So, thanks to a post on twitter, I’ve found a better way to snag screenshots by using scrot instead of compiz. This doesn’t give the graphical corruption that imagemagick does while compiz is running, and has the added bonus a being able to single-click a window to grab the entire window quickly.

So, here’s my revised source:

#!/bin/bash

user=
server=
destdir=
httpstr=

filename=`scrot -s -b -e ‘echo $f’`

md5=`md5sum $filename`
if [ "$?" -ne 0 ]; then
    notify-send “Error” “Could not generate md5sum” -i error
    exit
fi

md5=${md5/ */}

scp $filename “$user@$server:$destdir${md5}.png”
if [ "$?" -ne 0 ]; then
    notify-send “Error” “Failed upload” -i error
    exit
fi

longurl=$httpstr$md5.png

shorturl=`wget http://is.gd/api.php?longurl=$longurl -O-`
if [ "$?" -ne 0 ]; then
    notify-send “Error” “Failed to shorten URL” -i error
    $shorturl=$longurl
fi

echo $shorturl | xclip -selection clipboard

notify-send “Upload Complete” $shorturl

rm $filename

Save it and bind the script to a hotkey and you should be good to go.

See the original post for the rest of the setup.