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Add Drop Shadows to Screenshots

Taking screenshots of your Ubuntu desktop is easy-—simply press the Print Screen key (or Alt+Print Screen to capture the currently active window). You can automatically add a stylish drop shadow to screenshots by loading gconf-editor (hit Alt+F2 and type gconf-editor) and looking up /apps/gnome-screenshot in the list on the left. Then change the border_effect key so that it reads shadow. To add a slight black outline, type border instead. Screenshots are saved as PNG files with a transparent background, so the shadowed screenshot can be used against virtually any background in a document or website. To disable the automatic addition of drop shadows or black borders, should you want, change the border_effect key to read none.