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Is there such an app? Everything I've tried saves in png format only.
So I have to convert the files to jpg after saving the capture.

I tried Spectacle and Ksnip but they only support png!

I am on XFCE
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On Mon, 06 Jul 2026 19:44:55 -0300, Dr. Noah Bodie wrote:

Is there such an app? Everything I've tried saves in png format only.
So I have to convert the files to jpg after saving the capture.

Why is that a big deal?

JPEG is a lossy format. It makes sense for the raw capture to be done
in the highest-quality format available, in case you want to do some
processing on it before delivery.
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On 7/6/26 8:27 PM, Lawrence DrCOOliveiro wrote:

On Mon, 06 Jul 2026 19:44:55 -0300, Dr. Noah Bodie wrote:

Is there such an app? Everything I've tried saves in png format only.
So I have to convert the files to jpg after saving the capture.

Why is that a big deal?

JPEG is a lossy format. It makes sense for the raw capture to be done
in the highest-quality format available, in case you want to do some processing on it before delivery.

Nemo has a plugin that will change that png to a jpg with one click. I've been doing
that, like forever.
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On 7/6/26 18:53, Alan K. wrote:

On 7/6/26 8:27 PM, Lawrence DrCOOliveiro wrote:

On Mon, 06 Jul 2026 19:44:55 -0300, Dr. Noah Bodie wrote:

Is there such an app? Everything I've tried saves in png format only.
So I have to convert the files to jpg after saving the capture.

Why is that a big deal?

JPEG is a lossy format. It makes sense for the raw capture to be done
in the highest-quality format available, in case you want to do some
processing on it before delivery.

Nemo has a plugin that will change that png to a jpg with one click.
I've been doing that, like forever.

As long as the subject is graphics what program may be used
to turn other formats into .webp the compression ratio is terrific
and they can be turned into .jpgs, etc. easily enough.

bliss
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Le 07/07/2026 |a 00:44, Dr. Noah Bodie a |-crit-a:

Is there such an app? Everything I've tried saves in png format only.
So I have to convert the files to jpg after saving the capture.

I tried Spectacle and Ksnip but they only support png!

I am on XFCE

u don't want use the xfce tool in the task barre ?
it put the desktop in the memory and step two u could use
gimp ?
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Amicalement,

Frenchy Friendly, & French touch !

german
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Dr. Noah Bodie wrote:

Is there such an app? Everything I've tried saves in png format only.
So I have to convert the files to jpg after saving the capture.

I tried Spectacle and Ksnip but they only support png!

I am on XFCE

Install Flameshot. This lets you choose the default format you want to
save to.

https://flameshot.org/

It's just the best there is IMHO.
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On Mon, 7/6/2026 6:44 PM, Dr. Noah Bodie wrote:

Is there such an app? Everything I've tried saves in png format only.
So I have to convert the files to jpg after saving the capture.

I tried Spectacle and Ksnip but they only support png!

I am on XFCE

xfce4-screenshooter

https://github.com/xfce-mirror/xfce4-screenshooter/blob/master/src/main.c

"save", 's', G_OPTION_FLAG_IN_MAIN, G_OPTION_ARG_FILENAME, &screenshot_dir,

N_("File path or directory where the screenshot will be saved, accepts png, jpg and bmp extensions.
webp, jxl and avif are only supported if their respective pixbuf loaders are installed."), NULL

...

/* Read the preferences */
rc_file = xfce_resource_save_location (XFCE_RESOURCE_CONFIG, "xfce4/xfce4-screenshooter", TRUE);
screenshooter_read_rc_file (rc_file, sd);

That suggests, that whatever makes the call to the program, or perhaps
some preference setting, is making a PNG. The source code itself
does not suggest a complete ruling-out of JPG output.

Paul
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Le 07/07/2026 |a 11:00, Paul a |-crit-a:

On Mon, 7/6/2026 6:44 PM, Dr. Noah Bodie wrote:

Is there such an app? Everything I've tried saves in png format only.
So I have to convert the files to jpg after saving the capture.

I tried Spectacle and Ksnip but they only support png!

I am on XFCE

xfce4-screenshooter

https://github.com/xfce-mirror/xfce4-screenshooter/blob/master/src/main.c

"save", 's', G_OPTION_FLAG_IN_MAIN, G_OPTION_ARG_FILENAME, &screenshot_dir,

N_("File path or directory where the screenshot will be saved, accepts png, jpg and bmp extensions.
webp, jxl and avif are only supported if their respective pixbuf loaders are installed."), NULL

...

/* Read the preferences */
rc_file = xfce_resource_save_location (XFCE_RESOURCE_CONFIG, "xfce4/xfce4-screenshooter", TRUE);
screenshooter_read_rc_file (rc_file, sd);

That suggests, that whatever makes the call to the program, or perhaps
some preference setting, is making a PNG. The source code itself
does not suggest a complete ruling-out of JPG output.

Paul

i think he don't want compile.

i say always, stay a user.
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Amicalement,

Frenchy Friendly, & French touch !

german
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On 2026-07-06 09:27 PM, Lawrence DrCOOliveiro wrote:

On Mon, 06 Jul 2026 19:44:55 -0300, Dr. Noah Bodie wrote:

Is there such an app? Everything I've tried saves in png format only.
So I have to convert the files to jpg after saving the capture.

Why is that a big deal?

JPEG is a lossy format. It makes sense for the raw capture to be done
in the highest-quality format available, in case you want to do some processing on it before delivery.

You answered your own question. Since jpeg is a lossy format my jpg
files are often MUCH smaller than my png files and the only difference
I've found is the amount of disk space each format takes up. I don't
need a 954 KB (.png) screen capture when a 220 KB (.jpg) screen capture
is sufficient.
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On Mon, 06 Jul 2026 19:44:55 -0300, Dr. Noah Bodie wrote:

Is there such an app? Everything I've tried saves in png format only.
So I have to convert the files to jpg after saving the capture.

I tried Spectacle and Ksnip but they only support png!

I am on XFCE

I have configured the native xfce4 screenshooter to capture in jpg.
I don't remember exactly how I did it but the file ../.local/share/applications/xfce4-screenshooter.desktop
contains the line "MimeType=image/jpeg;"

and the file
../.config/xfce4/xfce4-screenshooter
contains the line "last_extension=jpg"



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On 7/7/2026 6:44 AM, Dr. Noah Bodie wrote:

Is there such an app? Everything I've tried saves in png format only.
So I have to convert the files to jpg after saving the capture.
I tried Spectacle and Ksnip but they only support png!
I am on XFCE

Screen capture should be the job of XFCE
the desktop, or the windows manager, not
applications. Of course, applications can
hook itself to that function. I dunno how
Linux does things. :)
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On Tue, 7/7/2026 7:20 AM, Dr. Noah Bodie wrote:

On 2026-07-06 09:27 PM, Lawrence DrCOOliveiro wrote:

On Mon, 06 Jul 2026 19:44:55 -0300, Dr. Noah Bodie wrote:

Is there such an app? Everything I've tried saves in png format only.
So I have to convert the files to jpg after saving the capture.

Why is that a big deal?

JPEG is a lossy format. It makes sense for the raw capture to be done
in the highest-quality format available, in case you want to do some
processing on it before delivery.

You answered your own question. Since jpeg is a lossy format my jpg files are often MUCH smaller than my png files and the only difference I've found is the amount of disk space each format takes up. I don't need a 954 KB (.png)
screen capture when a 220 KB (.jpg) screen capture is sufficient.

50% of the way down this page, is a comparison of JPG versus PNG capture. Screen captures never look good to begin with, You need as much quality preservation as possible, so that later, you can decide what to trade off
for storage purposes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PNG # Garbage In Garbage Out --
# Always start your day, with a high quality image

The "pngcrush" utility can attempt to find a format within PNG, which
gives the smallest space consumption. For random screen captures,
it's not going to be worthwhile doing that. The "pngcrush" is used by
website operators, where controlled production of images
in the first place, produces an image that can be "represented efficiently". Then when you release "pngcrush" on it, you get that 5KB file you wanted.
For random screen captures, the savings might not be very significant.
PNGCrush is not a workflow as such. Only if you're an expert at image
prep (cartoon-like), is PNGCrush the icing on the cake.

I do a lot of my captures in PNG and then switch to GIF. This is good
for cartoon-like artwork with limited colors. Banding results if I take photographic pictures and try to make GIF from them (too many colors to quantize properly). Reluctantly then, I would switch to JPG.

But as a workflow, I don't have a problem with PNG for initial capture.
The capture compressor is likely set at 9 (in the ZIP sense) and is lossless. Modern processors can deal with the tiny object size, quite quickly.

Some of those PNG will be discarded, after the GIMP session. Now, if you
want a wasteful format, the GIMP native format takes 3-5MB or so, a lot
more than either PNG or JPG of the same thing.

Paul



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On 2026-07-07 02:48 AM, Monsieur wrote:

Dr. Noah Bodie wrote:

Is there such an app? Everything I've tried saves in png format only.
So I have to convert the files to jpg after saving the capture.

I tried Spectacle and Ksnip but they only support png!

I am on XFCE

Install Flameshot. This lets you choose the default format you want to
save to.

https://flameshot.org/

It's just the best there is IMHO.

Yep! Just installed it... thnx!!! :-D
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On Tue, 7 Jul 2026 13:08:14 -0400, Paul wrote:

The "pngcrush" utility can attempt to find a format within PNG,
which gives the smallest space consumption. For random screen
captures, it's not going to be worthwhile doing that. The "pngcrush"
is used by website operators, where controlled production of images
in the first place, produces an image that can be "represented
efficiently".

This is why Google invented WEBP.
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On Tue, 7 Jul 2026 12:14:14 +0200, german newsgroups wrote:

i think he don't want compile.

i say always, stay a user.

If God had meant computer users to be programmers, she would have
included developer tools in the standard package repositories.
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Le 08/07/2026 |a 04:49, Lawrence DrCOOliveiro a |-crit-a:

If God had meant computer users to be programmers, she would have
included developer tools in the standard package repositories.

i'm the MASTER !
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Amicalement,

Frenchy Friendly, & French touch !

german
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On 08/07/2026 03:49, Lawrence DrCOOliveiro wrote:

On Tue, 7 Jul 2026 12:14:14 +0200, german newsgroups wrote:

i think he don't want compile.

i say always, stay a user.

If God had meant computer users to be programmers, she would have
included developer tools in the standard package repositories.

God has already done that; It is called build essential. This command
will install it for you:

sudo apt install linux-headers-$(uname -r) build-essential dkms




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On 7/8/2026 9:10 AM, Lawrence DrCOOliveiro wrote:

This is why Google invented WEBP.

Which is stupid!! There are professional image
sound, and video formats!!
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