A script which uses scrot and imagemagick to apply macOS-esque drop shadows to screenshots.
#!/bin/bash | |
# NAME: dropshadow.sh | |
# VERSION: | |
# AUTHOR: (c) 2017 Taylor Thurlow | |
# DESCRIPTION: - adds transparent dropshadow to images (e.g. screenshots) | |
# - moves them to predefined screenshot folder | |
# - notifies the user | |
# FEATURES: | |
# DEPENDENCIES: imagemagick suite | |
# | |
# LICENSE: MIT license (http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT) | |
# | |
# NOTICE: THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, | |
# INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR | |
# PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE | |
# LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, | |
# TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE | |
# OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. | |
# | |
# | |
# USAGE: dropshadow.sh <image> | |
SCREENSHOTFOLDER="$HOME/screenshots" | |
FILE="${1}" | |
FILENAME="${FILE##*/}" | |
FILEBASE="${FILENAME%.*}" | |
# drop shadow: 60% opacity, 10 sigma, +0x +10y | |
convert "${FILE}" \( +clone -background black -shadow 60x10+0+10 \) +swap -background transparent -layers merge +repage "$SCREENSHOTFOLDER/${FILEBASE}.png" | |
notify-send -u low -t 2 "${FILEBASE}.png saved." | |
rm "$FILE" #remove this line to preserve original image |
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