rectangle.  The capture area can be moved around by right-mouse dragging, or by holding the shift- or control key during left-mouse dragging. The size of the rectangle can be changed by dragging on one of the four sides or on the corners.

The capture area can also be set to a predefined, fixed size.  In that case the rectangle can not be resized, but only dragged to a specific position.

## INVOKING COMMANDS

To invoke the menu, right-click on the Shutterbug application icon.

- *Snap*

  This command snaps a screen shot and brings up the file panel to save the image to file.

- *Show Lasso*

  This command hides the red lasso identifying the capture area.

- *Size*

  Brings up a submenu with a number of predefined capture area sizes.  Selecting *Custom* will enable arbitrary capture area selection.

- *Weight*

  This submenu can be used to change the line width of the capture area lasso rectangle.

- *Lines inside*

  Causes the lines to be inside, rather than outside the capture area rectangle.  This can be more accurate for small images.

- *Color*

  Brings up the Color Dialog to change the color of the lasso rectangle.  The default color is red.

- *About*

  Pops up the About Dialog which gives the version number and other information about Shutterbug.

- *Quit*

  Terminates the program.

## SUPPORTED IMAGE FORMATS

Shutterbug supports the following image formats:

*GIF* CompuServe Graphics Interchange Format, version 89a.

*BMP* Microsoft Bitmap Format.

*XPM* X Pixmap Format.

*XBM* X Bitmap Format (black and white).

*PCX* PC PaintBrush format.

*TGA* Targa Image format.

*PPM* Portable Pixmap Format.

*PNG* Portable Network Graphics Format (if compiled in).

*JPG* Joint Photographics Experts Group JPEG Format (if compiled in).

*TIFF* Tagged Image File Format (if compiled in).

*SUN Raster Image Format.*

*PostScript* Adobe PostScipt format.

## AUTHOR

This man page was written by Jeroen van der Zijp \<jeroen@fox-toolkit.org\>.