How to save screenshots as JPG automatically?

Question

I want to make all screenshots I take jpeg automatically -- not png. I am using Ubuntu 12.04.

Answer 1

Open "dconf-editor"

"dconf editor" is available for installation in the ubuntu software center

navigate to org > gnome > gnome-screenshot and change the default-file-type png to jpg.

Answer 2

Im not sure what software you are using to capture screen-shots, however if you need more control to save Screenshots as a certain file type (jpg etc) or to change where you want to save them, try "Shutter", Its available in the software centre, it will give you more options you require and more.

Answer 3

The default tool gnome-screenshot doesn't provide this feature yet. There is a bug report; I suggest to mark that it affects you, too. Since 2008 there is a patch for that - but it seems that it never made it into the package ...

Answer 4

This is posted in 2021, and using the dconf editor is an excellent solution. There are four formats available, .bmp, .jpg, .png, .tiff.

Answer 5

Above solutions didn't work for me. Instead I created a bash file called screenshot.sh on my desktop with the following code:

#!/bin/bash
output=~/Pictures/`date +%s`.jpg 
echo $output
gnome-screenshot --file="$output"

Remember to make it executable with chmod +x screenshot.sh

Now you can just run ./screenshot.sh and it will make jpg screenshots. Personally, I used alacarte to add a launcher to the bar that links to screenshot.sh so I can take screenshots with one click.