Nautilus Screenshot Guidelines
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# Tools

## Tools for Taking Screenshots

There are many tools for taking screenshots on Linux. The `Screenshooter Applet` is a very convenient tool for taking screenshots. The `GIMP` and `xv` are two other popular tools. In some situations, the command line tool, `xwd` is useful, especially in combination with the sleep command.

For dialogs which are tricky to grab such as the dialog you see when you quit GNOME, the `Xnest` application is useful. It allows you to run an entire X and GNOME session in a window. It is also helpful if you would like to take a screenshot of your whole desktop and make that desktop a customized size, since your Xnest window can be any size you want.

## Image Manipulation Tools

The most common tool for manipulating images on Linux is the `GIMP`. You will need some of the sophistocated features of this application which are not available in other tools for Linux.

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