How to use the ImageMagick import command to take screenshots

ImageMagick is a very powerful set of command line graphics editors. The import command allows you to take screenshots in almost any file type. It supports 95 file types including GIF, JPEG, JPEG-2000, PNG, PDF, PhotoCD, TIFF, and DPX.

ImageMagick can be downloaded at http://www.imagemagick.org

To take a screen shot

 * 1) type
 * 2) *import fileName.fileType
 * 3) *Example
 * 4) **import screen.png
 * 5) A cross cursor will apere
 * 6) *Click and drag it over the part of the screen you wish to capture
 * 7) *Be sure the terminal window does not cover what you wish to capture.

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