danbradham / ultrasnip

A desktop snipping tool written in Qt for Python.

UltraSnip

A desktop snipping tool written in Qt for Python.

Unlike other desktop snipping tools - UltraSnip is written to help you make pixel-perfect captures.

Features

• Click + Drag region selection
• Corner and Side manipulator handles for adjusting region
• Corner Zoom previews to help achieve pixel perfect screen captures
• Use arrow keys to adjust manipulators in pixel increments
  • hold shift to move in 10 pixel increments
  • hold ctrl to move in 50 pixel increments
• Capture a region directly to a QPixmap

CLI Usage

Measure a selected region.

> ultrasnip --measure
> ultrasnip -m

Save the selected region to a file.

> ultrasnip --save output.png

Confirm the region after selection.

> ultrasnip --confirm

Ultra snip also supports pipes.

> ultrasnip > output.png

API Usage

Select and capture a desktop region.

>>> import ultrasnip
>>> pixmap = ultrasnip.select_and_capture()

Manually select a desktop region then capture it.

>>> region = ultrasnip.select()
>>> pixmap = ultrasnip.capture_region(region)

Save a pixmap.

>>> pixmap.save('output.png')

Future Development

• Add support for constaining aspect ratio
• Add support for specified resolution options