Hi there, I take a lot of screenshots while illustrating, just to see the progress and now I'm using the screenshot-app from Mint but it's quite anoying having to start it up the whole time etc. I also don't want to take a shot of the whole computer screen and then paste etc. because I just need the canvas snapshot.

Perfect would be a shortcut in Inkscape to take a screenshot form the canvas. Is this posible somehow?

thanks!

Have you tried Shift+Ctrl+E?

Maybe View menu > Duplicate Window would work for you? You can be working in the main window, and see progress in the duplicate window. You do have to work with both windows non-maximized, and side by side, to see changes "live". Otherwise, the active window will cover up the duplicate window. But if you just need to see it from time to time, you could use a maximized window, and just bring the duplicate up now and then.

Brynn thanks for the explanation though it would be for temporarely use and I need it to see the progress over days/weeks.

Maestral, It's about the same amount of clicks (adjust size and name to not copy over the former one) but will give it a try.

Thanks for the feedback guys!

Hmm how to reduce the number of clicks when exporting.

Draw a rectangle the desired png output size -with no stroke, and a white fill-,
scale it until it covers the area you want to capture.

Move it to bottom (End),
then at the export options type in the exact output dimensions.
Delete the decimals from the dpi value, then
scale the rectangle to the size now displayed in the export panel.

After that, you can export it at a fixed dpi all the time.
(Only integers get stored.)


Every time, select the rectangle, press Shift+Ctrl+E,
add a "I" character at the end of the output's name, and hit enter.

All reduced to two clicks.

How about the Edit > Make Bitmap Copy option?

1) Make sure you've saved your file.
2) Select the items you want to keep track of.
3) Press ALT-B, or use the Edit > Make Bitmap Copy menu entry.
4) Press DELETE to remove the copy that's been created on the canvas.

Voilà! In the same directory as the original file you'll find a PNG version of the objects you selected.

You can set the resolution of the bitmaps that this creates in the Inkscape Preferences > Bitmap section. I sometimes use this method if I want to hide a layer that's full of filtered objects (to speed up rendering), but I still want to see copy of them for reference (by putting the bitmap onto a visible layer).