These commands are somewhat different according to your system as Gimp calls system functions.

"Paste as new" and "Paste from clipboard"

Both commands are redundant with the Paste as New command of the Edit menu. All three of them open a new image and paste clipboard content in it.

	Tip
	The Print Screen key captures screen into clipboard. So, with these commands, you can capture submenus that, otherwise, disappear as soon as you click on screen.

Screen Shot

Figure 10.4.  The Screen Shot window

This command opens a dialog where you can find three options to grab the object:

• a Single Window: You will be able to select the window to be captured.

• the Whole Screen: All the screen will be captured.

• Select Window After ... Seconds Delay: If you enter 0 second, capture will happen as soon as you click on the wanted window. If you enter a delay, you will have some time to modify the window before capture.

• Grab after ... seconds delay: If you enter 0 second delay, the whole screen capture will happen as soon as you click on the Grab button. If you enter a delay, you will have some time to modify screen before capture.

	Note
	Before starting capture, make sure that the window to be captured is not partially covered by another one.

Image capture devices

Figure 10.5.  Scanner and Web-cam

Devices to take pictures are too various for a common description. Fortunately, using them is intuitive. In the example above, you can launch scanner or take an image with the web-cam.