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I've just drawn my first circuit with KiCad / EESchema (on Kubuntu) to insert my circuit diagram into one of my answers. But I can't find a way to export to PNG (nor gif or jpg).

How can I export my schematic in such a way that I can easily upload it here?

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This works across platforms and software tools, and is acceptable for generating images for websites and other non-printing uses.

  1. Adjust screen so that the schematic/board/whatever looks like it should in the final image
  2. Press the Print Screen button
  3. Paste the image into GIMP (or your favorite image editing software)
  4. Crop the image so that only the important portion of the schematic/board/whatever is showing
  5. Save the image to whatever format you like
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I figured that one too, but I hoped there would be a smart shortcut. I'd prefer the plot to SVG and Inkscape.org route though. – jippie Apr 19 '12 at 20:40
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Alt+ prt scrn for just the active window or print to PDF ( if you have an easy pdf printer installed like Foxit – Tony Stewart Apr 20 '12 at 5:59
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@TonyStewart, this is not windows, it is Ubuntu. – abdullah kahraman Apr 20 '12 at 7:05
This feature should really be in the blueprints. – abdullah kahraman Apr 20 '12 at 7:13
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@abdullahkahraman I believe alt-printscreen works under Linux as well, although I use something other than Ubuntu. – W5VO♦ Apr 20 '12 at 13:15
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