Peek
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Peek is an animated GIF screen recorder for Linux. It allows you to screen-cast a specific area of your screen. I use Peek to create animated images to use on my websites. It is a great tool to demonstrate how to select a group of files and copy them to a new location. I used it to demonstrate how to place an icon on the panel by dragging the icon of a program from the menu and it's a great way to demonstrate how to move between tabs in a dialog box. |
This is a great tool for science and math teachers. A science teacher could use it to illustrate how something changes over time and a math teacher could use it to demonstrate how to work certain types of math problems. Then they could place these animated images on their school website so that students could use them to help with their homework assignments.
Peek can be installed via the Software Boutique. You can find it in the Sound & Video section.
Peek can be installed via the Software Boutique. You can find it in the Sound & Video section.
Examples of Peek in Action:
Demonstrate how to move between tabs in a dialog box.
Illustrated how to add tags to music files using EasyTag
How to Install Peek:
1. Open the Terminal (Shortcut: Ctrl + Alt + T)
2. Type the following command to add the PPA: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:peek-developers/stable
3. Press Enter or Return and type in your password
4. Type the following command: sudo apt-get update
5. Type the following command: sudo apt-get install peek
6. Type Y and press Enter or Return
How to Uninstall Peek:
1. Open the Terminal (Shortcut: Ctrl + Alt + T)
2. Type the following command: sudo apt remove peek && sudo apt autoremove
To start Peek, click on th Applications menu, then highlight Graphics, then click on Peek.
1. Open the Terminal (Shortcut: Ctrl + Alt + T)
2. Type the following command to add the PPA: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:peek-developers/stable
3. Press Enter or Return and type in your password
4. Type the following command: sudo apt-get update
5. Type the following command: sudo apt-get install peek
6. Type Y and press Enter or Return
How to Uninstall Peek:
1. Open the Terminal (Shortcut: Ctrl + Alt + T)
2. Type the following command: sudo apt remove peek && sudo apt autoremove
To start Peek, click on th Applications menu, then highlight Graphics, then click on Peek.
If you click on the white P inside an orange circle, it will bring up the Peek Preferences dialog box. This allows you to make changes to the User Interface and Recording settings. You can modify the short-cut keys used for starting and stopping the recording. You can change the Output formart from GIF to APNG, WebM, and MP4. You can increase or decrease the Framerate, Resolution downsampling, and the Delay in seconds before recording starts. You also have the abilty to turn off the ability to Capture mouse cursor. Then click the orange circle to close the Peek Preferences dialog box.
You can also change the Output format by clicking on the drop down arrow and click on GIF, APNG, WebM, or MP4.
Drag the edge of the Peek dialog box so that it covers the entire area that you plan to record.
Click on the red Record as Gif button when you are ready to start creating your animated image. Then click on the Stop button when you are finished.
I highly recommend that you install and try out Peek.
Happy Peeking!!!
Happy Peeking!!!
Feb 5, 2019
