Kazam - Excellent Screenshot Tool

Kazam is a very handy recording utility designed with a double focus in mind: allows you to take screenshots (screenshots, in English) and screen video recordings (screencast, in English). In short, they are two sides of the same coin, right?

Kazam version 1.3.5, which was released recently, presents the user with a toolbar, from which they can perform the screencast or screenshot and access the settings of each one.

It includes all the basics in these types of tools, such as the ability to record / capture the entire screen, more than one screen, a window or a specific area. Likewise, it allows you to hide the mouse cursor and specify the sound input (a microphone or the same sound that is being reproduced by the speakers that we have connected).

This latest version includes a refined Quicklist for Unity that may be of interest to Ubuntu users, facilitating access to common actions.

If you ask me, this is one of the best tools of its kind available for Linux, especially for its excellent video recording quality. This, of course, behind the all-powerful terminal which together with ffmpeg can also serve the same purpose. However, it is worth mentioning that Kazam uses ffmpeg, so the end result ends up being of very good quality.

Installation

En Ubuntu and derivatives:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa: kazam-team / unstable-series sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install kazam

En Arch and derivatives:

yaourt-S kazam-bzr