About that, is there a way to save the rectangle that the user draws manually using the crosshairs? With that I could at least capture the same rectangle again automatically.
I suppose all I really need is a way for the user to define an area on the screen once and grab screenshots from that same area many times. On Jan 28, 2016 12:47, "Scott Rossi" <sc...@tactilemedia.com> wrote: > Regarding lagginess: yes. I can't say for sure, but if the LiveCode guys > could enable the windowShape property to work with images that have > centerRect dimensions, this would eliminate the need to do any image > exporting and potentially make drawing of the window faster. I've > suggested for years that window masks be based on graphics and converted > image/alphaData behind the scenes, but for now we're stuck with images. > > Regarding screenshots, WITHIN LiveCode you can capture just about > anything, but I don't believe there are any options for capturing > externally other than defining a rect on the screen. > > Regards, > > Scott Rossi > Creative Director > Tactile Media, UX/UI Design > > > > > On 1/28/16, 12:21 PM, "use-livecode on behalf of Matt Maier" > <use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com on behalf of bluebac...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > >Mark, oops, didn't scroll far enough. I found the link to Snapper, thanks. > > > >Scott, that's great, and thanks for putting that post and stack up so > >fast. > >It's a little laggy on my system when it resizes quickly or gets to around > >750 pixels. Is it the same on yours? > > > >Is there a way to control other applications from within Livecode? Like, > >if > >the user has their browser running, could I bring it to the front, take a > >screenshot, then send it back behind the stand-alone again? Or is there a > >parameter in Livecode's screenshot function to only include another > >application in the screenshot? > >On Jan 27, 2016 14:28, "Scott Rossi" <sc...@tactilemedia.com> wrote: > > > >> I thought this might make an interesting read, so the demo stack is > >> included in an article: > >> < > >> > >> > http://tactilemedia.com/blog/2016/01/27/i-was-framed-a-resizable-custom-w > >>i > >> ndowshape-in-livecode/> > >> > >> > >> Hope this works for you. > >> > >> Regards, > >> > >> Scott Rossi > >> Creative Director > >> Tactile Media, UX/UI Design > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> On 1/27/16, 11:55 AM, "use-livecode on behalf of Scott Rossi" > >> <use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com on behalf of > >> sc...@tactilemedia.com> wrote: > >> > >> >Hi Matt: > >> > > >> >I have a method for a resizable masked window that requires LC7 -- I'll > >> >try to post something later today or tomorrow. As far as image > >>animation > >> >goes, I have a very vague memory that LC used to be able to export > >> >animated GIF images, but that may have been static images only. You > >>may > >> >indeed need to go with a 3rd party option -- hopefully somebody else > >>has a > >> >suggestion for this. > >> > > >> >Regards, > >> > > >> >Scott Rossi > >> >Creative Director > >> >Tactile Media, UX/UI Design > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> >On 1/27/16, 11:38 AM, "use-livecode on behalf of Matt Maier" > >> ><use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com on behalf of > >>bluebac...@gmail.com> > >> >wrote: > >> > > >> >>I need to be able to easily capture stuff the user is seeing on their > >> >>screen so that they can import it into my application without having > >>to > >> >>navigate the file manager multiple times. There's some good screen > >> >>capture > >> >>stuff already in Livecode, but what I'm picturing is an actual window > >> >>with > >> >>a hole in it the user can position and leave there so they know what's > >> >>going to be captured multiple times. Like gifcam > >> >>http://blog.bahraniapps.com/gifcam/ > >> >> > >> >>There doesn't seem to be a way to set the background of a window to > >> >>transparent. There is a way to mask the window using a transparent > >>.png, > >> >>but that won't allow the user to resize the window. At the moment the > >> >>only > >> >>mechanism I can come up with is to screencap what's behind the window > >> >>every > >> >>time the user moves or resizes it and display that in the window so > >>that > >> >>it > >> >>looks like it's transparent. Is there a better way? > >> >> > >> >>Also, in addition to capturing still images, I'd like the user to be > >>able > >> >>to capture animated images (as an alternative to video). So, that part > >> >>would be exactly like gifcam. The only mechanism I've found for that > >>is > >> >>to > >> >>export each frame and then use something external like imagemagik to > >> >>stitch > >> >>them together into an animation. > >> >> > >> >>- Matt > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
